"TWO MEN FROM THE LAKE MANITOBA FIRST NATION near the Narrows saw what they
thought was a horse swimming across the lake. They soon realized that it wasn’t one
because the head was too shiny, and it had no ears. About 18 to 20 feet of something
was visible, and they were able to watch it for at least 15 minutes from less than 50
yards. Its head and neck were about the size of a five-gallon pail (close to a foot).
The head reminded them of a horse’s, but it was bigger than one, with frog-like
transparent eyelids that blinked occasionally. It was a lime-green color, with yellowish spots. When it submerged, it did not dive, but went straight down.
"One of the men was inclined to go public with the story, but the other, John
M., who shared the sighting with me, did not want to become the laughing stock of the community, so they agreed to keep the incident to themselves.
"A few miles away and some years earlier, a similar sighting took place, but on a
regular basis. Different folks tell of an old man, Andrew Sumner, who used to go
out from the beach area in his rowboat and lift his nets each morning. The fish he
did not care for he would throw out to some creature that was often there, and he
was known to make the comment that it was harmless. It apparently was at least 30
feet long and had a big head. It is entirely possible that these two stories are of the
selfsame creature. The old man’s grandson corroborated the story from his own
memories, and grandfather had even sketched the creature for him.
"It may have been the same one that some other fishermen encountered in the
same general area years later. Only they didn’t have the same respect for the creature as the old man had. When they had gone to lift their nets, a large head had
appeared, and when the men took off with their motorboat in terror, the open-mouthed
monster had chased them until it fell behind. When they arrived on shore, pale and
shaken, they related their encounter to someone whose comment was, 'It was angry
because you were taking away its breakfast.'"
