Who needs Loch Ness when you've got Lagarfljótsormur?

A 13-member panel convened in Iceland has decided by a seven-vote (i.e. very narrow) majority that grainy footage released in 2012 in fact depicts Lagarfljótsormur, a legendary lake monster first reported in 1345.

The move has been criticized as an obvious stunt to draw cryptotourism to Iceland.

It might be just as well that the Lagarfljótsormur footage isn't authentic -- in legend, the icy worm is said to be a harbinger of catastrophe.