Recent Examples on the WebRusty Rusty is a red kelpie who is tight with Bluey’s friend Indy and also loves to play army.—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 11 Sep. 2024 Although many folklorists and historians believe this story belongs to the older tradition of kelpie and water horse legends, accounts of Loch Ness’s cryptid continued to pop up in history, with various sightings being reported over the centuries.—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024 Untangling Scotland’s Century-Old Fossil Fish Mystery When was the First Sighting of the Loch Ness Monster?
Falkirk Scotland: The Kelpies are 30-meter-high (98 ft) horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies (shape-shifting water spirits).—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024 Even Paddy’s kelpie was a troublemaker.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2023 In various 1,500-year-old texts, sea serpents, water horses, and water kelpie were all observed in Scotland’s waterways.—Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2022 Three times, the team gave the Australian kelpie the command to round up the flock of 46 sheep.—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 23 July 2012
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