Issie

Issie (イッシー, Isshī) is a Japanese lake monster said to lurk in Lake Ikeda on Kyushu Island.[1] It is described as being saurian in appearance. The naming convention is analogous to "Nessie" (the Loch Ness Monster).

Not to be confused with Issei.
For the magazine editor, see Isabella Blow. For the architect, see Isadore Coop. For similarly named people and things, see Izzy (disambiguation).
Issie
Statue of Issie
GroupingLegendary creature
Sub groupingLake monster
CountryJapan
RegionLake Ikeda, Kagoshima, Kyushu Island

Mythology

According to mythology, Issie was a white mare who had a little foal and they lived together on the shore of Lake Ikeda. However, when the foal was kidnapped by a samurai and Issie was unable to find it, she jumped into the lake and her despair transformed her into a giant, saurian beast, which since then frequently surfaces, trying to find her lost child.[2]

Evidence

The creature was reportedly photographed in 1978 by a man who went by the name "Mr. Matsubara". Twenty other people reportedly also saw the creature in 1978, which they described as black and having two humps, each about 5 meters (16 feet) long, swimming in the lake water.[2] In 1991, another visitor to the lake caught video footage of supposed animal movement in the lake. According to some interpretations, there is a bizarre-looking creature estimated to be 9 meters (30 feet) in length, but the footage could be of surface-swimming 5-foot eels as well.

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See also

References
  1. Radford, Benjamin (May 5, 2006). Lake monster mysteries : investigating the world's most elusive creatures. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 145–146. ISBN 9780813171302.
  2. Metropolis, "Fortean Japan", 27 June 2008, p. 12.
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