Story of the monster of Whitewood Lake
28 April 2010
Drogheda Independent
English
(c) 2010 Independent News & Media PLC
Many years ago, while casting a line or two out at Lough Mentrim, I heard the tale of the local 'Loch Ness' monster. Over 40 years ago an eel-like ceature was sighted by Dennis Barnes of Doncaster while fishing on the shores of the deep 10acre Whitewood Lake near Nobber.
'It was raining,' he said at the time, 'but in the area which joins the part of the lake from the River Dee, I saw something turn in the water'. He then witnessed was appeared to be a Conger eel rise fom the water. 'It resembled a smaller version of what has been photographed on a number of occasions in Loch Ness,' Mr Barnes claimed. 'The part protruding from the water seemed to be about nine inches high and two foot long and was dark brown and green. It resembled an eel and although it was near to my bait it didn't bite.
'About 10 seconds later something frightened my son Peter out of the water where he was standing. If it was the same creature it traversed about 100 yards of water in 10 seconds'. If it was an eel, he feels it must have weighed up to 60lbs About 12 years earlier, three local fisherman, Paddy O'Brien of Robertstown, Patrick Finnegan, jun and David McDowell of Boynagh were reported to have seen something similar in the lake.
The Inland Fisheries Trust were asked to investigate the lake and possibly lay nets to try and catch the monster.
Whatever happened to the Whitewood 'monster' can anyone tell me?
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