Blasts from the Past – The News that Time Forgot
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Spain’s natural lakes tend to be very small, and the larger ones are all reservoirs of recent origin. Some of the country’s rivers are almost dry throughout the year. It is hardly a surprise, then, that Spanish lake monsters are rare and mostly unimpressive beasts. [1] But there is one exception.
In an article dated 24 November 1955, the Spanish newspaper ABC brought its readers astonishing news from the town of Ecija, in the province of Seville, on the banks of the Rio Genil. The Genil, with a length of 360km, is one of the longest Spanish rivers, a tributary of the Guadalquivir which empties into the Bay of Cadiz and the Atlantic Ocean.
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