| Swimming on a lake can be real fun, but it can be | | | | escaping the grisly creature, rushed to the nearest |
| pretty scary too. As we have seen in some movies, | | | | Royal Canadian Mountain Police station and told the |
| the deep lakes are sometimes the home of some | | | | officers about the incident on Thetis Lake. They |
| ghastly and terrifying creatures. The Thetis Lake found | | | | showed them the cut that was claimed to have been |
| in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada is not an exception. | | | | caused by the razor-sharp fin of the lake monster. |
| Many cryptozoology advocates have claimed that the | | | | The authorities felt sincerity on the story of the two |
| mentioned lake houses a man-sized, silvery-scaled, | | | | boys, hence they immediately launched a manhunt, or |
| gill-bearing humanoid. | | | | should I better say, "monsterhunt", on the said lake. |
| The Victoria Daily Times reported that the creature | | | | However, nothing turned up during that time of |
| attacked two teenagers on the lake on the 19th of | | | | investigation. |
| August, 1972. The two boys, namely, Robin Flewellyn | | | | The case was almost taken for granted until four |
| and Gordon Pike, were standing next to the recreation | | | | days after, August 23 of the same year, at around |
| center on Thetis Lake when they saw a scaly | | | | 3:30 in the afternoon, Russell Van Nice and Mike Gold |
| creature emerge from the lake and move unto the | | | | claimed to have seen the same creature from the |
| shoreline. It was, as they had described, roughly triangle | | | | opposite side of the Thetis Lake. But unlike the report |
| shaped, with dark, large, bulging fish-like eyes and | | | | of the two teens that were pursued by the creature, |
| mouth, and a razor-sharp spike on the top of its head. | | | | this time, it only emerged from the lake, looked around, |
| Its weight is estimated to be 120 lbs, and measures | | | | and submerged itself back into the water. |
| around 5 feet tall, and 5 feet wide. The two teens | | | | Gold and Nice described the monster-faced creature |
| were terrified at the sight of the huge scaly amphibious | | | | as having a human-like body, of at least 5 feet tall. It |
| monster and they ran for their lives. | | | | has silver-colored scaly skin, a sharp point protruding |
| With its sporting webbed extremities, the creature | | | | on its head, and very big ears and horrifying eyes. |
| chased the two teenagers until a few distance from | | | | Today, even if there were no more sightings reported |
| the lake. The voracious predator was able to catch up | | | | since the 23rd of August, 1972, many cryptozoology |
| with one of the young men, lacerating his hand with its | | | | fans still consider the Thetis Lake Monster as a real |
| razor-pointed head. | | | | Canadian Cryptid. |
| The two lads, still filled with terror after narrowly | | | | |