"Witnesses have been describing what looks like a dark creature in the lake," Kirk said, adding that British Columbia has more reputed lake monsters than anywhere else in the world. Kirk, who researches mysterious and unknown creatures, believes that the creature may be found, and spent one day aboard a boat searching the lake, courtesy of the local tourism board. Using a fish finder, Kirk's team found what he believes was a giant object amid a school of fish about 60 feet below the surface. More>>
Sirens (Shapeshifting Nagas?)
A distant cousin of the mermaid (in folkloric terms), sirens are beautiful, alluring females who dwell near rocky cliffs and sing to passing sailors. According to legend, the hapless seamen become enchanted by the sirens' song, following the mellifluous melody to their deaths as their boats crash upon the rocky shore. It is an ancient morality tale about the evils of seduction. But not all sirens are comely. Other accounts depict them as half-bird, half-women creatures (in Buddhism: garudas, kinnaras) who would lure travelers to their doom with harps instead of their voices. In Greek myth, Odysseus escaped the sirens by having his sailors plug their ears. See more at:
