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~~~~~ Find a dark, over grown lake and you'll find a story of a lake monster. Here are some of the more well known creatures.
Champie:
~~~~~ Champie is the name of the lake monster that inhabits Lake Champlain on the Vermont/Quebec/New York boarder. Champie is usually described as having a long neck and a flat head. Some descriptions have Champie with a thin body, others say it is more rounded. It is described as being anywhere from 10 to 30 feet long. It has been sighted since the 1600s. Photographs of Champie do exist, which may or may not be hoaxes. Some feel that Champie is a surviving prehistoric plesiosaur.
The Loch Ness Monster:
~~~~~ The Loch Ness Monster or "Nessie" is the name of the lake monster that inhabits Loch Ness in Scotland. Loch Ness is about 24 miles long, fairly narrow, and about 800 feet deep. Loch Ness connects to the North Sea by the Caledonian Canal. The water is very murky because of a high concentration of peat.
~~~~~ Nessie is usually described as having a long neck, with a wide body. It is about 40 feet in length. This description seems to suggest a prehistoric plesiosaur reptile type creature. Sonar used in 1972 and 1975 by Dr. Robert H. Rines of the Academy of applied science in Boston came up with what looked like the fin of a plesiosaur.
~~~~~ Nessie sightings have been reported as early as the 6th century with more recent sightings begining in the 1930's. In 1933 Mr. and Mrs. John MacKay saw "an enormous animal rolling and plunging in the waters". Also in 1933 Mr. and Mrs. George Spicer reported seeing a creature out of the water which resembled a "prehistoric animal".
~~~~~ Many of the sightings have been recorded in the deep waters of Urquart Bay. The most famous picture of Nessie hs the 13th century Urquart Castle in the forground. Well over 3,000 people have reported seeing the monster since 1933, including police officers, scientists, local residents and tourists.
~~~~~ Despite all the sightings and the few photos, no hard evidense to totally prove Nessies existance have been found.
Ogopogo:
~~~~~ Ogopogo is the name of the lake monster that inhabits Lake Okanagan in British Columbia, Canada. The monster is somewhat eel-like in appearance with a flatter head. It is from 15 to 20 feet in length. It has been reported since at least the early 1900s.
~~~~~ It may have been sighted by precolonial Indians who described "the N'haaitk" in the lake. There are inconclusive photos of the creature. The creature has been reported by a great many people. Some hypothesize the Ogopogo may be a surviving prehistoric plesiosaur.
Slimy Slim:
~~~~~ The Slimy Slim is the name of the lake monster that inhabited Payette Lake in Idaho. The monster is usually described as having a long neck with a flatter head. Slimy Slim was sighted mostly in the 1930s, and has not been reported in the past 50 years. A very large crocodile was also reported in Payette Lake in the 1930s, which may have been the real Slimy Slim.
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White River Monster
~~~~~ The White River runs through a town in Arkansas called Newport. From 1915 to present day the residents have reports seeing a mysterious creature in the river. The creature has been seen thrashing about in the river and is described as being 12 to 30 ft long and about 5 ft wide. Three toed tracks have also been found on the river banks. The prints measure 14 in. long and 8 in. wide.
Kodiak, Alaska
~~~~~ In 1969 the M/V Mylark, a shrimp boat fitted with special equipment, was using a state of the art electronic detector to map the ocean bottom in the Raspberry Straight off Kodiak, Alaska. The detector was the Simarad which was an fool-proof electronic detector. What the also detected about 55 fathoms down was a 200 ft long "dinosaur". This assignment had nothing to do with marine life so they were not in search of any, yet they had managed to get an image of a very large marine creature that did not resemble any known animal in the area. There are no whales in this area that are this size and shape.
Trunko
~~~~~ On the morning of November 1 1922, visitors to the beach at Margate, South Africa, were treated to an amazing spectacle out at sea: two whales could be clearly observed engaging in battle with a bizarre sea monster with snowy-white fur and a huge elephantine trunk.As the titanic battle progressed,the monster seemed to weaken, and three hours later it was dead.During the evening it's lifeless body was washed ashore and proved to be truly colossal, measuring just over 14 metres(47 feet) in length,and including a 3 metre (10 foot) tail.Apart from it's luxuriant 20-cm (8-inch) long fur,however, the most remarkable feature abou this creature is that it did not possess a distinct head; instead, it bore only the trunk-like appendage, 1.5 meters (5 feet) long, that had been visible during it's fatal encounter with the whales.This creature was dubbed "Trunko".
Alkali Lake Monster
~~~~~ Alkali Lake is located in Nebraska. The Indians of this area told the white settlers of a creature dwelling in the lake. In 1923, J.A. Johnson reported in the Omaha World-Herald that he, along with 2 friends, saw the creature. He also states that he knew of 40 others who had also seen the animal. The 3 saw the creature while camping near the lake. The saw the creature 3/4 out of the water and about 20 yards away. They described the creature as being 40 ft long, dull gray/brown and a horn-like object between it's eyes and nostrils. They said it looked similar to an alligator but was bigger and heavier than an alligator. When the creature noticed the men, it thrashed it's tail about and then dove under the water.
South Bay Bessie
~~~~~ For the past 30 years there have been reports of a unknown creature living in Lake Erie. The locals have named it South Bay Bessie. The creature is described as snake like and about 30/40 ft long with a grayish color. Numerous sightings by boaters on the lake have been recorded and sightings still continue there today. The creature is blamed for an attack and deaths of 3 people in 1992.
~~~~~ The survivors of the attack said the head of the creature was the size of a car. There is a reward for the humane capture of a living Bessie. Scientists Find Evidence Sea Extended to Loch Ness on Two Occasions British and U.S. scientists claim they have evidence that the sea extended into Loch Ness at two points in history: after the Ice Age in Europe (125,000 years ago) and 12,800 years ago.
~~~~~ A geologist working with a research team in 2001 noticed the clay on the anchor of their boat looked different from other deposits found in the same part of the Loch. Carbon dating and amino-acid testing on the clay indicated that it contained clams and sea urchin spines from both 12,800 and 125,000 years ago.
~~~~~ This discovery would tend to lend credence to the theory that large animals could have become trapped in the Loch as the water receded back to the sea. Skeptics have traditionally argued that no monster could exist in Loch Ness because it has always been a body of fresh water.
Lake Tianchi Monster Surfaces in China
~~~~~ It seems that China is home to its own version of the Loch Ness Monster. On July 11, 2003, witnesses were treated to a group of unknown creatures swimming in the Lake. As many as 20 of the animals were seen in the Lake at a distance of between two and three kilometers. The witnesses, a group of government officials, saw white or black spots that created ripples in the water.
~~~~~ A witness to a previous sighting reportedly saw a grey-skinned animal with a long neck (1.2-1.5 metres long) and a white ring around its neck (separating the neck and torso). The head had large eyes and a protruding mouth.
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The Altamaha-Ha.
~~~~~ This creature lives in the Altamaha River near Darien, Georgia. It has been sighted numerous times, at least since the '60s, by fisherman and other witnesses.
Memphré.
~~~~~ Lake Memphrémagog, which straddles the U.S.-Canadian border about 70 miles east of Montreal, is the home of Memphré. The earliest sightings of this creature, which resemble those of Nessie, date back to 1847.
Nahuelito.
~~~~~ Descriptions of this creature in Argentina's Nahuel Huapi Lake in Argentina vary from that of a giant water snake with humps and fish-like fins to a swan with a snake's head. Witnesses estimate its length at anywhere between 15 to 150 feet.
Selma.
~~~~~ Lake Seljordsvatnet in Norway is the site of eyewitness accounts of this whale-like creature since 1750.
Champ.
~~~~~ Lake Champlain in northeast New York State is the home of Champ. Most sightings describe a 15- to 25-foot creature with a "long sinuous neck" and a dark-colored body with one or more humps.
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