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 claim is made that the first white
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 lakes. The very sight of one is rumoured to cost a witness his or her
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 were of a large, not clearly visible
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 then by the earliest white settlers in
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 during the 1950s, it was described as
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 660 feet; in Pile Bay at the
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. Seen for more than a century, the
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 three humps on its back. Since it
Mosqueto : Freshwater Monster of New York. Etymology: Oneida (Iroquoian) word. Distribution: Lake Onondaga, New York. Significant sighting: The Oneidas had a legend that a great animal came from the lake and
Seileag : Freshwater Monster of Scotland. Etymology: From the Gaelic an t-Seileag, a feminine diminutive derived from the name of the loch. Variant name: Shiela. Physical description: Long neck. Three to seven
Carabuncle : Freshwater Monster of Ireland, as well as a mysterious South American animal. Etymology: From the Latin carbunculus (“gem”). Physical description: Serpentine. Said to have a shining, precious stone or a
According to news reports that circulated in late 1996, residents of Benyok, 250 miles northwest of Moscow, had reported a Lake Monster for almost 150 years. It was, they claimed, a huge
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