Page "River Lea" Paragraph 21

On 13 December 2011, a similar attack occurred when another Canada Goose went " vertically down ".

Observed by two boat trippers on a section of the Old River Lea close to the 2012 Olympic Stadium, the goose vanished " in the space of half a second ".

The observers did not see any sign of the creature.

Again a pike or mink was suggested, in view of their predation upon ducks, although it was still argued that a goose would be much too large for such a fish.

Yet again, British Waterways stressed the absence of a crocodile.

It was presumed that the creature was still at large, if it existed at all.

Other suggestions for the predator have been a snapping turtle or a wels catfish ( which are known to exist in small numbers in the Thames and its tributaries ).