Is video of 'strange thing' in Alaska river a Loch Ness monster-like creature?

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Are the icy waters of an Alaska river home to a Loch Ness monster-like creature?

Bureau of Land Management staffer Craig McCaa was recording video of the Chena River Oct 18 when he saw a 12-to-15-foot-long object swirling back and forth in the current for several minutes, the Alaska Dispatch News reports.

McCaa posted the video on the BLM-Fairbanks video page where speculation is runing rampant over what the creepy object might be, the paper reports.

“I initially thought, and several people thought, it could be some rope that snagged on the bottom of the river with chunks of ice,” McCaa said. “Other people have mentioned everything from sea monster to giant sturgeon.”

McCaa said he shot the video from a safe distance on a bridge.

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