[1] According to Beijing Youth Daily, an estimated 20 monsters were reported;[2] however, "scientists are skeptical that any large creature would be able to survive in the lake given its recent history of volcanic activity",[3] and skeptics say "it's all in the imagination, or just a floating volcanic rock".
More recent reports describe the monster as having a human-like head attached to a 1.5-meter (5 ft) neck.
It is said to have a white ring around the bottom of its neck, and the rest of its skin is grey and smooth.
[2] In 2007, Zhuo Yongsheng, a Chinese TV reporter said he had shot a 20-minute video of six unidentified creatures in the volcanic lake on 6 September.
Another one of them featured the animals closer together, leaving circular ripples on the lake surface.