The first sighting at Loch Ness for 2023 is officially unofficial, as the lack of visible facial features is preventing the incident from being recorded in the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register. A long time virtual monster hunter observed some unusual disturbances in the water via a Loch Ness webcam and did a fine job of getting them recorded, even if no face or body were visible. Speaking of sea monster faces, A Boat-Swallowing Sea Monster of Norse Legends Still Lives Today. The Icelandic Kraken would purportedly lure sealife to their death by regurgitating into the surrounding water and using the resultant chum as bait, whereupon hapless fish would be sucked into by its gaping mouth. This is not unlike the means by which certain cetaceans find their meals, only in these cases they may adapting to dwindling food supplies due to human pollution and climate change. To summarize, the Kraken may have been a sea anomaly, but man has always been the bigger monster. (CM)
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