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The Lagarfljótsormur, Lagarfljót worm, (or simply Iceland Worm Monster) is an Icelandic lake cryptid which is purported to live in Lagarfljót in Egilsstaðir. Sightings have been logged since 1345 and continue into the 21st century, including a 2012 video supposedly showing the creature swimming. An origin of the creature is given in Jón Árnason's collection of Icelandic folktales and legends published in 1862 and 1864. ==Description and habitat== The serpentine creature is said to live in Lagarfljót,〔(East Iceland ), Iceland regions, Iceland on the web〕〔("Er þetta Lagarfljótsormurinn?" ), RÚV February 2, 2012 , with video〕 a freshwater, a below-sea-level, glacial-fed lake which has very poor visibility as a result of siltation.〔(Lagarfljot ), Travel Guide East, Nordic Adventure Travel, retrieved February 7, 2012.〕 It is described as longer than a bus, or , and has also been reported outside the water, lying coiled up or slithering into the trees.〔(Worm Monster ), Season 2, ''Destination Truth'', Sci-Fi Channel, (archived ) at the Wayback Machine February 7, 2009.〕〔Sveinn Birkir Björnsson, (Chasing Monsters in East-Iceland ), ''The Reykjavík Grapevine'' May 9, 2008〕 It is a "many humps" type of lake monster, rather than the simply serpentine type of, for example, the Loch Ness Monster.〔 The Lagarfljót Worm has been sighted several times in modern times, including in 1963 by the head of the Icelandic National Forest Service, Sigurður Blöndal, and in 1998 by a teacher and students at Hallormsstaðir School.〔 In 1983, contractors laying a telephone cable measured a large shifting mass near the eastern shore when performing preliminary depth measurements, and when they later retrieved the non-functional cable, found that it was broken where it had lain over the anomaly: In February 2012, the Icelandic national broadcaster, RÚV, published a video thought to show the Lagarfljót Worm swimming in snow-covered icy water.〔 Subsequently this was explained as probably being an inanimate object moved by the rapid current, since it was making no progress through the water.〔Benjamin Radford, Discovery News, ("Icelandic River Monster Mystery Solved," ) at LiveScience, retrieved February 14, 2012.〕 A truth commission reported in August 2014 that members were divided about the video but saw no reason to doubt the existence of the creature,〔("Ekki ástæða til að efast um Lagarfljótsorminn" ), ''Morgunblaðið'', 24 August 2014 〕 and an expert panel later judged the video genuine.〔Dallas Jensen, ("Is That You, Lagarfljótsormur?" ), Slate.com, 24 September 2014.〕〔Dion Dassanayake, ("Independent commission rule video of Iceland's Loch Ness monster is REAL" ), ''Daily Express'', 3 October 2014.〕 〔Devparna Acharya, ("Nessie lives: Video of Iceland's Loch Ness monster is not fake, says expert panel" ), Firstpost.com, 5 October 2014.〕 A sightseeing boat named ''Lagarfljótsormurinn'' after it began operations on the lake in 1999,〔 and the Gunnar Gunnarsson Institution in Skriðuklaustur seeks to preserve the traditions of the Lagarfljót Worm for cultural and tourism purposes.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lagarfljót Worm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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