Gigantor River Worm Spotted in Iceland? [VIDEO]

02/08/2012

A massive snakelike creature was captured on video this week by an amateur cameraman slithering through the icy waters of Lake Lagarfljot in Iceland. Resembling a cross between a monster worm from hell and a loch ness monster, locals and the world alike are befuddled by what is dwelling just beneath the surface. 

What the heck is a Lagarfljot river worm? Ginormous ring worm?

Could this be the legendary Lagarfljot river worm?  The 25-mile long lake is well known in Icelandic folklore for housing Lagarfljót's Worm, the Icelandic version of the Loch Ness Monster, with tales being told of the beast dating back to 1345. According to the legend, a young girl placed a gold ring around a small heather worm, believing the worm would increase the size of her jewelry. (Isn’t that how its done?)

According to the lore, the girl returned a few days later to find instead of her ring growing, the worm expanded exponentially into a humongous serpent! She then promptly tossed her failed experiment into Lake Lagarfljot, where the once-tiny creature just kept on growing, until it became a ferocious, man-eating sea serpent. 

What do you think? Is this a river monster or a cleverly disguised hoax?  

Could we be sharing the calm waters of this earth with ancient monsters dwelling just under the surface, or is this just another hoax?

According to Huffington Post's interview with Loren Coleman, director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine, this alleged sea serpent deserves another look. "What concerned me immediately was when I saw the tail section moving in unison with the next section; there's no movement in that one section as it goes side-to-side. A snake moves in a sort of 's' curve. But in this video, you get a blocking of the movement of the creature, which tells us it's probably very artificial" Coleman said. 

Coleman speculates this alleged beast or beast of a hoax might have been accomplished by the use of "a robot with tarps, fish nets or trash bags (a favorite for watery hoaxers)."

[Related: Check out some of the world's largest, strangest and most dangerous fish in River Monsters]

Check out this convincing evidence and decide for yourself. 

Comments

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that's Amazing, if they really exist there.

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this is a awesome show by animal planet.i wish to big success and to the whole river monster team.

[Subhayan Roy]

I think,these kinds of prehistoric-like animals still exist in some parts of the earth....the scientists along with the zoologists should persist on their sincere efforts for exploring the unveiled mysteries of the world.

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this is a awesome show by animal planet.i wish to big success to the whole river monster team.

[Lina]

I do believe it's a hoax, both because of the artificial movement of the body and the fact that any cold-blooded animal (like a reptile) if it was capable of surviving in such a cold climate at all would move EXTREMELY slowly.

[Sandra Viguerias]

looks sort of like a lethargic crocodile, but crocs go into a sort of suspended state don't they when it gets cold. looks reptilian, Watch out scientists you might be proven wrong!

[Sandra Viguerias]

Maybe an EEL of sorts, EELs do have some sort of protection from the cold since they can produce electrical impulses through their skin. Maybe that's how it can move like that. Food for thought ya'll????

[tara]

Just looks like debris that is caught in the current. Could be an old peice of plastic, fabric or natural matter. It's definitely not something 'alive' from what I can see.

[shawn]

Send in Jeremy Wade!!!

[Ray]

Is this th only footage captured? Did it dive underwater? In this video it appears that a jet stream is coming from the the beasts head with the tail end dragging behind! But also you can see a little wash coming from the backend, which could indicate that maybe it doesn't move like a sea snake or simular and that it could have flippers to propel its self! I'm no just no expert and was just an observation. Thanks

[al dunbar]

Even if it is a real creature, judging from the tree branches in the foreground compared to the snake like figure in the background I don't see this creature being of any significant size.

[Steve Yantz]

I don't think it's real. look at it's movements closely. it has joints, as in it's probably mechanical. look as part of its body rotates like it can only twist is specific spots. (joints)

[William]

If it was real, wouldn't you film till it went under or till yoy couldn't record no more....It' a hoax...What a bummer.

[AJay]

Man oh man I want to be a believer so bad, but this video does NOT help. If you watch the tree limbs on the side, the "creature" doesn't get any closer to the shore as it's "swimming"...it's a garbage bag, or something of that sort stuck on a rock and the current is making it move like that. You can tell by the odd wake that is created in the water by the creatures "head".

[Peter]

Why was the "...amateur cameraman slithering through the icy waters of Lake Lagarfljot in Iceland."?

[Thatguy]

Sad its not real, the body moves in segments :/

[JPM]

Looks like a hoax. I used to have a wooden snake toy with hinges that looked like a miniature version of what I see on the video. There is probably a string in the front if you look closely.

[jim]

Looks like it's pulled by a string .

[ellie]

that movement looks too artificial to be.
i say hoax.

[shannon welford]

Someone else mentioned the wooden toy snake with the body segments. This looks exactly like that toy snake to me, except on a larger scale. The film is silent other than the river itself. I would be freaking out and describing what I could see and filming it at the same time.

[josh]

One of the worst hoaxes I have seen yet.

[animal world]

I personally don't believe in monsters and that kind of stuff, but this video really seems to be authentic, so it gives me some doubts.

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