Bownessie - Lake Windermere

Footage from www.lakestv.net of a possible sighting of Bownessie - the monster that lives in Windermere in the Lake District.

What do you think?

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[jetownley]

Sorry to shoot this footage down, having lived by and used Windermere lake all of my life i have seen these sort of ripples many times, a few years ago it was a pike swimming close to the surface, after a couple of minutes of watching it we went over in the boat, i could have netted it it was so sedate! It could also be an otter, the south end of windermere where it turns into a river we see quite a few there, these ripples shown in the video are typical of an otter swimming.

[johnmckeown67]

Hi

If you're referring to the first clip with the soft ripples emanating outwards, you're probably right about the otter or pike theory and the calm water that morning probably accentuated the ripple.

But do you apply that theory to the second shot with the white underwater disturbance? I've started thinking that it could be a fisherman using a spinner but he would be going some to churn the water that much and that far out from shore. What do you think?

[tikitibultd]

If you want to believe it enough then who are we to burst your bubble?? Its no different to religion really when you think about it. If you live by the water like I do though you would realise these things occur every day and it is just how water looks in different lights and at different angles with normal fish, otters, wind and doing their bit. If the creatures of legend really do live in such a small (with regards to oceans etc) space then the remains of deceased ones would have been found.

[LonesomeTroubadour]

So where did this "monster" come from? It has to have some history just like any other animal. How long has this been seen? If it's relatively recently, then it's mundane phenomena being misinterpreted.

[mattdaviestv]

@Flamorgan ah ok i read 300ft in the northern part but in the southern part of the lake around 15ft and i forgot the name of the irish lakes but one that springs to mind there is a video and i remember them mentioning the lake is 1000ft deep in parts! but yeh like i said im doubtful of a lake winderemere monster but i dont doubt something biggish and when i say biggish im talking 10ft and slender like a sturgeon could hide here in small numbers of course

[mattdaviestv]

@Flamorgan actually there is many eye witness account and possibly even some photos of similar occurances in quite a few irish lakes :P and yes i think the connection to the sea with loch ness is a vital part also the underwater caves that could also potentially connect through into open ocean. but all that aside i personally think 300ft is easily deep enough to hide something of a great size eg if there were a breeding population of sturgeon in this lake we probably wouldnt know for a while :P

[mattdaviestv]

@Flamorgan its the biggest lake in england so i doubt by UK standards its classed as small, well maybe in comparison to like of some of the scottish lakes. my point is this lake is big enough to hide a large species of animal, im doubtful it does seeing as there is next to no sightings but it could quite easily with depths like that

[mattdaviestv]

@Flamorgan 10mile long, 1 mile across, close to 300ft in the northern part.. yeh small lake for sure :|

[Sowbert]

its a platibollaxasaurus

[MasterofRelentless]

To me looks like a small fish breaks the surface and jumps followed by a pike which is more than likely chasing it, pike in Windermere have been caught  in the 30lb region and in excess of 6ft in length, 2 of these could easily cause hte disturbance while fighting over a shoal of small fish.

[SpecRLegend]

the infamous pic going around to me looks nothing more than a european otter floating a log. I live in Wisconsin,US and its very common to see.

[snickerlake]

look in the back there is a another ripple forming and a splash time on clip 1:10