Footage has surfaced in Iceland showing what looks like a creature swimming in Jokulsa River in Fljotsdal valley.
Taken on February 2, Reuters reports the video was put onto the Icelandic broadcaster RUV's webpage later that day and became an instant internet sensation.
The page was inundated with visits from all over the world wanting to view the alleged monster.
The footage, taken by local resident Hjortur Kjerulf, shows what looks like a swimming creature and seems to indicate that the creature is Iceland's legendary sea monster, better known as the Lagarfljot river worm.
The creature is seen winding or twisting in the river below a farm and seems to be swimming into the stream.
The Lagarfljots river worm is the most well know monster in Icelandic folklore, first mentioned in 1345.
According to RUV, the legend has it that the worm had first been a small heather worm that was put onto a golden ring.
This was done so the the gold would grow and the ring become bigger.
When the owner of the ring came to collect it some time later he realised, to his great horror, the worm had grown enormously but the ring had not.
The owner threw the ring and the worm into Lagarfljot river where the worm continued to grow.
Those who do not believe that this is the monster think the pictures show a bit of net.
They say the net blew into the river and froze and when the ice cleared, the so called worm started to slither around in the river.
