Morgawr (cryptid)
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| Morgawr | |
|---|---|
| Classification | |
| Grouping: | Cryptid |
| Sub Grouping: | Sea serpent |
| Statistics | |
| Country: | United kingdom |
| Region: | Falmouth Bay, Cornwall |
| First Reported: | 1906 |
| Status: | Unknown |
Morgawr (meaning sea giant in Cornish), is serpent-like cryptid purported to live in the sea near Falmouth Bay, Cornwall.
First sighted in 1906, various theories have been proposed for as to identity ranging from a hoax or mistaken identity, to the suggestion that the creature is a surviving species of Plesiosaur. In the absence of a body, all explanations depend only on eyewitness accounts and low-quality photographs.
[edit] Chronology
- first sighted 1906
- Pendennis Point, September 1975. Two witness saw a humped figure with 'stumpy horns' and bristles on its long neck, catching a conger eel in its mouth.
- Rosemullion Head, Falmouth, February 1976. 'Mary F' sent two photographs, apparently of Morgawr, to the Falmouth Packet, along with a covering letter. She said "it looked like an elephant waving its trunk, but the trunk was a long neck with a small head at the end, like a snake's head. It had humps on its back which moved in a funny way... the animal frightened me. I would not like to see it any closer. I do not like the way it moved when swimming." Neither Mary F or the negatives have ever been traced, but noted mystery writers Janet and Colin Bord have examined first-generation copy prints, and "feel that these photographs could well be genuine."
- 25 miles south of Lizard Point, July 1976. Fishermen John Cock and George Vinnicombe sight a creature whose neck "reared 4 feet up in the water". They estimated the animal's length at 22 feet.
- Parson's Beach, Mawnan, November 1976. Tony 'Doc' Shiels Photographs the a creature lying low in the water. He mentions "little stumpy horns" on its head, and he describes the body of the animal as 15 feet long. (For more mysterious happenings at Mawnan, see Owlman).
[edit] References
- Bord, J. & C. "Alien Animals" (Granada 1980), pp 27-32
- Bord, J. & C. "Modern Mysteries of Britain" (Guild Publishing 1987), pp 123-5
