The YouTube video in which this material was delivered to me, unprompted by anything I had been consciously searching, is entitled The Cumbrian Dregpike. It is striking that the kelpie was supposedly indigenous just over the border, not at all far away from its Cumbrian cousin, the dregpike. He was acquainted with the legend of the dregpike and considered writing a story about it but changed it into something else. His elder brother, trying to protect their sister, shouted repeatedly at the huge fish. After 20,000 years, the dregpike may still be present in Ullswater's dark waters, close to our paddling or swimming feet.

Source: The Times March 29, 2025 20:53 UTC