I saw one of these creatures when I was about 8 years old in Germany. We were playing in a marsh that was full of reeds. I am not sure but the reeds may have been some type of crop. I was walking through the water that was only a few inches deep pushing aside the reeds. Then all of a sudden when I pushed aside some reeds there was a long neck with a snake like head right in front of me. It was standing about 4 feet high because it's head was directly level with mine. The head was about 7 inches across and the neck was about 4 inches in diameter. It also had large eyes. It made a hissing sound when I came upon it. I fell backwards and when I looked again it was gone. I didn't see if it had a body because that was below the reeds. I grew up on a farm in the USA and saw all kinds of snakes and other animals as a child. This creature was something I was unfamiliar with. It is still very vivid in my memory.
Ive seen it and so has my friend. We are two different nationalities (American and Irish) and saw it in different places in the world. We're both women. I can absolutely, categorically say it exists. One thing though, its a spectre and there is NO physical evidence for it. It doesnt go after women, its just women are more likely to be clairvoyant enough to percieve it.
Actually your description, especially the hissing somehow gives me the picture of a "Flying Lizard" (The Draco Mindanensis) and Chlamydosaurus kingii combined (if it had frills) or an extant cousin of the same species. Considering Austria and alpine environment (usually makes things shorter due to oxygen levels in high altitudes) but a larger variety could be still existing waiting to be found again. Just like they found the 'thought to be extinct' Coelacanth ( an ancient fish type) in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar and India. Considering hardly people venture deep into the Alps 'all the time' unlike previously to collect some food or mine resources, it might be highly unlikely you will come across that type of species. It is a high possibility they still exist. A large Chlamydosaurus would be enough to frighten a man and being so huge , who knows they would have even consumed human flesh ?! or could have been a scavenger species. Mightbe clearing of forests and widespread human population have nearly destroyed their habitat and might be made them more "endemic" to the Alps. I don't know if I talk gibberish but just something I consider a possibility (among the other millions of theories of course).
@@TheB657 Interesting perspective. It was in a town called Wiesloch which is pretty populated. So it truly baffles me that a 5 foot tall lizard creature could be running around unnoticed. I just can't figure out what I witnessed
Nope it never ever happened. You have totally made this up and it is time that someone tells you the truth. Instep of being mollycoddled by other kooks. Grow up. Get some mental health help and leave a productive life
If you think about it, all these legendary "dragon" types seem to have existed way back in Europe during the middle ages. And there never really seemed to be an abundance of them, meaning they were far and few between . They could have easily been killed off by the next century. They were flying nightmares that could devastate entire villages and towns
I agree..Even the bible mentions a dragon that had fire and smoke come out of it...But these guys say no no no or here nein, I say to them...the bombardier Beetle which uses chemicals to make an explosion out it's rear end and how about the electric eel...it freaking produces electricity and can kill men.
Doesn't explain why we've never found fossils. And don't talk about dinosaur fossils, because the strata these appear in are far, FAR too old to have had their origin in medieval or renaissance times. And if you didn't understand some of the words I just used... That's why you believe the things you believe.
People don't believe in dragons but they do think there could be surviving dinosaurs. The word dragon was used until the word dinosaur was invented and slowly replaced it in the mid 1800's.
Wow.. it intereesting.. i think in asian only we have this creature.. Im from borneo.. we have a lot of story about this 'dragon'.. my ancestor,my old village people try very hard to kill this creature because it like to attack the cow and buffalo.. Good info.. maybe one day,the shiver come to borneo and hear story from my people about this creature.. it real and exist..
Hey Shiver ! . . . I thought i had seen your intros from somewhere ! . . . Nicked from Lionel Fanthorpe's FORTEAN TV ! ! ! An excellent series ! , well recommended ! Similar music too ! 😉
Salamander to one, dragon or wyrm to another. Which word came first? Also, salamanders are extremely sensitive to habitat change and pollution. In the middle ages, they not only made a bunch of art of killing dragons, they also threw their sewage in the rivers and streets to the point of cholera outbreaks. Things that make you go hmmm...
hah - the primary commentator they picked was interested primarily in the sociological and folkloric implications of the tatzelwurm reports. Plus a skeptical zoo director. I think we know what the show producers want us to believe. Oh and the fact that Klagenfurt now makes money off the legend is supposed to be a further stab at credibility. Got it. History is more credible than anyone involved here thinks. I'm pleased to see a show actually covering the tatzelwurm, a creature largely ignored by media.
So many different descriptions of what is supposed to be the same creature. How can any eyewitness be believed when they say they saw the tatzelwurm when the descriptions vary so much. Was there any consistency between any of the eyewitnesses.
July 1st 1:40 p.m. 1994..m, British GF and i were walking along side walk back 2 camp ground from Peach land when a BIG ??? AQUATIC animal surface and 4 30 seconds(?)we watched a creature swim right in front of us...JET BLACK...i had never heard of Lake Okanagon or Ogo Pogo...i do know now and 4 SURE these animals exists...
There is just one drawback that is being overlooked in all these logical explanations. Point is that none refer to the fact that, in the previous years or even in the middle ages, the 'awareness quotient' of humans used to be higher than the present day owing to physical strain and survival. There are enough evidences even of the stone age, that the stone age man inscribed perfectly what "he saw" not what "he thought". There is possibility of heightened superstition in the Middle Ages but even then no one was so insane to go and report something they couldn't make out for sure. As a scientist or researcher, I would probably not discard evidences from the old ages. For e.g. the "Bhimbetka Rock Shelter in Madhya Pradesh, India" and also in caves near Germany , Austria and switzerland, there is always only portrayal of the mammals like the caribou, stag etc. exactly as they were seen. No one would make up such a creature in those times of awareness and survival. For e.g. "The man with Big Foot cave painting in the U.S.A near Minnesota, is itself an answer to the question. Why would anyone carve something else until such a creature had appeared in their lifetime.I hope everyone gets what I meant.
Large mammals are food. Did they paint large predators? Probably not, because attracting them by sympathetic magic was not something they would want to do.
I agree. Even to this day tribal people who live in wilderness areas have a better awareness of their environment than these academics who live in civilisation. Yet the latter often dismiss the former accounts as 'tribal superstitions' when they speak of seeing creatures like dragons.
Very similar to the Chinese martial arts myths. Except martial artists in Asia challenged it with their own martial arts techniques. The Asians fought them off. Just like the Maoris in the old stories.
The tatzelwurm? Detail description the creature has two or 4 leg's, if 4 leg's then this creature could be the tanystropheus. Were it Plesio like the other's it would have flippers but, in place of the flipper's are 4 leg's that's why I think; it might be the Tanystropheus. I also feel that the people are seeing Giant Snake's there could be Giant Eel's in the Lake. If someone were to launch a expedition too find this animal use extreme caution search for Burrows and are Den not too far away from the Lake's Shore line. The Burrow could be camouflaged sense the areas around the Lake's density and foliage. Obvious answer but wouldn't necessary be that easy Unusual Footprints in the soil going to and from the Lake Water's up on Land.
Who knows what unknown animals are out there in our jungles, forest, ocean, lakes,rivers, deserts,swamps,mountains, and sky. I love the reptilian creatures
Dragons are a worldwide phenomenon and they very often share quasi-identical names : dragon, Drago, draco, dragui, dragon.... Could it be the same phenomenon around the World and the time ? (Please excuse my english, i'm french and i havn't practice since a long Time)
everyone knows the skull is from a rhino. and no one has seen worm for centuries :/ was most likely some giant salamander or poisonous waran living in the swamps back then. RIP
As a Psychological Researcher, there is a term for Martis... STUPID. There is a VERY BIG difference between a SCALED CREATURE and a FURRY CREATURE... Even when the fur is wet... Mammals have distinct features that do not match Reptiles... There are some mammal resembling BIRDS but none resembling Reptiles. River Otters got a dog like nose but a rounded almost cat like head, and the bodies resemble that of a Beaver's... Not a Snake or other Reptile. What little bit of a tail that RIVER otters have isn't much to claim it was LONG and SERPENTINE like... Otters have thin and short tails unlike SKINKS which have short FAT tails... There always has to be an ASSPERT to claim Mistaken Identity on what EYE WITNESSES have seen. If you weren't there then How can you say what I saw or ANYONE else has seen. I once saw the Queen of England "kiss" a "random" stranger, but when asking the person, turned out they were one of her family members and there was no kiss, it was a hug and a greeting. Doesn't mean I didn't see what I thought I saw, means I was mistaken, but when it comes to an animal... IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, I MENTALLY MAP OUT AND NOTE it's description, and search for what that animal could be... Whether I do a search on the internet or go to a Zoologist OR a FISH AND GAMES WARDEN... I trust the Fish and Game Wardens OVER ANY Zoologist, because a Zoologist ONLY KNOWS ABOUT THE ANIMALS IN THEIR ZOO AND NEVER GET OUT INTO THE FIELD TO RESEARCH OTHER CREATURES IN THEIR HABITAT... How can ANY ZOOLOGIST say what I saw was THIS or THAT if my description DOESN'T FIT any of their WATCHED OVER creatures in their PUBLIC PRISONS called a Zoo. Off topic: Maybe that's a way to stop some Criminals and Prevent others from becoming a Criminal... Make the Jails a Zoo, a public prison for others to Spectate... Certainly should stop the Criminals from doing Horrible things to each other... I say that because many prisoners still have that GOOD Side to them... Yes they have done wrong but NONE like child molesters or women beaters and they SHOW those criminals that they messed up in a very physical way. So when the Public is there to witness them being in Jail, they won't go assaulting those people, but would rather AVOID or SHUN those Criminals.
But the Bible also says Jesus fed five thousand with five loaves and two fish. So be careful what you try to preach your Bible is a double edged sword.
Everyone has a right to express their opinion. And if someone has an alternative explanation it's should be considered. Being open minded and well informed is nothing so terrible. Skeptics have as much right as any of us to say what they believe wether we agree with it or not
You notice when everyone is describing this creature they have a grin on their face really if it's so terrifying you wouldn't be grinning just saying specially if you encountered something that they're describing so terrifying you wouldn't be grinning about something like that body language and don't give me that garbage. It's nervous Behavior that's why there grinning no stop it don't believe the hype
I saw one of these creatures when I was about 8 years old in Germany. We were playing in a marsh that was full of reeds. I am not sure but the reeds may have been some type of crop. I was walking through the water that was only a few inches deep pushing aside the reeds. Then all of a sudden when I pushed aside some reeds there was a long neck with a snake like head right in front of me. It was standing about 4 feet high because it's head was directly level with mine. The head was about 7 inches across and the neck was about 4 inches in diameter. It also had large eyes. It made a hissing sound when I came upon it. I fell backwards and when I looked again it was gone. I didn't see if it had a body because that was below the reeds. I grew up on a farm in the USA and saw all kinds of snakes and other animals as a child. This creature was something I was unfamiliar with. It is still very vivid in my memory.
Ive seen it and so has my friend. We are two different nationalities (American and Irish) and saw it in different places in the world. We're both women. I can absolutely, categorically say it exists. One thing though, its a spectre and there is NO physical evidence for it. It doesnt go after women, its just women are more likely to be clairvoyant enough to percieve it.
@@sarahharris2729 Interesting. I am male not sure what I saw or if it was something of this earth.
Actually your description, especially the hissing somehow gives me the picture of a "Flying Lizard" (The Draco Mindanensis) and Chlamydosaurus kingii combined (if it had frills) or an extant cousin of the same species. Considering Austria and alpine environment (usually makes things shorter due to oxygen levels in high altitudes) but a larger variety could be still existing waiting to be found again. Just like they found the 'thought to be extinct' Coelacanth ( an ancient fish type) in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar and India.
Considering hardly people venture deep into the Alps 'all the time' unlike previously to collect some food or mine resources, it might be highly unlikely you will come across that type of species. It is a high possibility they still exist. A large Chlamydosaurus would be enough to frighten a man and being so huge , who knows they would have even consumed human flesh ?! or could have been a scavenger species. Mightbe clearing of forests and widespread human population have nearly destroyed their habitat and might be made them more "endemic" to the Alps.
I don't know if I talk gibberish but just something I consider a possibility (among the other millions of theories of course).
@@TheB657 Interesting perspective. It was in a town called Wiesloch which is pretty populated. So it truly baffles me that a 5 foot tall lizard creature could be running around unnoticed. I just can't figure out what I witnessed
Nope it never ever happened. You have totally made this up and it is time that someone tells you the truth. Instep of being mollycoddled by other kooks. Grow up. Get some mental health help and leave a productive life
If you think about it, all these legendary "dragon" types seem to have existed way back in Europe during the middle ages. And there never really seemed to be an abundance of them, meaning they were far and few between . They could have easily been killed off by the next century. They were flying nightmares that could devastate entire villages and towns
I agree..Even the bible mentions a dragon that had fire and smoke come out of it...But these guys say no no no or here nein, I say to them...the bombardier Beetle which uses chemicals to make an explosion out it's rear end and how about the electric eel...it freaking produces electricity and can kill men.
@@ajaxslamgoody9736 Even in the Bible not all dragons are evil for God said He would make them habitations on earth.
Doesn't explain why we've never found fossils.
And don't talk about dinosaur fossils, because the strata these appear in are far, FAR too old to have had their origin in medieval or renaissance times.
And if you didn't understand some of the words I just used... That's why you believe the things you believe.
@@oxymoron02 You wouldn't have a fossil from something that died in the Medieval Age. Stupid implication of your comment.
People don't believe in dragons but they do think there could be surviving dinosaurs. The word dragon was used until the word dinosaur was invented and slowly replaced it in the mid 1800's.
7:10 this dude must live under a rock. The Giant squid and colossal squid have been discovered and documented sense 2004/2007 respectively.
In Poland we also have folklore legends about those creatures, but they are really old and there is no new sightings
Wow.. it intereesting.. i think in asian only we have this creature.. Im from borneo.. we have a lot of story about this 'dragon'.. my ancestor,my old village people try very hard to kill this creature because it like to attack the cow and buffalo.. Good info.. maybe one day,the shiver come to borneo and hear story from my people about this creature.. it real and exist..
"The Lindwurm threw itself at the bull" picture of cow with obvious udder!
Hey Shiver ! . . .
I thought i had seen your intros from somewhere ! . . .
Nicked from Lionel Fanthorpe's FORTEAN TV ! ! !
An excellent series ! , well recommended !
Similar music too !
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Someone else noticed the music :D
I love watching these type of documentaries you're cool amazing
Very strange but who knows. There are a lot of animals that haven’t been discovered as of yet. Thanks for posting this video 👍♥️💖
LOL!
I would think it's some kind of giant salamander; like the Chinese giant salamanders that can get up to six feet long
Salamander to one, dragon or wyrm to another. Which word came first? Also, salamanders are extremely sensitive to habitat change and pollution. In the middle ages, they not only made a bunch of art of killing dragons, they also threw their sewage in the rivers and streets to the point of cholera outbreaks. Things that make you go hmmm...
hah - the primary commentator they picked was interested primarily in the sociological and folkloric implications of the tatzelwurm reports. Plus a skeptical zoo director. I think we know what the show producers want us to believe. Oh and the fact that Klagenfurt now makes money off the legend is supposed to be a further stab at credibility. Got it.
History is more credible than anyone involved here thinks. I'm pleased to see a show actually covering the tatzelwurm, a creature largely ignored by media.
Sounds like when you get a deformed gummi worm in your bag.
the german guy looks like he is being held at gunpoint... o_O
High on a hill was a lonely tatzelwurm
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo.
Give this man an internet!
@@Nyctophora ;O)
Apparantly, the sound the tatzelwurm makes is 'kerching'.
That isn't my joke, but it made me laugh when I read it on one of these lake monster videos.
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People are not mistaking an otter for a large man eating dragon lol.
So many different descriptions of what is supposed to be the same creature. How can any eyewitness be believed when they say they saw the tatzelwurm when the descriptions vary so much. Was there any consistency between any of the eyewitnesses.
Like they stated, some were just large snakes.
July 1st 1:40 p.m. 1994..m, British GF and i were walking along side walk back 2 camp ground from Peach land when a BIG ??? AQUATIC animal surface and 4 30 seconds(?)we watched a creature swim right in front of us...JET BLACK...i had never heard of Lake Okanagon or Ogo Pogo...i do know now and 4 SURE these animals exists...
There is just one drawback that is being overlooked in all these logical explanations. Point is that none refer to the fact that, in the previous years or even in the middle ages, the 'awareness quotient' of humans used to be higher than the present day owing to physical strain and survival. There are enough evidences even of the stone age, that the stone age man inscribed perfectly what "he saw" not what "he thought".
There is possibility of heightened superstition in the Middle Ages but even then no one was so insane to go and report something they couldn't make out for sure. As a scientist or researcher, I would probably not discard evidences from the old ages. For e.g. the "Bhimbetka Rock Shelter in Madhya Pradesh, India" and also in caves near Germany , Austria and switzerland, there is always only portrayal of the mammals like the caribou, stag etc. exactly as they were seen. No one would make up such a creature in those times of awareness and survival. For e.g. "The man with Big Foot cave painting in the U.S.A near Minnesota, is itself an answer to the question. Why would anyone carve something else until such a creature had appeared in their lifetime.I hope everyone gets what I meant.
Large mammals are food. Did they paint large predators? Probably not, because attracting them by sympathetic magic was not something they would want to do.
I agree. Even to this day tribal people who live in wilderness areas have a better awareness of their environment than these academics who live in civilisation. Yet the latter often dismiss the former accounts as 'tribal superstitions' when they speak of seeing creatures like dragons.
Brings to my mind prehistoric giant amphibians, like koolasuchus or eryops...
Those are two good explanations!
It always been - until one is caught alive. Nobody knows for sure.
I can't say that I definitely believe in it but it's always fun to hear about things like this.
Very similar to the Chinese martial arts myths. Except martial artists in Asia challenged it with their own martial arts techniques. The Asians fought them off. Just like the Maoris in the old stories.
What music artist is this 16:00-
The tatzelwurm? Detail description the creature has two or 4 leg's, if 4 leg's then this creature could be the tanystropheus.
Were it Plesio like the other's it would have flippers but, in place of the flipper's are 4 leg's that's why I think; it might be the Tanystropheus.
I also feel that the people are seeing Giant Snake's there could be Giant Eel's in the Lake.
If someone were to launch a expedition too find this animal use extreme caution search for Burrows and are Den not too far away from the Lake's Shore line.
The Burrow could be camouflaged sense the areas around the Lake's density and foliage.
Obvious answer but wouldn't necessary be that easy Unusual Footprints in the soil going to and from the Lake Water's up on Land.
didn't Austria stage the winter games in the 1920s and even a summer game
20:30
So the dragon used public transport once?
I used to be a woolly wino.
I like Ulrich. I would take his advice.
Reminds me of the Skullcrawlers from Kong: Skull Island
It's basically Reptilicus!
I don't believe it. If such a danger creature exist, I highly doubt the area would be made into a vacation resort.
In German you call some one a Wurm (worm) if you think he is small or week.... Du Wurm😂😂
Yes. Tatzelwurm doesn't sound scary.
Smaug had children
21:41 Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus???
Some of the descriptions sound similar to the Crosswick Monster legend from Ohio.
Wow ! Something new to learn everyday. Never heard that name before.
Adorable lindwurm🐍
Who knows what unknown animals are out there in our jungles, forest, ocean, lakes,rivers, deserts,swamps,mountains, and sky. I love the reptilian creatures
Dragons are a worldwide phenomenon and they very often share quasi-identical names : dragon, Drago, draco, dragui, dragon....
Could it be the same phenomenon around the World and the time ?
(Please excuse my english, i'm french and i havn't practice since a long Time)
Noone fears the Tatzelwurm, just a myth.
Stimulate the imagination and the pocket book.
Thet r not dead
I still have a living one in my garden
I can send u a pic if u want
Small wings don't support flight.
Tell that to the bumblebees. They will laugh at you.
It may be a unique lizard or Dragon. Please don't kill any🐍
everyone knows the skull is from a rhino. and no one has seen worm for centuries :/
was most likely some giant salamander or poisonous waran living in the swamps back then.
RIP
Thumb up for this insightful documentary BUT TWO THUMBS up for Clara Rueb @ Pub Gasthaus Haufbrau for being so lovely and beautiful!!!
Reptilicus!!!😂.
If you search carefully today in Austria there remains a single pocket of freedom.....
That looks like a rhino skull.
it is. been confirmed and known for years the Klagenfurt lindworm (or at least the skull they have) is fake.
As a Psychological Researcher, there is a term for Martis... STUPID. There is a VERY BIG difference between a SCALED CREATURE and a FURRY CREATURE... Even when the fur is wet... Mammals have distinct features that do not match Reptiles... There are some mammal resembling BIRDS but none resembling Reptiles. River Otters got a dog like nose but a rounded almost cat like head, and the bodies resemble that of a Beaver's... Not a Snake or other Reptile. What little bit of a tail that RIVER otters have isn't much to claim it was LONG and SERPENTINE like... Otters have thin and short tails unlike SKINKS which have short FAT tails...
There always has to be an ASSPERT to claim Mistaken Identity on what EYE WITNESSES have seen. If you weren't there then How can you say what I saw or ANYONE else has seen. I once saw the Queen of England "kiss" a "random" stranger, but when asking the person, turned out they were one of her family members and there was no kiss, it was a hug and a greeting. Doesn't mean I didn't see what I thought I saw, means I was mistaken, but when it comes to an animal... IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, I MENTALLY MAP OUT AND NOTE it's description, and search for what that animal could be... Whether I do a search on the internet or go to a Zoologist OR a FISH AND GAMES WARDEN... I trust the Fish and Game Wardens OVER ANY Zoologist, because a Zoologist ONLY KNOWS ABOUT THE ANIMALS IN THEIR ZOO AND NEVER GET OUT INTO THE FIELD TO RESEARCH OTHER CREATURES IN THEIR HABITAT... How can ANY ZOOLOGIST say what I saw was THIS or THAT if my description DOESN'T FIT any of their WATCHED OVER creatures in their PUBLIC PRISONS called a Zoo.
Off topic: Maybe that's a way to stop some Criminals and Prevent others from becoming a Criminal... Make the Jails a Zoo, a public prison for others to Spectate... Certainly should stop the Criminals from doing Horrible things to each other... I say that because many prisoners still have that GOOD Side to them... Yes they have done wrong but NONE like child molesters or women beaters and they SHOW those criminals that they messed up in a very physical way. So when the Public is there to witness them being in Jail, they won't go assaulting those people, but would rather AVOID or SHUN those Criminals.
Like the film but I have the adverts.
Oi :-: I get None adverts on yutube ever. {ancient cyber cryptoid seKret} -💀-
Hang on a minute, giant squid are certainly not animals cryptozoologists look for. Science has known about them since the 19th century. They exist.
The grafton monster is real
It's a dragon....
German speakink parts in Europe may vary with time.
The Bible says that there were dragons and leviathan and Behemoth that were created by God
same in Hinduism
But the Bible also says Jesus fed five thousand with five loaves and two fish. So be careful what you try to preach your Bible is a double edged sword.
@@derrickguffey4775 and to kill women who dare to step out of their house while on their period. The Religion of love
@@rene1054 too true
Tell that to kratos that kills them at Midgard one the 9 realms
Stop putting sceptics in these episodes!!!
Everyone has a right to express their opinion. And if someone has an alternative explanation it's should be considered. Being open minded and well informed is nothing so terrible. Skeptics have as much right as any of us to say what they believe wether we agree with it or not
I agree.. I have just discovered this show the past couple days.. But I wish the skeptics would have a up close and personal encounter..
@@WVMntnMomma-lg2oy I wish someone would come up with hard evidence rather than anecdotes.
I want to go to my Ancestral homeland and get a fine young wife.
What did u smoke??
Why so much music?!17min in and I’ve heard nothing said without music
dogman
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The only real dragon is IN MY PANTSSSSSSSSSS
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You notice when everyone is describing this creature they have a grin on their face really if it's so terrifying you wouldn't be grinning just saying specially if you encountered something that they're describing so terrifying you wouldn't be grinning about something like that body language and don't give me that garbage. It's nervous Behavior that's why there grinning no stop it don't believe the hype
It's a dragon....