Talk:Morag (lake monster)

Does anyone still take this obvious nonsense seriously???
Good grief. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.97.112.27 (talk) 22:05, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

Plesiosaur
It is often claimed that Morag, Nesie and their friends might be Plesiosaurs. The objections to this view are that plesiosaurs could not raise their necks as lake monsters can; and that plesiosaurs didn't go onto the land. Totnesmartin 16:27, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Morag History
It wasn't until fairly recently in history that Morag started being described as a plesiosaur. Here are some sources that might help

The secret of the Turret by Sir Isaac Pitman (1905)

“Almost mechanically he began to tell me a story of Loch Morar, and its deep, deep waters, and how a man had been drowned there, pulled down by the long arms of the water plants, and hidden in the great leaves — held as in the dreadful embrace of a mythical sea-monster. ” People said he had gone to look for the mermaid, ” he said. ” A slim woman with the tail of a fish, and wonderful red – gold hair. She had eyes that were like stars, and drew the man on and on , till he forgot the deep , deep waters , and the slimy arms of the lilies ; forgot all but her eyes. ”

Alexander Carmichael |  The Carmichael Watson Project

"Morag is always seen before a death and before a drowning especially before the death of the proprietor. When Iain Ruadh was drowned she was seen by Coll MacColl a native of Tiree. She was seen about six years ago before a man was drowned."

Historic Audio Recordings:

(link)1953. Mòrag, a supernatural creature in Loch Morar similar to a mermaid, was an omen of death if seen by someone at sea. BlairsTales (talk) 03:09, 11 June 2023 (UTC)