Loch Ness Monster Videos From Taal Lake
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Image courtesy MyCam-Asia.tv
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Someone obviously believes that the deep and dark waters of Taal Lake are somehow similar to those of the famed Loch Ness and has taken the trouble to view endless hours of images from the IP camera (webcam) that is attached to the second coconut tree to the left of the Taal Lake Yacht Club lake-shore bar. They have captured a sequence of images that clearly show something that suddenly appears about 100 feet from the camera and then slowly proceeds across the screen, ducking and diving, before disappearing from view some minutes later. The video is now on YouTube (see bottom of this article for the link).
Certainly Taal Lake holds many of Nature’s hidden treasures and some yet to be described creatures, trapped there after the six-month long volcanic eruption of 1754, but a monster like Nessie? It seems too incredible. However, as we have seen in other parts of the World, since the widespread use of cameras that do nothing but sit there and take images all day, where people are not so frequent, sometimes the incredible can be witnessed.
Taal Lake was once open to the Verde Island Passage and the South China Sea as part of Balayan Bay, Batangas. In 1754, the eruption of Taal volcano deposited so much volcanic debris to the southwest that the body of water that we know as Taal Lake was absolutely cut off from the sea, and many sea creatures were trapped within its vast embrace.
As Taal Lake’s only source of replenishment was fresh water, from the rivers and streams cascading down the surrounding hillsides, the lake slowly lost its salinity and is today a mostly fresh, a little sulfurous and ever so slightly salty body of water, up to 600 feet deep and measuring as much as 32 kilometers across.
Some of the trapped sea creatures perished in Taal Lake’s growing freshness, but some adapted. For example, bull sharks, known to frequent brackish water in river estuaries, adapted well with the last shark being observed in Taal Lake as recently as 1973. Sea snakes adapted and have evolved into a distinct species. Shoals of sardines populated the lake and made for a unique dish, known as tawilis, served to visitors as a local delicacy . . . sadly there are few tawilis to be had these days, as the lake was grossly over-fished during the last century and native “aquaculture” has been replaced by ever expanding rafts of fish-cages, containing more profitable varieties such as tilapia and bangus. However, you can still enjoy tawilis if you order a-day-ahead of your visit to the Taal Lake Yacht Club.
Back to to the video of Taal Lake’s Loch Ness Monster on YouTube. Is it possible that some historic relic of the time before the eruption, never recorded before, has now been captured on camera? Well certainly there is something unusual in the images from 19th January, 2011; something that can be observed again on the morning of 20th January, except that this time there are two creatures – one far to the far right and one nearer to the left of the webcam’s view.
Whatever is in Taal Lake it should be investigated as thoroughly as the Loch Ness Monster. The Taal Lake Yacht Club is happy to receive researchers who are willing to pay the standard Php100 per day membership-fee. If you want to be more adventurous then you can rent a boat and sail out onto the lake to complete your research.
If you find a Nessie or something similar there please let us know so that we can promote you and your discovery to the World through these pages.
Taal Lake and its secrets are just about an hour drive South from Metro Manila and even if you miss the “monster” you can still enjoy a day at the lake, in one of the most romantic lake-shore settings in Asia. Great destination for Valentine’s Day!
Links:
View Taal Lake Monster video YouTube
View Taal Lake webcam right now and maybe you can see the monster
The Taal Lake Yacht Club website