Seileag

Seileag
Grouping Cryptid
Sub grouping Lake monster
First reported 1911
Last reported 1998
Other name(s) An t-Seileag (Scottish Gaelic)
Country Scotland
Region Loch Shiel
Habitat Water
View of the loch

Seileag or An t-Seileag is the loch monster which is said to inhabit Loch Shiel in Scotland.[1] The name may be a pun on Seile (Loch Shiel) and sìolag, a term for slender fish and eels in Scottish Gaelic.

References

  1. Eberhart, George M. (2002). Mysterious creatures : a guide to cryptozoology. Oxford: ABC-Clio. pp. 490–1. ISBN 1576072835.