Cryptid Sightings

Seems there is yet another weird and strange creature in Scotland Lochs. This one is known as ‘Wattie’, named after Loch Watten where it has been sighted.

Wattie is thought to be at least 20 feet wide and also pre-dates Nessie by 10 years. The sighting of Wattie was made by Colonel Arthur Trimble on 21st April 1923.

‘Something dark and looming had suddenly appeared on the surface of the water,’ said the Colonel. He described it as possessing a long neck with a huge flat head.

He did manage to make a photograph and he made a report in London’s Times newspaper. Unfortunately, Colonel Trimble’s dog, Bruce appeared to have become a victim of this monster as it was seen swimming in the lake one minute and then disappearing in a flurry of water in the next.

An attempt to trap the monster by the Colonel failed (using a hook and horsemeat) and he himself became a victim of his own trap, dying with the huge hook impaled in his chest after checking the trap one morning (what exactly happened to him?) Sounds of  something large was heard swimming away from the shore…

It amazes me that very little of this sighting and subsequent events have been made; more attention has been given to Nessie, of which many images made of it could be attributed to something else. E.g. floating wood, the wake left from a passing boat.

Wattie has had numerous witnesses of sounds, sightings and strange disappearances and deaths.

However, apparently, no documentation (magazines, newspapers, records, books, websites) of this monster has been found.

Why do you think this is so?