Mysterious 'sea monster' spotted in New Zealand

Engineer Pita Witehira spotted a large unexplained wake about a week ago. He was looking at Oke Bay, in the Bay of Islands, an area on the east coast of the Far North District of New Zealand’s North Island

It wasn’t caused by a boat because there is no white foam from a motor. A giant mystery sea creature is thought to have been spotted in the turquoise waters of one of New Zealand’s most idyllic bays. A huge unexplained wake can be seen in a Google Earth image of Oke Bay, in the Bay of Islands, an area on the east coast of the Far North District of the country’s North Island, captured by satellite. Engineer Pita Witehira, who spotted the wake while on Google Earth researching for his holiday home, told

Daily Mail the wake could have been left by a creature around 12 metres in size.

Pita Witehira said the wake could have been left by a creature around 12 metres in size. Mr Witehira, from Hamilton, New Zealand was quoted saying : ‘The Native Maori would call this a "Taniwha" ('Troll') as it appears not to be a whale and it is far too big to be a shark. It is moving too fast and turning too sharply to be a whale.’ Mr Witehira also ruled out that a boat was the cause of the wake because there is no white froth like normal wakes created by motors.

The unusual sighting comes after an aerial photograph appeared to show a giant crab that was at least 50ft-wide lurking in shallow water in England.The incredible image, shared online in October, could soon have visitors flocking to the seaside town of Whistable, in Kent, in the hope of catching Britain's biggest crab. While some insist it is proof of 'Crabzilla', others argue that the shadowy figure is nothing more than an unusually-shaped sandbank - or is simply a playful hoax.