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July 16, 2007
Beware the Beasts of Kanas Lake
Forget about Nessie. Xinjiang's got lake monsters that actually exist! Grainy photos have existed for years, but now the huge beasts rumored to live in Kanas Lake near Xinjiang's short border with Russia have been caught on video tape. As described on Xinjiang TV:
Seven Beijing tourists were taking group photos while motorboating on the lake around the Sandaowan of Kanas Lake. Suddenly, they found that at about 200 meters in the front of them, sprays of over two meters high rose from the calm surface. Then, two huge black aquatic animals with the length of more than ten meters sprang out from the surface in succession. After they fell into the water, they swam eastward to the center of the lake. The head of the aquatic animals emerged from the surface from time to time. Seeing this, the tourists got so excited that they hurried to shoot the precious pictures. About two minutes later, the huge aquatic animals disappeared from the lake surface.
Alright, so the video is still grainy, but it does much better than anything else I've ever seen to convince me that something - nay many things - lurk in the waters of Kanas. Take a look at the video for yourself, as shown on CCTV:
There's another video here.
Unfortunately, I'm sure the sighting will once again boost the allure of tourism at Kanas Lake, further pushing it into the third circle of hell in which most Chinese scenic spots are located. What are they gonna do next, build a friggin' airport to shuttle in the laobaixing? Oh, yes:
Construction of Kanas Airport in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region formally began on May 20th, 2006, according to news released by Xinjiang Airport Group on July 12th. The completed investment has so far reached RMB148.27M. The airport's civil engineering work has already been completed. Ancillary facilities, such as runways, navigational lights, communication and navigation facilities, and drainage facilities, as well as the terminal and ancillary buildings, and planting projects will be gradually completed before August 10th. The airport is expected to be completed and begin operation on August 15th.
Sigh. Oh well. I'll always have the photos of my visit to Kanas Lake back in the good ol' days of 2005.
posted July 16, 2007 at 02:59 PM unofficial Xinjiang time | HaoHao This!
Comments
Definitely there're some ancient creatures underwater. Maybe we could put some devices to explore what they are. One naive plan is to pump out every lite of water from the lake,LOL!Whatever, it must works. And we then we can see these lying there embarrassedly!
Posted by: focus-2007 at July 17, 2007 11:27 AM
this "monster" featured in the papers here this morning so i thought i'd check in with you to see if there was any truth in the story, looks like they might be real monsters...
Posted by: cchurch at July 18, 2007 09:58 PM
Actually, it turns out that the story you probably saw this morning (if it was in The Times and written by Jane Macartney) originated from my site, although I can't take credit for being the first person to blog the Kanas Lake monster.
More soon about this...
Posted by: michael at July 18, 2007 10:02 PM