9 0 0 ▁Summer ▁Olympics . ▁ ▁The ▁Sh ap wick ▁mon ster ▁ ▁A ▁local ▁legend ▁tells ▁how ▁in ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 7 0 6 ▁a ▁trav elling ▁fish m ong er ▁was ▁one ▁day ▁passing ▁through ▁the ▁village ▁of ▁Sh ap wick , ▁when , ▁un be known st ▁to ▁the ▁fish m ong er , ▁a ▁c rab ▁fell ▁off ▁his ▁cart . ▁The ▁fish m ong er ▁continued ▁on ▁his ▁journey , ▁but ▁the ▁local ▁vill agers , ▁who ▁had ▁never ▁seen ▁a ▁c rab ▁before , ▁gathered ▁around ▁the ▁creature ▁pok ing ▁it ▁with ▁st icks ▁bel ieving ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁devil ▁or ▁mon ster . ▁The ▁fish m ong er ▁( acc ording ▁to ▁one ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁story ) ▁eventually ▁returned ▁looking ▁for ▁his ▁lost ▁c rab , ▁and ▁when ▁he ▁saw ▁the ▁comm otion , ▁picked ▁up ▁the ▁c rab ▁and ▁continued ▁on ▁his ▁way ▁to ▁spread ▁the ▁story ▁about ▁the ▁simple ▁folk ▁of ▁Sh ap wick . ▁ ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁c ement ed ▁in ▁verse ▁and ▁pictures ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 1 ▁by ▁the ▁artist ▁Bus call ▁Fox , ▁and ▁today ▁the ▁legend ▁is ▁comm emor ated ▁on ▁a ▁story ▁board ▁on ▁display ▁at ▁the ▁An chor ▁Inn , ▁and ▁also ▁in ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁C rab ▁Farm , ▁which ▁has ▁a ▁weather v ane ▁showing ▁the ▁c rab ▁and ▁vill agers . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Census ▁data ▁ ▁Sh ap wick ▁- ▁a ▁Dor set ▁village