Issie of Lake Ikeda, Japan — 1978 mass sighting + the film

Pivoting to Kyushu. Lake Ikeda (Ikeda-ko) in Kagoshima, a big caldera lake on the Satsuma peninsula. The monster's nicknamed Issie, kind of a play on Nessie. The legend layer is a sad one: a white mare and her foal were separated, the grieving mother dove into the lake and became the creature, suppo……