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Creature record / 1948

The "Party of Nine" Morag Sighting on Loch Morar

1948 · Loch Morar, Lochaber, Scotland, United Kingdom
18Thinly documented Cryptid Creature 18 sources 1 videos

Loch Morar, Scotland. 1948. A party of nine is out on the deepest lake in Scotland when something on the water catches their attention. They point it out to the boatman, John Gillies. The object lies a quarter of a mile away. Gillies looks through his binoculars. It appears about 20 feet long, with prominent humps. Neither head nor tail is visible. By 27 November the report had reached the Pittsburgh Press, by wire from Glasgow. Decades later it became sighting no. 7 in the catalogue of Morag, the monster of Loch Morar. Later tellings turned the humps into a serpent. The boatman's own words never did.

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Context

Loch Morar lies in Lochaber, on the west coast of Scotland. It is about twelve miles long and averages nearly a mile wide. At 310 metres, it is the deepest body of fresh water in the British Isles. It has its own monster. Her name is Morag.

Sources (18, most influential first)

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  2. Morag: Did you know Scotland's deepest loch harbours its own monster? · STV News· 2022-07-10 · Press, book, documentary · news
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