I have a new friend...we met last September when I was up at our lake cabin. As is my habit when I am there I was up very early one morning taking picture of all the leaves, moss, and other lovely things. As I stepped to the edge of the lake bank and peered down into the still green water I was quite surprised and just slightly startled to see this crouched silently just under the lake's surface.
Looking much like a troll with its hollow eyes, pointed nose and bushy mustache...a lake monster!
I knew instantly that is was the ghost of a tree that used to grow along the lake. You see our lake was formed when a dam was built and backed the water up flooding a river bed and valley. This would be monster was just a reminder of the lake's past, a reminder of what long forgotten treasures lie in its depths.
I often go back to the same spot to see my friend, and to document how it looks in the different lake levels...I think it looks like a woolly mammoth fossil here. I can almost see its skull with the massive tusks growing out of it!
Yes, it is nice to make a new friend...even when he looks like he's crawling up from the depths to devour you!
