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The Song Challenge:   There Are More Things In Heaven And Earth, Horatio . . . From creatures of the deep to massive mountain monsters, legends of shy prehistoric forms of wildlife persist throughout European culture and history. But now Norway has a rival to the famed Loch Ness monster of Scotland -- "Selma," a fabled serpent which has caught the attention of an international team of monster hunters. Reports of a beast in the lake first surfaced around 1750, and most accounts agree it looks like a serpent with the head of an elk or a horse. A giant trap for catching the creature, reputed to be a cousin of 'Nessie', has been set up in a lake in south Norway.  The 18-foot (6m) long tube-shaped trap, comprising a metal frame with nylon netting, is set to be lowered into Seljord lake in south Norway and will contain live fish for bait to catch "Selma." Over the next two weeks, the team will dangle the cage in the lake, near where sightings of the monster have been reported.  The latest attempt to catch Nessie's Norwegian cousin follows other sightings in Scandinavian countries. Swedish monster spotters have been kept busy in recent years with a rush of stories about a similar strain of serpent. Five years ago, a new legend was born in Lake Van, Turkey. Authorities recorded witness accounts of a monster-like dinosaur in the country's largest lake. And across the Atlantic, Canada has its own version of the mystery, the Ogopogo.

The Monster's Love Song by Bradypus

Bradypus' Comments:  A few years ago, a monster was 'spotted' in Loch Morar, one of Scotland's sea lochs. (The monster was called Morag, naturally enough)  This gave rise to the following: 

Said Nessie, the monster we know
"I must not stay too long below
I hear there's a horror
Who lives in Loch Morrar
Who's muscling in on my show"

Morag's existence may have influenced 'Nessie' in verse 3 of the following ...

By yon bonnie banks
Of Loch Ness, dark and deep
Where the monster is seen only rarely
You may hear a lonely tune
If you wander by the moon
And you listen in the morning so early

Chorus:
O Selma my dear one, Selma my loved one
Selma, O how I adore ye
Though it's centuries since we met
I will never more forget
For you've got a strong love spell o'er me

Back in prehistoric days
Back before the last ice age
We would meet in the North Sea water
But then Sweden called you home
And to Scotland I'd return
Now I'm pining for Seljord Lake's daughter

They say Nessie is my name
But it seems a crying shame
To gie a lassie's name tae me, sae braw and handsome
Lassie's names wi' monsters gang
Be it richt or be it wrang –
Except for the Abominable Snowman

I've been listenin' out for news
Folks are now expressin' views
And they think that the sea level's rising
In a century or two
I'll come swimmin' o'er to you
And the waves we'll make, now that will be surprising

Final Chorus:
When monster meets monster
And kisses her and hugs her
They brew up a regular tsunami
What a storm in Seljord's lake
When we both the surface break
O Selma, my dear, I'll come tae ye.

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