In 1969, a small group of international monster-hunters came to the wind-swept west of Ireland in response to a spate of recent lake monster sightings. They were a colourful bunch, and included one Ted Holiday, a John Keel-like figure who came to believe that lake monsters were mystical symbols of ancient evil, just as UFOs were symbols of good. Join us for a romp with this monster-hunting expedition in lakes barely big enough to hold a monster, find out the weird biological theories that were tossed around to explain the monsters, and above all, revel in a time when it was believed that SCIENCE would uncover that unlikely beasts still roamed this earth!
Crack a beer and join us at the cabin in the woods to find out what lurks beneath Galway’s péist-ridden lakes!
SOURCES:
The RTE video of the 1969 expedition:
The Somali Elephant Shrew
https://www.sciencealert.com/long-lost-elephant-shrew-has-been-rediscovered-in-africa
Sharon Hill on Supernatural Creep, Skeptical Enquirer
https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/supernatural-creep-the-slippery-slope-to-unfalsifiability/
World Famous UFOs, Colin Wilson
https://www.amazon.com/Ufos-World-Famous-Colin-Wilson/dp/0752517856
Review of Ted Holiday’s Goblin Universe by Nocturnal Revelries
https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2020/04/12/the-goblin-universe-ted-holiday/
Mystery Animals of Ireland by Dick Raynor
http://www.dickraynor.co.uk/irelandindex.htm
Strange But True by Colin Wilson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6883039-strange-but-true
Irish Lake Monsters by BCSCC
https://www.bcscc.ca/blog/?p=52
The Legendary Iris Peiste by Malintra Shadowmoon
https://www.deviantart.com/malintra-shadowmoon/art/The-Legendary-Irish-Peiste-319046775