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Creature record / 2011

Tom Pickles' "Bownessie" photograph, Windermere (2011)

February 11, 2011 · Windermere, near Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, Lake District, United Kingdom
18Thinly documented Cryptid Creature 19 sources 1 real photos 10 videos

Windermere. February 11, 2011. Morning mist on the water. Two colleagues on a team-building weekend had paddled their kayaks out from the shore near Bowness. Then Tom Pickles saw something moving. At first he thought it was a dog. Then he realised it was much bigger. Humps. Three or four of them, rippling, dark, with skin like a seal's. It was swimming fast, throwing up a wave. Sarah Harrington watched it for about 20 seconds. Then the two of them paddled straight back to shore. Pickles had raised his camera phone. Within days his picture was in the papers, and the creature known as Bownessie had its portrait. Whether it showed a monster, a tyre or something else is still argued over.

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Context

Windermere runs about 10.5 to 11 miles through the Lake District in Cumbria. It is about a mile wide and up to 219 ft deep. For years, people had reported something in it.

Sources (19, most influential first)

  1. Has Bownessie been caught on camera? · Daily Mail· 2011-02 · Press, book, documentary · news
  2. UK kayakers claim they spotted Loch Ness-like sea creature · ABC News· 2011-02-19 · Press, book, documentary · news
  3. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna41857356 · NBC News / Discovery News· 2011-03-01 · Press, book, documentary · news
  4. Is England's answer to Loch Ness monster an old tire? · Fox News· 2011-03-07 · Press, book, documentary · news
  5. Bownessie, the Lake Windermere monster · Tetrapod Zoology (ScienceBlogs), Darren Naish· 2011-02-22 · Wiki, blog, podcast · blog