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@mikemurphy5898

2 жыл бұрын

Good doc, but when you're playing the sound of an unknown animal, you should probably stop playing the background music so we can hear it unfettered

@wakcackle3555

10 ай бұрын

My family would have a summer week up at Kayak Point, and we went out on a small boat with an outboard motor one morning. There were both sea lions and otter out there. This was when I was 6 years old, and that was in 1965. The story of having to re-stock otters is an exaggerated one.

That irish guy is the best storyteller /cryptid hunter ive ever seen and can weave a tale like no other. Id love to go on an adventure with him or better yet have him read me bed time stories. Excellent at what he does and so intriguing and mystifying

@wewenang5167

2 жыл бұрын

most irish are very good at storytelling cuz its in their culture, oral history and lore are their speciality.

@jasontipton8430

7 ай бұрын

he has such a dry sense of humor i find hilarious

I just want to follow that Irish fella around all the time, listen to him weave whimsical yarns about about the surrounding environs and what potentially lurks in them while I'm taking pulls from my hip flask. *glug glug* "What's that you say?there's Banshees on moors? I'm allll ears. *glug* "Let's go hunt leprechauns, I'm 'bout that life! Tallyho!" It'd be dope.

@mariust6769

4 жыл бұрын

kek

@jquest43

4 жыл бұрын

No "Tallyho" in Ireland,foo!

@johrathbun

4 жыл бұрын

Me too, but please don't tell him I'm descended from the English.

"Most of her insides were outside" I'm so sorry for laughing, but his way of telling these stories is amazing. He's one of those people you'd want to hear all the stories they have to tell even if you'd heard different versions before.

This man is fantastic. He's quite the good story teller. Then again, most Irish are! We love our whiskey and pub tales!

A huge walrus arrived on the Irish coastline this week, far from its normal habitat. Thought to have drifted into the Atlantic on an ice floe and headed to the nearest land....this was a great documentary!

@kylemccabe1863

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I heard about it

Interesting that some of the First Nations people of Alaska also have an otter creature they fear.

@Swiati

3 жыл бұрын

Where in north america

@berndmayer1765

3 жыл бұрын

@@Swiati Alaska

@justinparkerthewildwolf6394

2 жыл бұрын

Yes the otter man

@jimpyre5038

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinparkerthewildwolf6394 yes!!!

@justinparkerthewildwolf6394

2 жыл бұрын

@@jimpyre5038 have you seen him do you have a story

This video was shot in the Republic of Ireland, not Northern Ireland as the narrator states.

I've seen otters in the west of Ireland that were really big, about 6 feet including tail. I just can't see a self sustaining species of giant otters living there without being recorded more often. That said, who would've thought we'd ever see a walrus in Kerry?

@ronancoghlan2834

2 жыл бұрын

I feel dobharchu may be an occasional mutant rather than an unknown species.

@jasontipton8430

7 ай бұрын

i was just thinking if you saw an 8 foot long otter at a distance would you know it or would you just say that was an otter its hard to estimate size of something with a familiar shape at a distance in the water you might see a 10 foot otter and not bat an eye maybe think it was a big otter maybe your 6 foot otter was a 10 footer lol who knows

@nialler78

6 ай бұрын

@@jasontipton8430 that's a good point I watch birds a lot and it can be difficult to judge size at a distant. The otter in this instance was dead on a road so had to drive right past it. If it was in the middle of a lake it would've been hard to estimate its size alright

@michaelcaffery5038

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. I once saw a seal on the coast, realising later it was a sea otter. Very hard to judge distance and size looking out to sea or the sky. I was also thinking about seals at the time as I was about to fish and didn't want one around. If you see something unfamiliar ones preconceptions work on you and are more likely to perceive that thing as a threat and bigger than reality. Otters can stand up on their hind legs and I've had one hiss at me as described in the video. Also the Irish are great story tellers and prone to exaggeration. Some of the stories that go around about individuals and other things are absolutely outrageous and repeated without question.

@kaijuar2003

2 ай бұрын

The cryptozoologist had LITERALLY explained that the Dobhar-Chu, if real, is mostly on the coast and ONLY goes to the lake to drink freshwater, which explains why it is seldom seen. For example, in Loch Ness, seals ARE known to enter through the River Ness and are also seldom seen. So it isn't too improbable for a giant, unknown species of otter to do something similar before leaving back to its preferred habitat. Also, judging from eyewitness testimony, the Dobhar-Chu ISN'T sociable as known species of otters, either being solitary or living in pairs.

I could listen to Ronan Coghlan talk all day.

Crypto-Dude is epic... "this is said by the locals, in hushed tones, because you always speak of such things, IN HUSHED TONES...." - Coghran

@user-co4gs3hm8p

11 ай бұрын

Great storytellers the Irish, an innate gift with language ❤

It sounds like an undiscovered species of Leopard Seal a species that lives in warmer areas Because they have dog like features swim in the water like an otter and they are meat eaters

@quakethedoombringer

3 жыл бұрын

Probably fur sea lions (with visible ears) getting lost in the Irish coast

@snotrat2

2 жыл бұрын

@@quakethedoombringer that is quite a good explanation only there are no sea lions in the North Atlantic

@danielnystrom7310

2 жыл бұрын

Sea otters are prety big but i dont think they are this far north. But again if a great white shark swim outside south england why wouldnt a sea otter get lost to ireland

@JSmooove98

2 жыл бұрын

Leopard seal? 🤣🤣🤣

@benitasteffan7404

2 жыл бұрын

@@JSmooove98 it’s a large antarctic seal gray in color with dark spots on its throat. It eats penguins and other seals. They do exist.

The South American Giant Otter is a known to science creature and reaches a length of 6 feet. While it is native to the Amazon, who's to say it hasn't somehow wound up in Ireland?

I love this cryptozoologist. He’s like a made up character

@chadatchison145

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking he should have his own show lol.

@SouthJerseySasquatch

4 жыл бұрын

He reminds me of Merlin from the movie Excalibur.

@virenvs905

4 жыл бұрын

He sounds like an Irish Richard Dawkins

@ronancoghlan2834

4 жыл бұрын

@Olly the Animal Bloke I do talk pretty much like that.

@kevinmunday5782

4 жыл бұрын

He is great ☺☺

That cryptozoologist is an amazing storyteller! I'd love to have him talking for hours about Irish legends around a campfire. Btw I love otters lol

@jquest43

4 жыл бұрын

You won't love the giant otter

@dibujosinlimitesmp

4 жыл бұрын

@@jquest43 lol maybe

@leeprochazka3705

3 жыл бұрын

@@jquest43 theres a similiar cryptid in alaska. Look up "missing in alaska".

@jquest43

3 жыл бұрын

@@leeprochazka3705 Skoocum and sasquatch eat people

@christinamenhennett

2 жыл бұрын

@@leeprochazka3705 oh I like that show!

The illustration the eyewitness artist made reminds of a leopard seal. They are huge , ill tempered, and predators. Hence the name leopard seal. They look a lot like an otter but are 7- 12 feet long and can weigh as much as 1300 pounds.

@Lily_of_the_Forest

2 жыл бұрын

Leopard seals are scary! They look very Nessie-like too.

The guy with the grey hair is amazing at speaking in a spooky tone. I like him. He needs to work in voice overs.

@franceshume

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Akers he was my primary school teacher. He told the most amazingly gripping stories in class. Quite a character!

@kylemccabe1863

3 жыл бұрын

@@franceshume you were so lucky

@teaspoonsofpeanutbutter6425

3 жыл бұрын

@@franceshume was it at the school with the elusive otter?!

at the end the scientist says "you wouldn't get a human twice the height of another human". I'm pretty sure there have been people 4 feet tall and others 8 feet tall or thereabouts.

@kcurran9913

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure the tallest man ever to live was 8ft

Ronan Coghlan, is awesome, love his sense of humor and out look, could listen to him speak for hours

I hope the Cryptzoologist is doing myth and legends tours, he would make a killing! Awesome dude, made me laugh

@xSayHiToEarlx

3 жыл бұрын

He plays the roll of his life. 🤣

@bellewhite3764

3 жыл бұрын

He ruled this episode! I'm still giggling! "Let's go, fearing nothing!" 😍😂

@joechapman8208

3 жыл бұрын

I reckon he's all otter fur on the inside and he turns inside out on the lakeshore at night, swimming away cackling

@qetoun

2 жыл бұрын

He needs his own show.

This cryptozoologist needs to be the damn host. His ability to verbalize mystery is very fitting with this genre of entertainment.

@IrisheaglesOne

2 жыл бұрын

He could seriously narrate ghost stories and scare the heck outta ya!

I get so caught up in the music and the beauty of the land and people that I forget what this program is really about!

I love all these shiver videos! I get a much larger understanding, and appreciation of folk lore, people who say they have seen a creature, and the beautiful landscapes. The cryptologist is really cheeky. I would love to hang out with him, any time anywhere and I'll bring my own flask of whisky. The narration is also great, clear well spoken, smooth & calm.

The cryptozoologist is like a younger version of Deckard Cane from diablo telling stories of the mystical and dark creatures that roam the world. If he said "Stay a while and listen" I would without hesitation

That recording was of an actual otter. Their screams sound identical.

@kcurran9913

Жыл бұрын

Did you not even watch the video? He said that he played it for biologists and they were not able to identify it. You can't speak for yourself.

Look up giant Amazon river otters. They’re not altogether the most pleasant of animals. This Dobhar-chú could be an even larger species than that. The giant otters aren’t your average cuddly critters...regularly fight jaguars, anaconda and caimans.

@ronancoghlan2834

4 жыл бұрын

My own feeling is that the Dobharchu occurs as an occasional mutant.

Leopard seals in the Northern Hemisphere?

@DinoBot65

4 жыл бұрын

@J. C. That's no way related to that guy's bewilderment.

@susanstinger6735

3 жыл бұрын

In the 1960s and 70s it was common in british wealthy people to take some exotic cats from Amazonas and Africa to their home. As government forbid it, many of them released their beasts into the wild in Great Britain. Since then great cats are spotted from time to time in the wilderness.

This is really well done. Love all the interviewees and the story is very interesting and plausible.

As a rehabber of wild mustelids, even little ones like mink and weasels are ferocious. Otters are that way as well. I would not be suprised one bit if there is some truth to this.

There could possibly be an old bloodline of otter that has remained from when they were larger .

Thanks for the upload keep them coming thanks 😊👍😀

I could listen to these Irish people all day.💖

Obviously a breed of giant otters. leftover from Ireland's Prehistoric Mega Fauna

Look up the alaska osterman. The natives re terrified of it. It mimics voices and everything

@darrenmcdonald5373

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting ! Have you ever heard of the dogman ? I must have watch over 100 interviews on the KZread channel called dogman encounters. Be warned very freaky

If the creature has been seen in the area for such a long time, then there be a breeding population…

The cryptozoologist is awesome! What a character

This creature sounds like the Kushtaka (Otter-man) of Alaskan Native Legends.

@justinparkerthewildwolf6394

2 жыл бұрын

Kashtaka the otter man omg i bet there is a documentary about him thanks heaps mis

@christinamenhennett

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinparkerthewildwolf6394 watch Missing in Alaska. You'll see many strange things.

@Lily_of_the_Forest

2 жыл бұрын

What could be the possible real inspiration for the Alaskan Otter-Man?

Outstanding content! Is there anyway to maybe cut back on the trumpet/ saxophone interludes back to back?

The intro music is the same intro music for Rescue Mediums 🤪 I KNEW I recognized it, I just couldn’t recall where from 🤓 Thank you for this post 🥳 I LOVE this Boogeyman series!! Wish there were more of them😞

I can Imagine that crypto zoologist guy in old timey times in a plague doctor mask yelling at people HAVE SOME COCAINE YOU ALL HAVE GHOSTS IN YOUR BLOOD

@eliangonzales

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, his voice bugged the hell out of me.

@jquest43

4 жыл бұрын

That would put ghosts in your blood!

@ronancoghlan2834

4 жыл бұрын

@@jquest43 Maybe they're there already.

@jquest43

4 жыл бұрын

@@ronancoghlan2834 it's up to the cocaine TS Ronan Coghlan it's up to the cocaine TAH ROOT THEM OUT!!!H ROOT THEM OUT!!!

I love the way Ronan speaks! He has quite a way with words... he is a loveable poet for sure!

The Crypto guy is "Hamming it up" pretty well.

Oh my god! I just watched a program the other day about the same exact creatures in Alaska, but with a different name!

Wow, that guy comes across as a true seanchaí

There must be really good shrooms on the island

Adore the Irish accent , all sound sooo lovely .

@kylemccabe1863

3 жыл бұрын

I'm irish and I want an accent like that

I do not doubt that this creature exists in one way or another. However, the fact that the sightings of it dates back so far diminishes the possibility of it being a naturally occuring animal. Else surely there should be remains of it found. Or actual droppings - anything. This creature more reasonably falls in the category of paranormal or supernatural. Simply not quite explained. But does exist in one way or another.

That bearded dude stole the show. Lol

I love the cryptozoologist, I could listen to him tell stories for hours on end. Snuggle up all cozy with some cocoa on a rainy day and just listen to him tell all kinds of stories

@sonofadam4339

3 жыл бұрын

Yes ma'am

Looks exactly like a wayward Leopard Seal...A fierce predator.

Entertaining & beautiful! Thank ☘️you!

Would love to visit now, Ronans an absolute legend

Interesting story. In Cymraeg/Welsh one of the dialects call otters Dŵr ci the main word used is dyfwrgi or water dogs looks and sounds similar word to this creature. The dobharchú (if i spelled that correctly).

@ronancoghlan2834

Жыл бұрын

They both derive from Indo-European roots.

Annoying that you'd go to such trouble without realising what country you're in, or not for that matter... It's the West of Ireland. Northern Ireland is a different country and a whole different story altogether.

@ronancoghlan2834

4 жыл бұрын

We knew where we were. The narrator of the piece oobviously didn't.

@erikm8372

4 жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone would comment on this. Connemara is quite rural. But personally I’d check out Donegal. If this program were truly set in the North, Donegal likely has its own scary creatures. Anywhere that is isolated by mountains, political borders and minimal roads must harbor things. Lots of livestock to pick off. Probably more animals than humans there. Love it but very rugged.

@ronancoghlan2834

4 жыл бұрын

@@erikm8372 The dobharchu was certainly reputed to live in Donegal in days agone.

Sounds like Otter calling for his companion.. maybe mutated Otter or Seal ? Nature in island seem promising to mating seasons

Omey island isn’t in the north west of Ireland, it’s the west, north west is in another province… omey island is unbelievable and definitely worth a walk out, just don’t get caught, out and have to swim back. FYI some of the locals put rocks in the way of the road… so difficult to get around by car.

Every story or folklore has an ounce of truth to them, somewhere.

This is a interesting show I subscribed let’s see what they got

I am irish and I actually seen this creature on a holiday in that area

@righteousbrother9402

Жыл бұрын

can you share your experience with us please?

I love these videos, but the most disturbing part of this one was the “church” not allowing unbaptized children to be buried in “consecrated” ground.

@jquest43

4 жыл бұрын

They are foul unbelievers,cursed,bound for hell.

@Areyousayingidontknowmyname

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if at any stage they question this. I also wonder considering one of their most worshiped persons was born out of wedlock to another man. So going on that tradition it makes me wonder if Jesus's second coming might have had him end up in the sewers.

@Areyousayingidontknowmyname

4 жыл бұрын

@@jquest43 Who are?

@ronancoghlan2834

4 жыл бұрын

This practice has been discontinued.

@vixendoe2545

3 жыл бұрын

The church could be, and can be, quite backwards.

It’s really not uncommon for artic walrus to come to Ireland from Greenland

@kcurran9913

Жыл бұрын

Yes it is. There's only ever been like 5 sightings of a walrus in Ireland ever. Also how tf does a walrus look anything like an otter?

I love these kind of mystery and myths and folklore it's my favourite this one seems to be about a big old seal

Crypto dude needs his own channel

This Cryptozoologist is a legend. I'd hang with him any time.

i could listen hours to Ronan Coghlans voice... :D sooo awesome

The last time I brought my stuffed pet otter to a bar, I was asked to leave...

Fascinating! :)

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@nashbreen

4 жыл бұрын

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I love how the name of the creature sounds similar to Dovahkiin from skyrim😅

Maybe its a Giant Otter on holiday from the Amazon.

Got to love that Ronan, kinda strikes me like the guy with a pint of Guinness in one hand and a bottle of Four Roses in the other. He has more than a touch of the Blarney to him.

Imagine that couple had a camera when they saw what they claim. Wouldve been a blurry one probably. Connely again?? He saw the Piest and claims to have observed it for hours but i didnt know he saw the Giant Otter too. On the other hand, Connelly is probably a widespread name there

could this creature be a leopard seal? it would fit the description.

people forget that animals like the gorilla whas considerd a legend untill it whs found that long ago we still discover large animals every now and then it is not impossible for unknown species to exist...

The Cryptozoologist is the most amazing storyteller ive ever heard!🏆👍☘💚

A large otter like creature that swims and makes a screaming noise. In seal country. What could it be?

Alaska has their own Otterman legend too...

@kylemccabe1863

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they do

I always immediately look up the prehistoric ancestor of whatever "real" animal they compare the cryptid to, and sure enough, there is a man to wolf sized otter ancestor that was a top predator back in it's day called "enhydriodon dikikae". Now of course extinction and all that, but I tend to not believe that every single thing went extinct as we have things like coelacanth, crocodiles, and the Tuatara of new zealand that are remnants of those exact time eras. I looked up videos of otters screaming, and it sounds very much like the audio this guy had recorded when he was camped out.

I think it was some sort of seal or walrus. Don't know to common they are, but if they are not native then perhaps it was lost.... whales have been seen in the Thames for example.

NOW OTTERS DO HAVE A SQUEAKY SOUNDING UTTERANCE

"There are huge piles of dung here, from a large animal" he says as he walks across a cow pasture...

@ronancoghlan2834

Жыл бұрын

Perceptive, ain't I?

Ronin is a fantastic gentleman, but Ronin why on earth did you go on expedition without proper equipment?

I think that this is really Craggy Island and the strange creature is Father Jack Hackett when he's been at the floor polish.

Oh no its a big seal

Would any one have the contact details for Ronan?? trying to get him for an interview but cant seem to get in touch :/

@ronancoghlan2834

4 жыл бұрын

Access through my Facebook account.

That recorded shriek sounds like some sort of raptor. Maybe a sea eagle.

Beauty is breathtaking. I could live here quite happily

in Alaska there is a creature just like this called the Kushtaka , a giant otter man !

@leeprochazka3705

3 жыл бұрын

On "missing in alaska" they talk about it. Actually find something too.

@ronancoghlan2834

2 жыл бұрын

@@leeprochazka3705 There is actually a book available on the Kushtaka. Look it up on Amazon.

The first guy murdered his wife and blamed it on the creature. As for the rest, it’s likely a misplaced pod of walruses, leopard seals, or giant otters.

Whats the point in watching a documentary that is so inaccurate, it doesn't even get the country right! The Narrator says Omey Island is in Northern Ireland. Omey Island is in County Galway, which is in Ireland, not in Northern Ireland, there is a difference. Even the map on the video, designates the difference. The witness says the Cryptozoic animal he saw was the size of a man. Well the Atlantic grey seals are common on the west coast of Ireland, they can be over 7 feet long and weigh 500 pounds.

@tobyehillier

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen Otter lying dead on the side of the road, near lakes in Wicklow and they're the size science suggests, but I've seen them in groups alive and well, and they would seem the size of a large dog at least....

@ronancoghlan2834

4 жыл бұрын

The narrator's script made that error. We knew where we were all right.

@thomassmestead6424

3 жыл бұрын

My thought was that it seemed very similiar to the Stellars sea-lions we have in Pacific waters of North America, but Western Ireland is of course on the Eurasian side of the Atlantic. Stellars' are HUGE! Especially right next to them. Unfamiliar with seal and sea-lion species in the North Atlantic, but it sounds like a seal, or sea-lion, is what the Corcorans encountered that night. In the dark, it would be quite frightening.

@ronancoghlan2834

5 ай бұрын

I apologise for the narrator's mistake.

I wonder if a sea otter could have come across somehow from North America, since you do get anomalous but natural animals occasionally, like the walrus? They're sizeable.

@ronancoghlan2834

Жыл бұрын

As sea otters are only known in the Pacific, it's unlikely one would end up in Ireland.

Since I heard the word otter several times in this video, I'm guessing this creature is a Eurasian Otter.

@ronancoghlan2834

Жыл бұрын

It would need to be an outsize one or mutant.

The fella that came face to face says he sketched a picture of what he thought he imagined it looked like,That doesn't tell me he see it but heard a noise and caught a glimpse of something he couldn't explain on the night because he was already spooked,I don't think he see anything otherwise he'd of said ,,,I draw a picture of what I see that night,Not what I imagined it looked like,Poor voice in words there

It's something mysterious about this guy.

I am from n.Ireland and I have never heard of this

You can find the Otterman in Alaska to

An Otter Of Unusual Size is a cousin of ROUS.

A giant otter with flippers not feet, er a seal you mean?

On either side of the beach you’ve got 5 millennium of history 😁

The crypto zoologist is an unrepentant and gleefully HAM😂 so fun to watch!