Are there monsters in Tianchi Lake?

However, in August of 1962, someone used a telescope to find two monsters chasing and playing on the lake Tianchi.

1980 On August 2 1-23, people witnessed the water monster again. On the morning of 2 1, six people, including writer Jia Lei, found a trumpet-shaped broad paddling line in the center of Tianchi Lake in the wide area between the volcanic cone and the astronomical peak, and a black spot the size of a washbasin sometimes appeared at its tip, which looked like a head, and sometimes a long spindle-shaped body looked like an animal's back. At 0900 hours, witnesses saw three or four long paddling lines again, each of which was at least 100 meter long. Without the speed of the speedboat, such a paddling line would not have been formed. The next morning, five or six "water monsters" suddenly appeared on the lake in the distance. After about 40 minutes, they dived into the water one after another. On the 23rd, five monsters appeared in the water more than 40 meters away from the witnesses. This time, people clearly saw that the monster's head was as big as an ox, and its neck and part of its chest were as long as 1 m or more. This monster has dark brown hair, a white ring at the bottom of the neck, about 5-7 cm wide, round eyes and the size of a ping-pong ball. Panicked witnesses shouted and shot; Unfortunately, they missed, so the monster dived and ran away.

Later, people witnessed the monster again in June of 198 17 and September 2 of 1 year respectively. The reporter of "New Observation" also photographed the only Tianchi monster in China, which proved that the monster really existed.

However, people who hold a negative attitude towards Tianchi monster think that Tianchi was not formed for a long time, and the last eruption (1702) was only 279 years ago, so Mesozoic animals could not survive. Moreover, there is no necessary food chain for the survival of large animals in the pool, which cannot explain the food source of such large animals.

1981July 12, the North Korean scientific delegation found a "monster" in the pool. According to observation and photographic data, they judged that this "monster" was a black bear. However, a scientist in China questioned that the shape of the monster people saw was quite different from that of the black bear, and although the black bear could swim, it was not good at diving, so the black bear could not explain the mystery of the "Tianchi monster".

So someone suggested that the "monster" was probably an otter. Otter is slender, good at diving, and can go far downstream. It entered Tianchi for food and was seen from a distance. Coupled with the refraction of light, animals are magnified, so they become the legendary "Tianchi monster".

There is also a view that the rocks in Tianchi Lake often emerge from the water, and like animals, they sometimes emerge from the water and sometimes sink into the water. There are also large pieces of pumice ejected from the volcano, which float in the water and also float on the water surface under the action of the wind. Seen from a distance, it swims in the water like an animal.