Lake Monster Photographed?

A supposed unknown lake monster was photographed earlier this week in Lake Windermere, England.  The "creature" was photographed by Tom Pickles, who was kayaking on Lake Windermere as part of a team building exercise with his company. He said he saw the animal swim past him and watched the creature for about 20 seconds.

"It was petrifying and we paddled back to the shore straight away. At first I thought it was a dog and then saw it was much bigger and moving really quickly at about 10mph," the Telegraph quoted him as saying. Each hump was moving in a rippling motion and it was swimming fast. Its skin was like a seal's but its shape was completely abnormal - it's not like any animal I've ever seen before," he stated.

Although scientists are skeptical, this is reported to be the eighth sighting of a large creature at the lake in the last five years.  The creature has been dubbed "bownessie" by locals and the media.  Read a comprehensive summary here.

Here is the picture:

"Bownessie" - Photograph by Tom Pickles

South American Creature Found In Texas

From a local NBC Affiliate (WCSH6):

JOHNSON COUNTY, Tex. (NBC) -- Officials are trying to figure out how an exotic animal from the rain forests of South America ended up in a North Texas neighborhood.

The kinkajou, a tree dwelling, fruit eating animal native to the jungles of Central and South America, was captured as he tried to get into a home in Johnson County.

The animal is in now in the custody of the Humane Society of North Texas and is being treated by an exotic animal specialist while they try to track down its owner.

Here's another picture of a kinkajou (looking more vicious than they actually are):

Attribution: Robrrb at en.wikipedia