Eye witness reports dating back to the 1750's describe a 8-10 meter long serpentine animal. Some 100 plus eye-witnesses have been interviewed by expedition leader Jan-Ove Sundberg. He suspects that many more has seen the serpent and have not come forward to avoid ridicule or damaged reputation. Since the lake is surrounded with roads and the shores dotted with campsites, it is likely that if the serpent does exist, quite a few people should have seen it.

The team worked in shifts to keep a constant watch on the lake both day and night. Underwater equipment such as side-scan sonar, echosounder, ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles), a computerized navigation program, was used in conjunction with visual spotters, cameras, and video cameras to look for the creature.

The 250 hour search wasn't as thorough as planned due to technical failure, bad weather, and limited finances.

Despite the searches inevitable problems, some interesting, but inconclusive discoveries were made. A total of 11 photographs of a strange wave were taken by the expedition leader, Jan-Ove Sundberg. Twenty minutes of video footage taken by team member Ulf Burman was also recorded of a large wake made by an unknown moving object speculated to be beneath the surface of the water.
GUST is not making any claims or guesses at this point as to what these objects or waves are. All photographic data, along with sonar data, will be sent for further analysis by professionals.

The GUST98 expedition was not the first to scan the lake for evidence of the Seljord Serpent. And I'm sure it will not be the last. Although GUST98 did not find the serpent, or conclusive evidence of it, they do agree that something mysterious is in the lake. Maybe some future expedition will discover it; or perhaps some lucky tourist will be the one who contributes incredible photographs. But until then, as Sundberg would say, "The mystery remains".