Case file · Cryptid
Lagarfljót worm video
In February 2012, the broadcaster RÚV aired a video by farmer Hjörtur Kjerúlf that seemed to show a long shape swimming in Lagarfljót.
2012 CE · 65.26, -14.40 · status: explained
The account
A local panel later voted 7–6 to authenticate the film and pay the prize; in 2014 a 'truth commission' said it saw no reason to doubt the creature.
The sceptical view
Frame-by-frame analysis showed the object made no real forward progress: probably a frozen fishing net or other debris moving in the current.