Issie

Short description: Japanese lake monster

IssieGrouping| Legendary creature

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Sub grouping| Lake monster
Country| Japan
Region| Lake Ikeda, Kagoshima, Kyushu Island

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).

## Contents

* 1 Mythology
* 2 Evidence
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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

1. ↑ Radford, Benjamin (May 5, 2006). Lake monster mysteries : investigating the world's most elusive creatures. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 145–146. ISBN 9780813171302.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Metropolis, "Fortean Japan", 27 June 2008, p. 12.

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