The creature is 55 feet long. Even the missing part of the tail is not included in this length. The Stronsay monster has a body with an oval cross-section. Body width is 4 feet or about 1.5 meters. The creature has a small head. It has a long neck, a slender body, and three pairs of extensions. Skin color is gray. As it has no scales, eyes are no bigger than a seal. It has a mane that stretches from head to tail to two and a half feet. Of the bones, only the spine and skull were found intact. There are no nipples and no visible reproductive organs.

How Did the Stronsay Monster Appear?

The carcass (succulent pier) of the creature, now known as the Stronsay Monster, landed on Stronsay during a storm in the winter of 1808. First, Mr. John Peace was discovered poured over a sunken rock while fishing. With the boat hook, the monster raised a fin. He then removed some of the hairs surrounding the fin. He then decided to land him to examine him in more detail. George Sherer was also watching the movement of Peace from the shore, and he decided to wait for the remains to come ashore. After a violent storm, the ruins reached the shore with the wind and were thoroughly studied by John Peace, George Sherer, and Thomas Fotheringham. It was reviewed by Michael Folsetter at a later time.

The Stronsay Monster carcass that hit the shore was featured in the national press due to its strange appearance. It created a great interest among members of the public and natural history communities. Unfortunately, the same stormy weather that revealed the creature's remains blocked access to the islands for a while. This meant that naturalists from the Edinburgh Wernerian Society and London Royal Society could not reach the island before the carcass was broken by the movement of tides and weather. The witnesses described the features and dimensions of the carcass by Dr. They told Barclay and Mr. Petrie. Mr. Petrie then calmly reconstructed a sketch of the creature using chalk on a table.

John Peace and George Sherar removed some 'hairs', vertebrae and skull. These remains were made ready for examination. Dr. Barclay and the House of Sir Everard of the Royal Society were able to examine these remains.

Where Are the Remains of the Stronsay Monster?

The vertebrae and a 'hair' are currently kept at the Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. However, these parts are currently reportedly misplaced. The skull remained in London until it disappeared. Other hairs of this Stronsay monster creature among sea monsters have been rediscovered in the John Murray archive of the National Library of Scotland. The ink drawing by Mr. Petrie is in the Orkney Museum.