List of reported lake monsters
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Below is a list of lake monsters that have been reported worldwide in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and marshes, containing the names of the lakes and reported lake monsters. River monsters and lagoon monsters are not included, nor are confirmed hoaxes and misidentifications.
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[edit] Lake monster locations and names
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[edit] North and Central America
[edit] Canada
[edit] British Columbia
[edit] Manitoba
[edit] Newfoundland
- Crescent Lake - Cressie
[edit] Ontario
- Lake Simcoe - Kempenfelt Kelly, Igopogo
- Muskrat Lake - Mussie
- Lake Ontario - Kingstie
- Lake Temiskaming - Mugwump
- Thunder Bay - merbeing
- Lake of the Woods (partly in USA) - Woodsie
[edit] Quebec
- Lake Memphrémagog (partly in USA) - Memphré
- Lac Decaire - Lizzie
- Lac Pohénégamook - Ponik
- Lac Simon - White shark
- Lac Hertel in Mont-Saint-Hilaire - Le Monstre du Lac Hertel (Note that this story has been popularized by a song by rock band Groovy Aardvark, but no sightings seem to have been reported; also the lake has a maximum depth of only 9 meters (29.5 feet), which would not be sufficient for a "monster" to hide)
[edit] United States
[edit] Alaska
[edit] California
- Lake Elsinore - Hamlet
- Lake Tahoe (California/Nevada) - Tahoe Tessie
- Elizabeth Lake
- Fish Lake - Giant salamander
- Folsom Lake - Crocodilian
- Homer Lake - Manitou
[edit] Florida
[edit] Idaho
[edit] Indiana
[edit] Minnesota
- Lake Pepin - Pepie
[edit] Nevada
- Lake Tahoe (California/Nevada) - Tahoe Tessie
[edit] New York
- Lake Champlain (USA/Canada) - Champ
- Hudson River (USA) - Hudson River Monster
[edit] Ohio
- Lake Erie (USA/Canada) - Bessie, South Bay Bessie
[edit] Oklahoma
- Lake Thunderbird - Monster Freshwater Octopus
[edit] Utah
- Bear Lake, (Idaho/Utah) - Isabella, Bear Lake Monster
- Great Salt Lake - Monster crocodilian
[edit] Vermont
- Lake Champlain (USA/Canada) - Champ
[edit] Wisconsin
- Rock Lake - Rocky
[edit] Africa
[edit] Angola
[edit] Cameroon
[edit] Chad
[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo
[edit] Ethiopia
[edit] Kenya
[edit] Republic of the Congo
- Lake Makele - Mokele-mbembe
- Lake Tebeki - Mokele-mbembe
- Lake Télé - Mokele-mbembe
[edit] Tanzania
[edit] Zambia
- Lake Bangweulu, Kafue Flats, Lake Mweru, Lake Shiwa Ngandu - Chipekwe
- Bangweulu Swamp - Nsanga
- Lake Kashiba - Ichitapa
[edit] Zimbabwe
A wooden carving of Nyaminyami
[edit] Europe
[edit] England
- Bassenthwaite Lake - Eachy
- Windermere - Eachy
[edit] Scotland
- Loch Ness - Loch Ness Monster or "Nessie"; perhaps the most famous of all lake monsters
[edit] Sweden
An artist's conception of Storsjöodjuret.
- Storsjön in Jämtland - Storsjöodjuret
- Gryttjen in Hälsingland - Gryttie
- Varberg Fortress Moat Monster
[edit] Asia
[edit] China
[edit] Oceania
[edit] Australia
An artist's conception of a Bunyip, 1890.
[edit] Western Australia
[edit] Victoria
- Lake Modewarre - "bunyip"
[edit] New Zealand
- Lake Coleridge, "Lakey"
[edit] References and External links
- ^ McGuiness, Tim (July 4, 2004). "The Legend Of The Lake Tarpon Monster - Tarpon Springs, Florida". McGuiness Publishing. http://www.laketarponmonster.com/. Retrieved on 2008-08-24.
- ^ CCTV News: Unknown Creatures in Lake Kanas
- Coleman, Loren; Huyghe, Patrick (2003). "Appendix". The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep. Trumbore, Harry; Lee Rollins, Mark. New York, New York: Penguin Group. pp. 358. ISBN 1-58542-252-5.
- The Global Lake Monster Database
- Lake Monsters
- Lake Monsters of North America
- Official page of Storsjöodjuret In Swedish, English, German
- GUST Global Underwater Search Team In Swedish and English
- List of Swedish lake monsters In Swedish
- Gryttie homepage in Swedish (basic info in English)

