Video analytics have helped capture moving images of a legendary creature said to be the Swedish equivalent of the ‘Loch Ness Monster’
The analytics software captured the presence of the legendary Great Lake Monster in Lake Storsjon.
It automatically alerted a film crew who had set up as a “monster tracking operation” searching for the creature that has been a Swedish legend for 400 years.
Now images of a snake-like creature have been broadcast on Swedish TV.
The analytics software was supplied by Aimetis Corp, based in Canada, who described the project as “not your typical application”.
The “monster tracking” crew have been using underwater and surface cameras from Acti, IQeye, Flir and VGA.
Equipped with Aimetis Symphony management and analytics software, the cameras have been on constant watch for the monster "Storsjoodjuret", first documented in 1635.
"with a cat-like head..."There have been 200 recorded sightings since then with some describing it as a “black, serpent like creature with a cat-like head” and up to 14 meters in length.
The “monster trackers” are made up of the Local Municipality of Bergs Community and the Company Association in Svenstavik.
Because monitoring a constant stream of video was too daunting a task, the Aimetis Symphony software was installed on underwater VGA cameras and a surface level Flir thermal imaging camera designed to capture the monster in all weathers and total darkness.
Aimetis said that their software was selected because it “was proven to have the lowest rate of false alarms, particularly in outdoor environments”. It could also be deployed on a range of different manufacturers’ cameras and had been successfully used locally by a supermarket operator who was part of the business association.
The equipment was installed with the help of UTS a Swedish system integrator.
See a Swedish TV broadcast of the sightings. (Be prepared to sit through a brief advertisement, though!)
