Mysterious Sea Creature Spotted Over Tablas Strait via Google Earth Image

12/27/2014 – Manila | Filipino-American Travel Blogger Lily Bravo thought she saw a sea monster when she checked Google Earth for her next travel. The incident happened last December 16 while she was in her San Francisco Bay Area home.That time, she was checking the satellite map over Romblon – her next destination.

Bravo, 26, has been trekking the Philippines since 2010 documenting natural parks, mountains, volcanoes, and caves, and uses satellite images to check for routes and maps. And because the sighting was unusual she immediately sent the images to the National Weather Service (NWS).

But apparently, the NWS staff who received the images thought it was photoshopped and did not respond to her. Nevertheless, another unidentified guy from Southern California reported the same sighting.

Photo experts decided to examine the screenshots sent by two different people. After 3 days of deep analysis, they declared that the images are definitely for real. Scientists could not help but to scratch their heads, and couldn’t explain what kind of creature that was on the waters of Tablas Strait.

According to Google, the images displayed by Google earth were not taken at the same time. In fact, the collective images are taken between 1 to 3 years and the satellite provides only the best images. The search engine giant emphasized that it is impossible to include images with moving objects like people, cars, ships, and any other means of transportation, noting that there was no glitch that time.

On the other hand, oceanologist Peter Gulle said it is very much impossible to be a boat because there’s no white wake, and that the wave is too long and too wide for a big ship.

Bravo, who recently arrived in Odiongan (Part of Romblon), asked several natives if they are aware of any sea monster in Tablas Strait. She was surprised to receive mixed reactions and response.

Some people said that there is really a sea monster that caused some deadly sea accidents in the past. This includes the sinking of MV Don Juan in 1980 killing almost 200 people, MV Princess of the Stars in 2008, and MBca Don Dexter in the same year. However, there are some people who don’t believe these claims.

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/Fanny Jalacjac/ Assisted Press Manila

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