Still Waters Posted December 2, 2013 #1 Share Posted December 2, 2013 http://www.mulderswo...p?v=npNUZ-3KUEw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted December 2, 2013 #2 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I say giant catfish or giant ray, there have been catches and sightings of both kinds of fish in that part of the world, Wouldn't be surprised if it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted December 2, 2013 #3 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Yeah, I'd guess catfish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2F Posted December 2, 2013 #4 Share Posted December 2, 2013 It's movement and buoyancy didn't seem natural at all. Although whatever it was may have been sick or injured. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanB Posted December 2, 2013 #5 Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) I do think that it's a fish, but probably not a mekong giant catfish or stringray because the shape of the fins don't seem to match. If I had to take a guess, the shape does kind of resemble the anal/dorsal fin of an arapaima which is a giant armored fish that lives in the Amazon. There are ponds in Thailand that are stocked with them for sport fishing. Maybe a giant snakehead fish? Trying to get a good look from the video, but the shaky cam is giving me Blair Witch motion sickness. It's movement and buoyancy didn't seem natural at all. Although whatever it was may have been sick or injured. I agree. Seems like it's being puppetted, especially the way it drops straight up and down. Scuba diver with a dead fish? Edited December 2, 2013 by PlanB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S2F Posted December 2, 2013 #6 Share Posted December 2, 2013 I agree. Seems like it's being puppetted, especially the way it drops straight up and down. Scuba diver with a dead fish? That thought had crossed my mind though I didn't notice any obvious evidence of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted December 2, 2013 #7 Share Posted December 2, 2013 It's movement and buoyancy didn't seem natural at all. Although whatever it was may have been sick or injured. This is what struck me too. I even thought mechanical. I couldn't make it out as a "giant" as claimed or get a good idea of what I was looking at. My vision and the filming are not a good match for making out much of anything on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted December 3, 2013 #8 Share Posted December 3, 2013 It's some kind of poor sick fish. I don't know enough about the Mekong giant catfish to know if that is what it is... Shouldn't some Party Official come along and get those people back to performing the People's work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted December 3, 2013 #9 Share Posted December 3, 2013 It's some kind of poor sick fish. I don't know enough about the Mekong giant catfish to know if that is what it is... Shouldn't some Party Official come along and get those people back to performing the People's work? And, Giant? See bigger then that during the Salmon runs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted December 3, 2013 #10 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Looks like something someone made in their toolshed, suspended by rope across the river. Pull the rope, it breaks the water's surface, relax the rope, it submerges. I mean come on, that "tail" flap is severely hingy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted December 3, 2013 #11 Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) And, Giant? See bigger then that during the Salmon runs. Some can get pretty big.... Edited December 3, 2013 by DieChecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted December 3, 2013 #12 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted December 3, 2013 #13 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Some kind of fish mateing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted December 3, 2013 #14 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Looks like an injured fish fighting against the current to me. My guess is identification will be impossible because its been mangled by a prop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl.Of.Trumps Posted December 3, 2013 #15 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I do think that it's a fish, but probably not a mekong giant catfish or stringray because the shape of the fins don't seem to match. If I had to take a guess, the shape does kind of resemble the anal/dorsal fin of an arapaima which is a giant armored fish that lives in the Amazon. There are ponds in Thailand that are stocked with them for sport fishing. Maybe a giant snakehead fish? Trying to get a good look from the video, but the shaky cam is giving me Blair Witch motion sickness. I agree. Seems like it's being puppetted, especially the way it drops straight up and down. Scuba diver with a dead fish? I thought about a scuba diver but there were no air bubbles. Maybe a remote control device? the mothions seemed unnatural, mechanical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted December 3, 2013 #16 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Looks like Nessie is lost. Seems like a hoax to me. It doesn't seem to move up or downstream when it moves it's fins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted December 4, 2013 #17 Share Posted December 4, 2013 As an aside, doesn't that seem like an awful lot of people for not much of a show? What I remember about Thais (I was there during the Vietnam War) is that they loved a party, but even so that's quite a crowd gathered just to watch water get splashed. I just wonder if there isn't some backstory that would explain the apparent story away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted December 4, 2013 #18 Share Posted December 4, 2013 As an aside, doesn't that seem like an awful lot of people for not much of a show? What I remember about Thais (I was there during the Vietnam War) is that they loved a party, but even so that's quite a crowd gathered just to watch water get splashed. I just wonder if there isn't some backstory that would explain the apparent story away. Must be pretty boring in the village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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