a who's who of lake and sea monsters
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a who's who of lake and sea monsters
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Lake and Sea Monsters Guide with videos when available
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Lake & Sea Monsters A - I
Ålesund
Norway
Altamaha-ha The Loch Ness monster of Georgia said to inhabit the Altahama River, also called Ha-Ha. The Tama Indians of the area have a legend of a large, snake-like creature. Reports of a 'big snake' continued into modern times. Reported to be 1- to 30 feet long, with a snout,flat tail,dorsal fin with the thickness of a man's body and swims with an undulating motion.
Bear
Lake Monster
Bessie
Bessie is described as a gray, snakelike create that inhabits Lake Erie, first sighted in 1817 and is about 20~30ft long . Sighting have been recorded as far back as 1898 .Some believe it may be a huge sturgeon . The American Hockey League team from Cleveland, the Lake Erie Monsters, is named after Bessie. Possibly a large sturgeon. Lake Erie was known as the caviar capital of America till the sturgeon were almost fished out of existence there, but is slowly making a comeback.
Bloops Listen to the bloop
Brosnie
A resident monster in Benyok, at Lake Bronso ( Бросно ), 250 miles northwest of Moscow .There have been Brosnie sightings for 150 years . Legends about it date back to the 1200s.
Bunyip
A large, hairy lake monster with a horselike face of ancient Aboriginal folklore that is said to live in Lake George and Lake Bathurst, Australia . Many sightings in the 1830s with scant modern reports. Fun Bunyip song from an old Aussie kid's show, where the Bunyip is the boogeyman
Caddy
A large snakelike creature seen from the coast of Alaska to Oregon, Most sightings are close to Vancover Island .reports of the creature go back to pre-Columbian times, with some Indian petroglyphs seeming to depict the creature . Some scientist say there is enough evidence to give it the scientific name Cadborosaurus willsi. Caddy video Caddy tv special Caddy video with photos of possible Caddy from the stomach of a whale found in 1937
Cassie A marine sea monster sighted off Casco Bay, Maine.Many reports from the late 1770s, however, like the Gloucester Sea Serpent, there have been few sightings recently. more info
Sightings in Cameron
Lake, BC Canada. Lake Catemaco
Lake Catemaco, Mexico. Snake-like creture sighted.
Changbai Mountain Lake Monster, China
Some have claimed to have seen something in the caldera of Changbai shan/Baekdu mountain between North Korea and China.
Lake Chany Monster
Lake monster in Russia named Nesski, claimed to have killed 19 fishermen . Chany Lake is 770 miles long and is sited in the central Barabinsk steppe region of West Siberia. This lake is counted amongst the largest freshwater lakes of Russia.
Chessie
an image of Chessie from the 80s video Chessie is a serpent-like creature said to inhabit Chesapeake Bay. A famous 1982 video by Robert Frew shows a large, snakelike creature
Champ
Champ, is the Lake Champlain monster .Reports of a large creature in the lake go back to 1609, the local indians call it chaousarou.Lake Champlain is the largest body of water in the US after the Great Lakes . investigating the famous Champ photo
Chiemsee, Germany Reports from Chiemsee, the largest freshwater lake in Bavaria, known as the Barvarian Sea.
Colossal
Claude
Con Rit - Great sea Centipede
Con rit is the Vietnamese word for millipede, the name for a snakelike creature of the coast of Vietnam .A con rit was reported to have washed ashore in 1883 that was 60 feet long and 3 feet wide in Along Bay, Vietnam. Some have speculated that it is the inspiration for the Asian dragon symbol.
Daedalus sighting In 1848, the year
europe was being rocked by
revolutions, a sighting by several officers on the HMS
Daedalus caused a sensation . On
Aug 6th the Daedalus was sailing
near the Cape of good Hope when a midshipman saw something advacing
rapidly torward the ship . He told the ship's officers and seven men,
includuding Captain Peter M'quhae saw what they described as a huge sea
serpent . The visible part of the creature measured more than 60 feet,
but only seemed to be 15 inches in diameter .It's color was dark brown
and had some sort of mane . It did not undulate as a serpant on the
water .The sighting caused a sensation when it was reported in the
press .
Lake Dakataua monster A lake monster called Migo by the natives said to inhabit Lake Dakataua in New Britain . A Japanese film crew filmed a blurry creature while investigating in 1993.
Danau Poso, Indonesia
Giant eels reported
The Denbigh Dinosaur
A creature seen in a llyn (lake) close to Denbigh, Wales.
Dobhar Chu
A legendary creature that is said to inhabit the lakes of Ireland, that is reported to have killed a woman in 1722, according to her gravestone . Possibly a giant otter. more info
A creature that is said to live in Flathead Lake in Montana .Reported to be over 10 feet long with humps .First sighted in 1889 and even figured into an episode of the X-Files . more info
In 1960, a huge fleshy mas 18x20ft washed ashore Tasmania and was estimated to have weighed 5~10 tons. Recent studies of samples have shown it to be a whale
Gloucester Sea Serpent
In the summer of 1817and continuing through the 19th century, there was a spate of reports of a large sea serpent 60ft to100ft long on the New England coast and became called the 'Glocester Sea Serpent.'Some have speculated that overfishing led to the demise of these serpents as there have been very few reports in the last 50 years .more info
Great Salt Lake Monster
Moster sighted at the Great Salt Lake, Utah in 1904
Howick Lake Monster
Called Inkanyamba by local tribes and part of legends for thousands of years, said to inhabit Howick Falls Lake, South Africa. Howick Falls Lake monster video
Hydra
Unfortunately, there have been no hydra sightings since Heracles killed the Lernaean Hydra in his 12 labours.
Igopogo
A seallike creature seen in Lake Simcoe, Ontario.Also seen on Muskrat Lake
Issie
Lake Ikeda (池田湖) Kyushu Japan. Photo taken in 1978, a snake-like creature about 45 feet long. more info
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Lake & Sea Monsters J - Z
Kanas Lake Monster,
Xingjiang China
Lake Khaiyr creature
A black, longed-necked creature is said to inhabit Lake Khaiyr in Siberia, first reported in 1964, later questioned as a hoax. more info more
Kussii
Lake Kussharo (屈斜路湖), Hokkaido the largest caldera lake in Japan.Hokkaido, Japan. Famous sighting in 1972, said to be 60 ft long with humps
Iliamna Lake Monster
Lake monster Iliamma Lake in southern Alaska, the largest fresh water lake in Alaska . Possibly a a giant sturgeon . Accounts of the creature in Aluet Indian legend go back centuries. more info
Lake
Labynkyr monster Lakey Wolf-like animal reported in the 1970s in Lake Coleridge, New Zealand
Loch Lomand monster Lomand monster A large alligator like creature has been sighten in Loch Lomand where it is much too cold for one to exist. Loch Lomand is the largest freshwater loch in Scotland.
Loch Ness Monster
From 1933 onward, a picture has emerged from investigations of reports of large animals in the loch having existed for centuries.The earliest known report is said to be found in the Life of St. Columbia by Adamnan, written sometime during the 7th century. It describes how in 565 Columba saved the life of a Pict, who was being supposedly attacked by the monster Nessie video-nice Loch Ness footage Amateur Scientist Films Loch Ness Monster
Lough Eske Monster Lough Eske, Ireland sighted in the 1980s, possibly a seal. more info
Lusca
Large sea monster reported in the Caribbean. Many reported near the Blue Holes, Bahamas.
Manipogo
Lake monster in Lake Manitoba .Described as being 30 feet long and brown . video starts at 4:38
Memphre Lake Memphremagog Vermot, Quebec border Loch Ness type creature sighted
Montauk Monster
The identity of this creature, which reportedly washed up in Montauk New York beach and dubbed the 'Montauk Monster' last month, has captivated the internet and is dividing animal experts. According to some experts, it is the body of a rare raccoon . According to one of the first people to find it,Christina Pampalone, it was about 3 feet long .Some of the rumours about it are that it was created in a government lab on nearby Plum island or a sea turtle without a shell .To complicate matters, no one seems to know exactly where the mysterious 'monster' is now more info
Morag Lake monster seen in Loch Morar, close to Loch Ness . Sightings dating back to 1887.
Mussie Muskrat Lake,Ottawa seal like creature reported more info
Mokele-mbembe
For more than 200 years, there have been reports of a ' monster ' in central Africa in the Ubangi, Sanga and Ikelemba Rivers and Lake Tele. Mokèlé-mbèmbé is the name given to a large creature reported to live in the lakes and swamps of the Congo River basin.it has been suggested that the creature might be a dinosaur such as a brachiosaur or a stegosaur which survived extinction . It may also refer to many different creatures.Several expeditions have been sent into what is now Zaire, with no conclusive photographic or physical evidence . Though the "living dinosaur" theory for Mokele-mbembe might be the best-known explanation, it has seen very little support from mainstream scientists. The latest expeditions to the area were by two Japanese teams in 1978 and 1992 and reported seeing a larged animal. The civil wars in Zaire have cancelled more recent planned expeditions in Zaire and shifted attention to the Cameroon, where the creature is known as la Kela-bembe. more info
Muck Monster Lake Worth Lagoon, West Palm Beach Florida
Nahuelito
A lake monster in Nahuel Huapi Lake in Argentina, with reports going bake to the 1920s . more info
Normandy Nessie
Long snake-like creature seen in the canals of Madeira Beach, Florida
Oarfish
The largest fish in the ocean, found in all tropical seas, has been found up to 17 m or 56 feet. The occasional beachings of oarfish after storms, and their habit of lingering at the surface when sick or dying, make oarfish a probable source of many sea serpent tales.
Ogopogo
A creature that is said to live in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia . more info Ogopogo video another Ogopogo video Mysterious World video
Pepie Pepie is a lake monster said to inhabit Lake Pepin, the largest lake on the Mississippi in Minnesota tv news story on Pepie
Pressie Pressie,
large eel like creater in
Lake Superior
San Francisco Bay monster large snake-like creature seen since the 1980s
Seljordormen or Seljord worm Lake Seljord, Norway monster , Monster in Seljord mentioned in written sources since the mid 1700s .
Selma An eel-like creature sighted in lake Lake Seljordsvatnet, Norway more info
Sirrush
Animal depicted on the Ishtar Gate in Babylon (6th cent BC), the only unknown animal depicted on the gate
Skrimsels or Skrimsl Reports of a humped, 40 foot creature lake monster since or a large worm-like creaturesince 1345 in Lake Lagarflot, Iceland.
Solimões River Peru Explorer Franz Schmidt reports large elephants sized tracks and encountering a creature 35 feet long in 1907.
Songhua Lake, China
In Jilin, China, close to the Changbai area sightings .Sightings of a creature since the 1950s about 30 feet long, with a flurry of sightings in 1999.In 1992 a soldier visiting the lake on leave reported being attacked by a dragon like creature.
Storsjoodjuret
Sweden's most famous lake monster,in Lake Storsjon. with hundred of reported sightings, with reports going back as 1635. Also called Storsie.
Teggie Lake Bala, Wales
Tessie
Snakelike creature in Lake Tahoe
Trunko
A large, hairy creature, with skin like a polar bear and a trunk, that washed on a South African beach in 1922. Said to been 47 ft long and a have a shrimp like tail.
Turtle Lake Monster Turtle Lake Saskatchewan, Canada. Creature is said to have a horse-like head.
Lake
Utopia Monster
Lake Van Monster
Lake Van, Turkey First reported in 1995.Said to be about 50 ft long. Video (left) was taken in 1997. Possibly a giant sturgeon
Vatten Lake Vättern, Sweden
Lake Vorota
White
River Monster
Windermere Largest natural lake in England, sightings of an eel like creature, sometimes called Bownessie . more info Windermere videos
Zhangke River, Sichuan China
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Lake and sea monster news
The most convincing Nessie photograph ever ?
Lake Hornindalsvatnet Norway monster photographed Lake Hornindalsvatnet is the deepest in Europe with depths up to 1686 feet.
Russian Fishermen Claim Deadly Monster Roams Western Siberian Lake
Bizarre Sea Monster Captured By Deep-Sea Drilling Camera
New video of Alaska sea monster
Photo of Cameron Lake monster ?
Jack Black cryptozoology movie
Monster of deep washed up on NE coast
This list of lake and sea monsters is by no means complete. There are many other locations with sightings as well. Some of the more common explanations for monster sightings are : logs, otters (Giant Otters can grow up to 6 ft, the otter in this video appears to be a lake monster at first glance, giant sturgeons,giant catfish, and schools of fish.
Could some lake and river monsters be plesiosaurs long necked reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era and died out with the dinosaurs and the end of the Cretaceous with the KT mass extinction 65 million years ago ? While they were marine animals, some fossils have been found in what were then rivers . However, how could a modern day plesiosaur live in northern latitudes such as Loch Ness and Lake Champlain ? It would have to be a mammal. Some suggest it may be a type of basilosaurus , the elongated snake like ancestor of modern day whales and lived 35-40 million years ago.
Another explanation for Nessie and other European lake monsters is that people are sighting a large European eel (Anguilla anguilla), which live in Loch Ness in large numbers. The common European eel grows to a maximum length of about six feet or 1.8 metres in length. These eels are generally believed to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. The larvae (Leptocephalus) drift towards Europe in a three-hundred-day migration . These eels have the ability to 'walk' on land up to 8 hours.
Some look
for an explanation in our own minds. It is all part of our collective
unconscious and as the wave of ufo sightings in the 1950s reflect an
underlying fear of the Cold War going hot and a wish for an
otherworldly savior, lake monster sighting reflect a deep seated need
for a monster to exist. People expect and want to see them,
so they do.
World map of Lake and Sea monsters
Incident
at Loch Ness 2004
Sea
Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure video game
The most up-to-date, definitive, scientific assessment of the evidence for and against the existence of lake monsters
In 1925, legendary explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into uncharted realms of the Amazon jungle in order to discover "The Lost City of Z," an ancient civilization that he believed could have been the basis for the mythical El Dorado. Fawcett and his party disappeared, never to be heard from again. Eighty years later, David Grann, an ordinary reporter for The New Yorker, uncovered Fawcett's diaries and found himself compelled to follow in the footsteps of the intrepid adventurer. An inspiration for The Lost World and Indiana Jones
History's Mysteries investigates strange and ongoing reports of sea monsters, including "Champ", the legendary mammoth of Lake Champlain; the New England sea serpent first sighted at Cape Ann in 1639
Sea and Lake Monster Links
mysterium (Italian) Wikipedia on lake monsters
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