LOCH MORAR
Tourists' shock as Morag of
Loch Morar – Scotland's second most famous monster – makes a comeback after 20
years
DOUG CHRISTIE AND HIS WIFE
CHARLOTTE CLAIM THEY SPOTTED A 20FT BLACK SHAPE IN THE WATER THREE TIMES IN TWO
DAYS AND ARE CONVINCED THE BEAST HAS RETURNED.
SHE has been quiet for more
than two decades without even the hint of a recorded sighting…
But now Scotland’s second
most famous Loch monster – Morag of Loch Morar – has made a comeback.
Holidaymaker Doug Christie, a
recently retired oil industry engineer not given to flights of fancy, said he
couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw a solid 20ft black shape in the water.
He and wife Charlotte say
they saw the beast three times during a stay at Kisimuil B&B by the loch.
Doug, 66, from Brechin, Angus, said: “I could not believe my eyes.
“I am not the type to get
excited unduly but this just couldn’t be explained.
“It was a large black shape
on the loch that looked just like a bit of a submarine and around the same
size.
Charlotte said: “I thought it
was a whale. We saw it three times in the space of two days.
“The longest sighting was
about 10 minutes before it submerged again.”
The couple were staying for a
night at the B&B owned by Barra-born Michael MacNeil, 53, and his
50-year-old nurse wife Catherine, who was brought up on the lochside.
Michael said: “Doug shouted
to me asking if there was a rock out in the middle of the loch.
“I laughed and shouted back
that the loch was almost 1000ft deep and there were no rocks near the surface.
“But sure enough, there was a
largish black object, maybe two, very close together, in the middle of the
two-mile-wide loch.
“I have seen otters in the
loch but this was no otter, much bigger and almost motionless.”
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Tourists Doug and Charlotte
Christie saw the beast three times during their stay.
His 24 year-old daughter
Kathleen, who has researched the phenomenon said: “There have been sightings of
a monster in Loch Morar going back more than 100 years.”
The last person to see the
monster, 58-year-old factory boss Alistair MacKellaig, of Mallaig,
Inverness-shire, said: “I was fishing with a group in a boat and we all saw
Morag and only about 50 yards away.
“It was the classic three
humps moving through the water with the head underwater. We were left astounded
and a wee bit fearful at what we had seen and how close we had been to it.
“I bumped into Michael the
other day and firmly believe that what he, his daughter and guests saw was what
we witnessed but they saw Morag at a far greater distance than we did.
“I am sure others have seen
Morag in the past 23 years but feel too embarrassed to say so.”
The most dramatic sighting
and only known actual physical contact with the monster was experienced by two
local men in August 1969.
Willie Simpson, 66, and
crofter Duncan McDonell, now 80, were returning from a fishing trip up Loch
Morar when the creature struck Willie’s boat. He grabbed a rifle and shot at
the beast, which sank out of sight.
He said: “There is no doubt
in my mind that there is a large monster, maybe more than one, in Loch Morar.”
ARTICLE BORROWED FROM UK
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WRITTEN BY ALAN DOW
CLUE FIVE : MORAG
9 comments:
Morag
Not my cup of tea or should I say oatmeal surprise.
The Loch Monster Morag of Loch Morar is protecting the treasure
Fotune teller/old hag
Moral of Loch Morar guards the treasure
Maybe the result of one of those 18 year old bottles of Loch Morar?
Morag hard the treasure.according to the report of sitings, probably Morgag was just taking a break and then returning to protect the tresure
Morage was just sunning itself
The Loch Monster Morag of Loch Morar is guarding the treasure
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