in 1884 a Swedish folklorist offered a CASH BOUNTY for a giant maned snake and collected 50 witnesses

this one's a deep cut and it's my favourite because it's a real academic doing it. forget the lake monsters for a sec, this is land. the lindorm. in Swedish folk belief the lindorm is a big limbless serpent, dark scales, pale belly, and — this is the detail — a MANE, like a horse's mane on a snake.……