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Moha Moha
Moha
An artist's depiction
Background
Type Cryptid
Continent Australia
Country Australia
One-Time? Yes
Theories  · Cryptid
 · Unknown turtle
 · Hoax

The Moha Moha was an aquatic cryptid reported to inhabit the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. The only known witness was a school marm from Sandy Cape named Miss S. Lovell, who allegedly stood within five feet of the creature on Great Sandy Island in 1890.

Appearance[]

The Moha Moha resembles a large, long-necked turtle with a long, fish-like tail. The head and neck are greenish-white, with large white spots on the neck and a band of white around its eyes. The body is dome-shaped, about 8 feet across and 5 feet high, smooth, and slate-grey in color. Miss Lovell also mentioned that its scales were perpendicular to the axis of its body,

Possible Explanations[]

There are several explanations as to what the creature could be. Theories include:

  • An undiscovered species of turtle (a Cryptid)
  • A hoax

Trivia[]

  • Some writers who have bothered with the tale wonder if Miss Lovell even existed, or if the letters were the product of some anonymous hoaxer.
  • Cryptozoologist Bernard Heuvelmans once noted that scales perpendicular to the axis of an animal's body are a physical impossibility.
  • Allegedly, William Saville Kent, assistant curator of the London Natural History Museum, gave the creature the scientific name Chelosauria lovelli.
  • To this day, most cryptozoologist consider this cryptid to have been a hoax.
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