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Guide to Patagonia's Monsters & Mysterious beings

I have written a book on this intriguing subject which has just been published.
In this blog I will post excerpts and other interesting texts on this fascinating subject.

Austin Whittall

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Seal at Lake Ranco, Chile


An article published online in the Chilean Diario Futrono on Oct. 6, 2024, (link), reported a sighting of a South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis)) in Lake Ranco.


Lake Ranco lies at a very low elevation, only 65 m (213 ft.) above sea level, and has a surface area of 442 km2 (171 sq. mi.) It is notorious for Culebrón and Cuero sightings. It drains into the Pacific Ocean through the 200-km-long Bueno River (124 mi).


In March 2023, there was a sighting in the lake (with a video to prove it). A local marine biologist at the Santo Tomás University in Osorno, Chile, Alexis Santibáñez, believes it is a sea wolf. He had seen them in the past swimming up the Bueno River, chasing Chinook salmon as far as 70 km (44 mi.) from the sea.

The seal in the rushes.

You can see the full video online.

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