ViceZilla’s Views

Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster, Canada has Ogopogo, and now China’s Loch Ness monster has been sighted.

Or so Chinese state-run television says. Not just one, but more than a dozen huge creatures can be seen churning across Lake Kanasi in remote western China, leaving a foamy wake more like an enormous motorboat than a big fish.

The grainy film shows about 15 objects moving at high speed just beneath the surface of the lake and whipping the smooth blue water into a bubbling white frenzy. Chinese Central Television broadcast the video on its news channel, describing the footage shot by a passing tourist on July 5 as the clearest ever seen of a legendary beast that has been rumored for centuries to live in the depths of Lake Kanasi.

Professor Yuan believes that a lot more research is needed although China lacks the scientific equipment to make further studies. And it would be impossible to catch a fish of this size. “This fish will have tremendous strength.”

Personally I find this hard to believe because as we all know if it swims, slithers or crawls, some chef in mainland China would have made a meal out of it and sold it for a ridiculous amount of money! Or possibly the fins of this mysterious creature are tasteless and high in mercury content, thus making it a perfect soup ingredient!

Only one way to find out; get a Japanese fleet in there to do some “scientific fishing”, that should to do it!

Tags: Musings, The China Effect //