Issie

Issie (イッシー, Isshī) is a Japanese lake monster said to lurk in Lake Ikeda on Kyushu Island.^[1] It is described as being saurian in appearance. The naming convention is analogous to "Nessie" (the Loch Ness Monster).

Mythology

According to mythology, Issie was a white mare who had a little foal and they lived together on the shore of Lake Ikeda. However, when the foal was kidnapped by a samurai and Issie was unable to find it, she jumped into the lake and her despair transformed her into a giant, saurian beast, which since then frequently surfaces, trying to find her lost child.^[2]

Evidence

The creature was reportedly photographed in 1978 by a man who went by the name "Mr. Matsubara". Twenty other people reportedly also saw the creature in 1978, which they described as black and having two humps, each about 5 meters (16 feet) long, swimming in the lake water.^[2] In 1991, another visitor to the lake caught video footage of supposed animal movement in the lake. According to some interpretations, there is a bizarre-looking creature estimated to be 9 meters (30 feet) in length, but the footage could be of surface-swimming 5-foot eels as well.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Kussie

References

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