 And at Skorradalsvatn, Sabine Baring-Gould collected an 1862 account of a monster with a seal-like head, which have been compared to or equated with older accounts of monsters at Lagarfljót.The serpentine creature is said to live in Lagarfljót, a freshwater, below-sea-level, glacial-fed lake which has very poor visibility as a result of siltation.It is described as longer than a bus, or , and has also been reported outside the water, lying coiled up or slithering into the trees.