Case file · Cryptid
Morag strikes a boat on Loch Morar
In August 1969 Duncan McDonell and William Simpson said a creature about 25–30 feet long struck their boat on Loch Morar; McDonell pushed it off with an oar and Simpson fired a rifle at it.
1969 CE · 56.96, -5.78 · status: account
The account
Loch Morar is Britain's deepest freshwater loch. Its monster, Morag, was traditionally an omen of death in the MacDonell clan. A 1970s survey collected 34 sighting reports by 1981, sixteen with several witnesses.
The sceptical view
No body, bones or clear images have been found; the 1969 case rests on the two men's account.