Stronsay Beast
The Stronsay Beast was a large
anatomist Sir Everard Home in London later dismissed the measurement, declaring it must have been about 30 ft (9 m),[3] and deemed it to be a decayed basking shark.[4] In 1849, Scottish professor John Goodsir
in Edinburgh made the same conclusion.
The Beast of Stronsay was measured by a
carpenter and two farmers. It was 4 ft (1.2 m) wide and had a circumference of about 10 ft (3.1 m). It had three pairs of appendages described as 'paws' or 'wings'. Its skin was smooth when stroked head to tail and rough when stroked tail to head. Its fins were edged with bristles
and it had a row of bristles down its back, which glowed in the dark when wet. Its stomach contents were red.
See also
References
- Royal Museum, Edinburgh)
- ISBN 9780231153201.
- ISSN 0035-9149.
- ^ "The story of the mysterious sea serpent of Stronsay". The Scotsman. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2022.