Soldiers Claim to See Mysterious Lake Monsters in China

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Soldiers Claim to See Mysterious Lake Monsters in China

A group of soldiers claims to have spotted China's "Loch Ness Monster", the second sighting of the mysterious animal in Tianchi Lake in northeast China's Jilin Province in less than a month.

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A group of soldiers claims to have spotted China's "Loch Ness Monster", the second sighting of the mysterious animal in Tianchi Lake in northeast China's Jilin Province in less than a month.

Yu Wenhe, deputy political commissar of the People's Liberation Army unit stationed in Yanbian, told Xinhua over the telephone that a blackish green animal was first spotted at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in Tianchi Lake.

Yu said more than 10 servicemen were visiting the lake with him when they saw something unusual moving on the surface of the water.

The animal had a round, black head with 10-centimeter horns and appeared to have scales on its back, Yu said.

The soldiers watched the animal swimming for about two minutes,he said.

A report earlier this month said a similar animal was seen five times during a period of about 50 minutes.

There have been reports of monsters in the lake since the beginning of last century, although none has ever seen one up close.

Photos and tapes of the unidentified animals have been made in the past but were blurred because of the distance.

Scientists, however, say that the low-temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support living creatures of such a size.

Tianchi Lake, on top of Changbai Mountains in northeast China, has been recognized as the highest volcanic lake in the world.

At an altitude of 2,189.1 meters, the crater lake covers an area of 9.82 square kilometers with a south-north length of 4.85 kilometers and east-west length of 3.35 kilometers.

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