Herrington Monster

[td176]

I was born and raised in Danville, have spent many days on Herrington, I've never seen anything like that, but several years ago there was an article in the Danville Daily Disappointment about a pig monster in Herrington Lake. It had the body of a fish, the head and tail of a pig, and was several feet long. Not sure what those guys were smokin that day but it must have been strong!!!

[cumberlandguy1]

I've heard the pig monster story as well, but that doesn't fit the description of what we saw. I have never seen anything this big in freshwater and we only saw the back of it. We all wish that we had remembered that we had the camera....we were just in shock when it came up.

[RoadToad]

The only thing I know of that lives in fresh water and grows that big is a sturgeon, but A) I seriously doubt there are any sturgeon in Herrington Lake, and B) I've never heard of them swimming on the surface like that.

[Basswipe]

I am a firm believer that ANYTHING is possible. I'm not saying that there is or isn't a Herrington Monster, but I believe it's possible.

[RoadToad]

I guess I should clarify. If he says he saw it, I believe him. And when I said I'd never heard of sturgeon surfacing... well, a Google search tells me I was wrong, they do, just not very often. Herrington was impounded almost 80 years ago, wasn't it? Time enough for a sturgeon to grow pretty **** big. What do you think, Cumberlandguy, is that a possibility?

[cumberlandguy1]

That was our first thought as well, but it was just too big. We were in a 17 ft boat and the part that we could see was longer than the boat. I have never seen anything like it.

[trentonc2000]

"black" submarine? hehe

[muskyman24]

There's always been a rumor that divers went down to examine Dix Dam and reported giant catfish big enough to swallow a VW Bug could this big your monster?

[BanditMan]

I believe it is a cousin to the Bluelick monster near Junction City. LoL How bout it wormin. Did you ever run across it on herrington?

[yellow20xd]

I've seem some pretty big alligator gar in that lake... Dan

[cumberlandguy1]

yeah we've seen some big gar as well. I would lean toward the sturgeon side except the **** thing swam funny. I realized that when I started this thread that I would get some ridicule, but we definitely saw something that day that just doesn't belong there and thanks to the guys who have admitted seeing something weird there as well.

[td176]

All in fun, alot of strange things are seen all over, and alot of strange things happen all over that can't really be explained