STRANGE PIG

On St Patrick's Day, a mysterious animal reported in Ireland.  What it was is unknown, but it had the general aspect of a pig.  It appeared in County Roscommon in 1898.  It was larger than your average Irish pig and hairier.  Two dogs were set on it, but it drove them off.  I have no word on its ultimate fate.

Another Irish cryptid story appears in the medieval Irish Triads.  The daughter of a priest (this was before the era of clerical celibacy) happened to be walking by a lake when what should she see but a lake monster?  This was in Glencar Lake, near Sligo.  Taken by the monster's captivating personality, she was seduced by it and, as a result, gave birth to a monstrous being.  This creature had a human head and a body that resembled a set of bellows.  Now, you don't see things like that in Ireland in these times.