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»§handar« (Original Message)

Sent: 9/18/2005 11:43 AM

Last Update: Monday, February 21, 2005. 10:42am (AEDT)

Reward offered for Melbourne 'Loch Ness' eel

The operators of a trout farm are offering a $1000 reward to anyone who catches Melbourne's own Loch Ness monster.

A giant eel, believed to be around four metres long with a head the size of a football has been spotted at the trout farm at Warburton.

It is believed the eel washed into the farm's ponds during this month's record breaking storms.

Farm manager Gary Wales says efforts to catch the giant creature have so far been unsuccessful.

"We don't want it harmed, this things probably 30-years-old, and he's come here probably by mistake and he's found himself a good little home and plenty of food," he said.

"We hope to catch him alive and take him to the Melbourne Aquarium."

He says he has never heard of such a large eel before.

"No. Maybe it's Nessy, Nessy's offspring maybe, who knows, but no, it's a big eel."

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From:

»§handar«

Sent: 9/18/2005 11:48 AM

Victoria News

Giant eel encounter frightens tourist
9:00 AM February 23

A monster eel, which is believed to have taken up residence at a Warburton trout farm, east of Melbourne, has reportedly been sighted this morning.

The eel, which is said to be at least three metres long with a head the size of a football, has been scaring fishermen at Tommy Finn's trout farm.

Farm manager Gary Wales says an Irish tourist got the fright of his life when he encountered the eel early this morning.

"Next thing he's banging on me bloody wall on the door of the house, banging, saying 'Gary, Gary I've seen it'. So I flew out of bed right, I said 'how big is it mate?' He said 'big as my bloody car'," he said.

Source: ABC

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From:

»§handar«

Sent: 9/18/2005 11:53 AM

Killer eel strikes again

From:

By Brendan Roberts

July 22, 2005

A GIANT killer eel has roused from the murky waters of the Yarra to claim its second victim.

Eddie the giant eel, named after its first victim - a Jack Russell dog - reportedly claimed the life of an unsuspecting goose on Wednesday night.

It seems the slippery sea monster's appetite has outgrown the waters of Tommy Finn's trout farm and it has moved upstream into the Yarra River in Warburton to stalk its prey.

Trout farm manager Gary Wales said a man, looking as white as a ghost, entered the trout farm late Wednesday night, claiming the serpent had snatched a goose he had been feeding.

"He was fishing on the Yarra in Warburton and feeding bread to the geese and apparently the water swirled around and the goose disappeared - Eddie the eel just swallowed him up," Mr Wales said.

He rejected as scuttlebutt suggestions the eel was a myth designed to generate publicity.

The attack follows another incident in April when fisherman Chris Healy said he was pulled into the water by "something unknown" - also thought to have been the work of Eddie.

Message 4 of 5 in Discussion

From:

§hêwôlf�?/nobr>

Sent: 9/19/2005 9:22 AM

hehehe that is so funny well to me but not the trout farmer nessy the eel probably thinks he has gone to eel heaven.

did he really eat a dog and a goose ? do do do do dooo!!!

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From:

WOLFMANNTHEGHOSTWOLF

Sent: 9/19/2005 8:10 PM

Nessy the eel is just moving up the food chain. It's next stop will be tax collectors, politicos and lawyers. Isn't Mother Nature wonderful? lol Wolfmann

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