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Selma (lake monster)

Selma is a big creature that some people think is hiding in a lake in Iceland. People have seen it and have stories about it for many years. People say Selma is kind of like a friendly sea monster, like how you might see in movies. But since Selma lives in a lake, it's not actually a sea monster, it's a lake monster.

Some people have even taken pictures of Selma, but some say the pictures are not good enough to really tell if Selma is real or not. Some people think that Selma might be a new kind of animal that hasn't been discovered yet, or maybe a really old animal that people thought was extinct.

But even though there are many stories about Selma, some scientists are not quite sure that it's really there. They say that maybe people are seeing things, or that the pictures aren't good enough to tell for sure.

So, for now, we don't really know if Selma is actually a real creature or not. It's something that lots of people talk about and tell stories about, but we haven't been able to prove if it's real or just a made-up story.