Paddler
In the early 1940s, near Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Lake Monsters—or at least reports of them—began to show up in Lake Pend Oreille. Typically, the sightings…
Category: Cryptozoology -Lake-Monsters
Ogopogo
The monsters of Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, are known both as Ogopogo and by their native name, naitakas. They were first encountered by Indians and…
Manipogo
Manipogo—a name inspired by British Columbia’s Ogopogo—is the moniker given to the Lake Monster that allegedly roars and lives in Lake Manitoba. Seen many times…
Iliamna Lake Monster
Iliamna Lake, near Alaska’s southern coast, is eighty miles long and twenty-five miles wide in spots; it covers 1,033 square miles. The depth average is…
Igopogo
Lake Simcoe, Ontario, is where a monster the locals call Igopogo (it is a play on the popular British Columbia Lake Monster, Ogopogo) supposedly dwells.…
Flathead Lake Monster
Witnesses describe the Flathead Lake Monster, said to inhabit northwestern Montana’s Flathead Lake, as more than ten feet long. Some have reported as many as…
Emela-ntouka
Emela-ntouka is Lingala for “Killer of Elephants” or “Water-Elephant.” The alleged animal is also referred to as aseka-moke, ngamba-namae, and emia-ntouka. The Emela-Ntouka is reported…
Dobhar-chu
Among the legendary beasts of Ireland is something called the dobhar-chu (Gaelic for “water hound”), a mysterious and dangerous creature said to dwell in some…
Champ
The Lake Champlain monster, or “Champ,” is credited with a long history, which it may or may not deserve. In older articles about Champ, the…
Bessie
For some time people have been reporting an unknown creature-later nicknamed South Bay Bessie or just plain Bessie-in Lake Erie. It is described as gray,…