Irish Lake Monsters: The 1969 Connemara Expedition

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:

https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/2770-weird-and-wonderful/682212-hunting-for-monsters-in-connemara/

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https://nocturnalrevelries.com/2020/04/12/the-goblin-universe-ted-holiday/

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http://www.dickraynor.co.uk/irelandindex.htm

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