The Beast of Barrisdale

by Cole Herrold

The Beast of Barrisdale is a bizarre mystery that, like many older cases, seems to be one part myth and one-part cryptozoological phenomenon, and unfortunately, most if not all the witnesses are no longer with us to elaborate or explain what is currently out there in the form of books and website information. It is a case that, like many, we will probably never be able to explain or come to any solid conclusion. While the case of the Beast seems to of come to a close, there is another element to the Beast of Barrisdale; however, it is known as the Loch Hourn Monster, but if this is the case, it is not alone in this moniker. For the Beast seems to of staked a claim only on the land and air as no reports of its description come from the water, and that is because the water is already taken.

Scotland is just teeming with loch (lake) monsters. The most famous being the Loch Ness Monster, which has since been the poster child for lake monsters since word of it hit the mainstream media. Yet other lochs around it and all throughout Scotland are homes to other slithery slimy aquatic beasts’ lochs such as Loch Oich, Loch Lochy, Loch Morar, Loch Shiel, Loch Quoich, and Loch Awe, just to name a few. Yet, there is one loch that is home to one of the most bizarre beasts ever conceived in an aquatic lair.