The Dobhar-Chú - Trailing Ireland's Mysterious Master Otter. Part 1: Glenade Lake and a Gravestone - ShukerNature

Inspired cryptozoologist Karl Shuker has researched Ireland's shape-shifting otter king, the legendary Gaelic Dobhar-Chú or water-dog, for decades. His two-part exhibition of the lake-hopping beast down through the centuries is the most complete collection of eyewitness data known. In Part 1 we are treated to a series of sinister shoreline encounters, showcased among them the grisly tale of Grace Connolly slain by a huge hungry otter in 1722. Shuker critically notes that Ireland is host to a healthy population of freshwater Eurasian otters that typically do not exceed three feet in length, but the monster in question is taxonomically much larger. Continuing in The Dobhar-Chú - Trailing Ireland's Mysterious Master Otter. Part 2: Modern-Day Encounters?, the forgotten monster roars into the 20th century and becomes art, and perhaps even Nessie. Shuker describes a most significant nocturnal sighting in 2003 on Omey Island, Ireland, when a camping artist was fortunate to see a large Dobhar-Chú reared up five feet tall on its hind webbed feet by torchlight upon a sandy dune. Fortunately he lived to share his excellent work, and it begs the question of whether or not an unknown class of sea mammal patrols the waters of the British Isles. (MS)

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