British girl finds her own 'Excalibur' in legendary pool
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A British girl found a sword in Dozmary Pool, where legend says King Arthur's "Excalibur" sword was returned to. (Google Images)
A young British girl swimming at a lake in the United Kingdom believed to hold the legendary King Arthur’s famous sword happened upon a shiny sword herself.
Matilda Jones, 7, was swimming with family at Dozmary Pool while on vacation last Tuesday, when she discovered a shiny sword beneath the water, The Sheffield Star reported.
Dozmary Pool, a lake in Cornwall, is said to be the spot where King Arthur, the mythical medieval leader, returned his Excalibur sword after being gravely wounded in the Battle of Camlann.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It was a blistering hot day and Matilda asked if we could go for a paddle," Matilda’s father, Paul, said. "She was only waist deep when she said she could see a sword."
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Paul told his daughter the shiny metal underwater was probably just debris.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I told her not to be silly and it was probably a bit of fencing, but when I looked down I realised it was a sword. It was just there laying flat on the bottom of the lake,” Paul said.
Paul said the sword is 4 feet long, which he said is “exactly Matilda’s height.”
He also believes the sword is just a film prop, and can’t be more than 20 or 30 years old.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Legend says that King Arthur received Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake in the Dozmary Pool, and later brought it back when he was dying.