SCREENING ROOM · 26 VIDEOs
Lake & Sea Monsters: videos
Long necks, humps and serpents in deep lakes, rivers and coastal waters.
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Loch Ness Monster 1960 News Report (BBC Panorama, 13 June 1960)
BBC Panorama (archive.org upload)The original television report from 1960, made in the wake of Tim Dinsdale’s famous film of a hump crossing the loch.
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An American To Chase The Loch Ness Monster In A Submarine (1969 Newsreel)
Associated Press (archive.org upload)Period newsreel from the heyday of the 1960s hunts, when a small submarine was brought to the loch.
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BBC Archive – On This Day 1987: a huge search for the Loch Ness monster is inconclusive
BBC ArchiveContemporary BBC news footage of Operation Deepscan’s line of sonar boats sweeping the loch.
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Cryptid Review Show Episode 1 – Champ
UVMtvA light student-TV overview of the Champ legend made in Burlington, on the lake’s shore.
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Champ Video Discussion
VCAMBurlington community-media participants discuss the 2009 Champ cellphone video.
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The Legend of Ogopogo: The history of lake monster sighting claims in BC
Global NewsA short news feature tracing the history of sighting claims on Okanagan Lake.
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‘Ogopogo’: Is The Legendary Monster in Okanagan Lake Real?
The Weather NetworkLooks at the lake itself and what natural phenomena might explain the sightings.
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Mysterious creature in Okanagan Lake: What is it exactly?
CTV NewsA TV news report on one of the many modern sighting claims.
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The Bunyip
Murray Bridge News (re-uploaded to the Internet Archive)Short clip about the bunyip legend and Murray Bridge’s famous riverside bunyip; marked public domain by the uploader.
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Rita & Michael Lindsay – Mulyawonk (Bunyip) song
Murray Bridge NewsA Ngarrindjeri performance about the mulyawonk recorded at Murray Bridge – the bunyip from an Aboriginal perspective (no archive.org equivalent).
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Who Is This Japanese Yōkai That Is Obsessed With Your Butt?
Storied (PBS) – MonstrumFolklorist Dr. Emily Zarka and Japanese studies scholar Yoshiko Okuyama trace the kappa from feared river demon to cute mascot.
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Evening Magazine: Chesapeake Bay monster (1979)
WJZ-TV BaltimoreA 1979 Baltimore TV feature on the Bay’s sea monster, from the early years of the Chessie craze. Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
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News Storage: September 20–21, 1982
WMAR-TV BaltimoreRaw Baltimore news footage from September 1982, a few months after the Frew video made headlines; the Chessie segment starts at about 20:55.
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Tales from the Morgue | Casco Bay’s sea serpent
NEWS CENTER MaineLocal TV feature digging into the historic newspaper reports of the serpent.
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Do you know the tale of the Casco Bay Serpent?
NEWS CENTER MaineA short Maine news segment on the legend and its sightings.
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CGTN Nature: Changbai Mountain Series – Episode 2: Tianchi Lake
CGTNA nature documentary on Heaven Lake itself – its volcanic origin, seasons and wildlife – giving context to the monster reports.
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Altamaha-Ha
tdparmelAmateur footage of a disturbance in the water near Darien, featured by Explore Southern History in its article on the legend.
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Life is Good – In Search of Memphre 2024
Northeast Kingdom Television (NEK-TV), VermontCommunity television from Newport, Vermont, on the 2024 search for Memphré and the lake’s local lore.
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The Iceland Worm Monster (Lagarfljóts Worm) Caught on Camera [Original]
ViralNews2012A copy of Hjörtur Kjerúlf’s February 2012 footage that made the Worm world-famous – watch closely and decide whether it moves forward or just flaps in the current.
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Western Heritage Center – High Noon: Cryptozoology
C7TV / Western Heritage CenterA Billings museum talk by community historian Lauren Hunley on Montana monsters, including the Flathead Lake Monster.
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Is This North American Sea Serpent Real or a Hoax?
Monstrum | Storied (PBS)A folklorist’s well-researched look at Caddy’s history, the 1937 carcass and the 1933 media frenzy.
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【あのニュース】鹿児島 ｢池田湖のイッシー｣ は今？発見から30年超経過も捜索続ける人々…理由は？
サン!シャイン公式ch. (Fuji TV)Japanese-language TV feature revisiting the Issie craze and the people still watching the lake decades later.
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【北海道のUMA】５０年前屈斜路湖で目撃された「クッシー」はいま 記者が現地で見たものは…
HTB北海道ニュース (HTB Hokkaido News)Japanese-language TV report revisiting Kussie fifty years after the 1970s sightings.
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The Midlands Meander Inkanyamba
MidlandsMeanderA visit to the foot of Howick Falls with traditional healer Elliot Ndlovu, who talks about the inkanyamba.
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Howick Falls Monster: Eyewitnesses Swear They Saw a Real-Life MONSTER! Pt.1
Storyteller DigitalSegment from the 1990s–2000s TV series Animal X investigating the Howick Falls monster and its eyewitnesses.
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Ahuizotl – The Water Beast (Aztec Mythology)
InvictaA short history-channel explainer drawing on the <em>Florentine Codex</em> account.