Dreaded Firthy!

The, some would say, mythical beast of Firth Lake was caught on film sinking an ill fated victim. Yes dear reader the Firthy was caught in the act of sinking a hapless boat anchored offshore here at Sportsmen’s Camp! First I present the notorious and oft debated” Pastor Bob photo” taken nearly 100 years ago off of Castle Paraquat.

Yes the photo above has been debated for decades. Is it a fake to drum up the tourist trade? Is it authentic? Could a man of the cloth actually fake such an audacious photo? Could it actually be true???

Yes it happened just two days ago – we were down at the beach enjoying a few beers and tossing granite boulders into the lake with GordoWulf II  when the forth boulder went clean through the bottom of our target vessel. As it began its slow descent into the dark depths of Lake Firth the unthinkable occurred – The Firthy appeared from nowhere! This most fey of freshwater beasties apparently awakened by the multiple boulder impacts swam into view and approached the target vessel!

Everyone at the beach was awed to silence as the beasty approached the hopelessly crippled vessel and actually looked over the transom to survey the sinking vessel! Quickly everyone called, “To the boats save the vessel from its evil clutches!” – yet no one moved from their seats in fear! No one had the courage to move! The beasty having surveyed the damage quickly receded back to the murky depth of  Firth Lake.

We were transfixed with horror and disbelief as the Firthy slipped from view into the tea stained depths as quickly as it appeared. The was nothing more that we could do but watch in horror as the stricken vessel slipped slowly below the cold forbidding waves.

There was little for us to do but wait for its ultimate demise. The following day after we were absolutely sure that the Firthy was no where near a crack team of salvage divers retrieved the boat from the bottom of the lake. After a forensic team from the Canadian Maritime Institute surveyed the damaged hulk of the boat it was determined that the dreaded Firthy was not responsible for the ultimate demise of the vessel it was indeed caused by a boulder flung form our resident trebuchet. Our photos of the incident were reviewed by the Committee on Mythical Beasts Sitings but we were informed that it was just a case of mass hysteria (similar to the Bush/Cheney years) and that it was just some “Swamp gas or a weather balloon or something.” In any case I am happy to report that Gordowulf II is functioning like a Swiss watch.