Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
"Goose-eating predator" lurking in the River Lea
The Guardian reports that Canada geese from around the Olympic Park are being grabbed by a mystery predator.
Mike Wells, a local resident, told the Hackney Citizen he had witnessed a 16lb Canada goose being grabbed and pulled under the water.
"It was about midday. We were sat on deck of my boat watching the goose. Suddenly the bird just went vertically down into the water. I was absolutely gobsmacked. Whatever took it didn't come back up again. There was no sign of it whatsoever, but it was obviously pretty big."
In 2005 boat trippers on the river Lea also reported a Canada goose vanishing "almost instantaneously" in the same way. At the time the incidents were linked to a giant turtle or alligator, but the mystery predator seemed to have disappeared before it was discovered.
Suggestions for what may be doing it also include terrapins, mink, pike, while zoology graduate Mike thinks it might be an escaped python.
From The Guardian
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Permalink Reply by james walsh on
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'Sixteen pound Canada goose' this makes me suspicious. (Narrowed eyes) Has anyone here had any experience weighing Canada geese ?
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