Moon Lake Monster
Ringkasan
Moon Lake Monster, atau Moonie, adalah kriptid yang dilaporkan menghuni Moon Lake di kawasan pegunungan Uinta, Duchesne County, Utah, dan digambarkan sebagai makhluk besar gelap menyerupai ular.
The Moon Lake Monster, or Moonie, is a cryptid said to live in Moon Lake, high in the Uinta Mountains of Duchesne County, Utah, described as a large, dark, serpent-like creature.
Kisah dan tradisi
Moon Lake Monster, yang akrab disebut Moonie, adalah kriptid yang dilaporkan menghuni Moon Lake di kawasan pegunungan Uinta, Duchesne County, Utah. Meski sering kalah tenar dibanding Bear Lake Monster, Moonie menjadi bagian tetap cerita rakyat setempat di High Uintas, dan warga mengatakan bahwa sudah bertahun-tahun makhluk ini dibicarakan. Legendanya berakar pada cerita rakyat setempat, termasuk kisah yang dikaitkan dengan orang Ute yang dahulu menghindari kawasan itu karena danau dianggap dihuni "roh air". Roh-roh itu dipercaya mampu menarik orang ke bawah permukaan. Menurut warga, orang Ute tidak mau mendekati danau karena takhayul tertentu, padahal reservasi mereka tak jauh dari sana. Penampakan modern biasanya menggambarkan makhluk besar, gelap, menyerupai ular yang meninggalkan riak berbentuk V di permukaan air. Pada 1994 Bill Reardon, mantan pemilik Moon Lake Resort, melaporkan melihat riak yang bergerak zig-zag melintasi danau, sedangkan saksi lain menyamakannya dengan "batang kayu bergelombang" bersisik sepanjang 12 sampai 15 kaki.
The Moon Lake Monster, popularly called Moonie, is a cryptid said to live in Moon Lake, high in the Uinta Mountains of Duchesne County, Utah. Less famous than the Bear Lake Monster, Moonie nonetheless has a firm place in the local lore of the High Uintas, and locals say it has been talked about for years. The legend grows out of local lore, among it stories linked to the Ute, who in the past kept away from the area because the lake was thought to be inhabited by "water spirits". These spirits were believed able to pull people beneath the surface. According to locals, the Ute would not come near the lake out of certain superstitions, though their reservation lies close by. Modern sightings usually describe a large, dark, serpent-like being leaving V-shaped wakes on the surface. In 1994 Bill Reardon, a former owner of the Moon Lake Resort, reported seeing a ripple zigzagging across the lake, while other witnesses likened it to a scaly "bumpy log" 12 to 15 feet long.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Tradisi Amerika Serikat
- Kawasan / Region
- Amerika Utara Pribumi
- Negara / Country
- United States
- Era
- A sighting recorded in 1994
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Cryptid
- Habitat
- Water
Nama lain / Alternate names
Moonie
Makhluk terkait / Related beings
- Bear Lake Monster
- Agropelter
- Altamaha-ha
- Axehandle hound (Axehandle Hound)
- Ball-tailed cat (Ball-tailed Cat)
- Beaman Monster
- Beast of Bladenboro
- Beast of Bray Road
- Beast of Busco