  
Champ - Lake Champlain Monster
Location of Sightings:
Lake Champlain (New York - Vermont - USA) Canada
Earliest - Latest Reported Sighting:
1609 to present
Description:
This creature has been sighted by numerous witnesses
since the 1609 sighting. It is always noted as looking
like a cross between a plesiosaur, a creature from the
age of the dinosaurs, and a serpent.
Odors described during or right after
encounters with this creature:
None reported
Sounds - Speech:
None reported
Interesting Sighting Details:
Samuel de Champlain, an explorer for whom the lake
is named, sighted Champ in July 1609 and described
the creature as a "20 foot serpent thick as a barrel
with a head like a horse.
In 1871 passengers on the steamship Curlew reported
seeing a head and long neck that created large waves.
In 1977 a photograph was taken by a tourist from
Connecticut names Sandra Mansi. They were having
a picnic on the shore of the lake when they saw a
creature rise up out of the water, Sandra said it looked
just like a dinosaur. She grabbed her Kodak Instamatic
and snapped what has become of the best photos
taken so far of the creature. The film and print was
studied by many sources and was proven to have not
been altered, and is an actual photo of some type of
creature rising from the water.
Webmasters Comments About This Case:
The Lake Champlain monster has now been sighted at
least 300 times, and probably twice that many more,
since the 300 sightings are just reported sightings,
inmagine how many others went unreported out of fear
of ridicule. Since 2000 to present there has been an
increase of sightings.
The lake could easily hide a monster or some lost
species of dinosaur. It is 109 miles long, and in some
places it is 400 feet deep and as dark black as coal.
If one researches enough on the lake champlain area,
again we can find that the creature like bigfoot and others
was first reportedly sighted by the indians (native
americans that used to live in the area. The tribes that
lived near what is now called Lake Champlain were the
Abenaki and the Iroquois. Each had their own legends
concerning a creature in the lake. The Abanaki called
the creature Tatoskok. Both of the indian tribes used to
leave offerings for the creature.
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