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...re spotted in the area of lake Labynkyr, 650 km from Yakutsk (Russia). The lake is located in the extreme north and temperatures can go as low as -54°C.
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'''Teggie''' is the name given to a lake monster reported to live in Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) in Gwynedd, north Wales, United Kingdom. Sightings began aroun
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'''Cressie''' is a lake monster that is supposedly living in Crescent Lake, Canada with sightings going back to the 1900s.
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...onsters that allegedly live in Heaven Lake (known as Cheonji in Korean) or Lake Tianchi, within the Changbai Mountains of Jilin Province, China, not far fr
...north-eastern Jilin province near the border of North Korea, in China. The lake is 1,243 feet deep and has had some volcanic activity in the last 300 years
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Amemasu lives in Lake Mashu in Hokkaidō and capsizes boats, creates earthquakes and causes other
...ish's belly and kills it. The amemasu's enormous corpse then blocks up the lake and puts it in danger of flooding. A god in the form of a bird warns the pe
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...ptid purported to lurk in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, around the Lake Likouala swamp region.
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'''Memphre''' is a lake monster that is believed by some to lurk in the murky Lake Memphremagog in Canada.
...a sauropterygian-like animal, a cliché commonly brought up for other lake monsters.
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...oránach''' was a monster which was banished by St Patrick to Lough Derg (a lake 6 by 4 miles, 4 miles NW of Pettigoe in south Co. Donegal), turning its wat
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...rted as "a strange creature with the head of a dragon and eyes of fire" in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
* [http://www.csicop.org/sb/2004-12/i-files.html CSICOP: The Lake George Monster hoax]
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'''Bessie''' is a name given to a lake monster in Lake Erie.
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...avari) is a lake monster reportedly dwelling in Lake Van, a large alkaline lake in Eastern Turkey.
...rts the Turkish government sent an official scientific survey group to the lake who failed to spot the creature.
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The '''Hudson River Monster''' or '''Kipsy''' is the name given to a lake monster that allegedly lives in the Hudson River (a 315-mile (507 km) river
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...akitaro''' is a type of giant fish which is found in Yamagata prefecture’s Lake Otoriike.
Located nearly 1,000 meters above sea level, the remote mountain lake was created ages ago when an earthquake triggered a massive landslide that
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The '''Rabisha Lake Monster''' or '''Water Bull''' is a legendary hybrid in the folkore of Bulg
The Rabisha Lake Monster has the head of a bull, the body of giant, strong man, and the tale
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...'''Lake Elsinore''' monster is a sea serpent sighted at the small town of Lake Elsinore, California
...s Elsie, a play on Nessie, and occasionally "Hamlet" after the name of the lake.
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'''Lariosauro''' is a cryptid reported to live in Lake Como in Italy, about 30 miles north of Milan.
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...ii''' (クッシー) is the name of a lake monster said to be living in Hokkaidō's Lake Kussharo.
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'''Lukwata''' is the name of a water-dwelling cryptid said to be found in Lake Victoria in Africa along with several other Ugandan lakes.
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...recorded, which has lead to the theory that the lake is inhabited by some lake monster, similar to the famed [[Nessie]] of Loch Ness. Tourism interests ha
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'''The Monster of Lake Fagua''' is a legendary creature resembling a [[harpy]].
[[Image:The Monster of Lake Fagua.jpeg|thumb|The Monster of Lake Fagua]]
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...ipogo''' is the name given to the reputed [[lake monster]] which dwells in Lake Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. Sightings of this serpent like sea monster have
It was also reported as being seen in groups, the most famous lake monster to be seen non-individualy. A group of 17 witnesses, most of them
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...aid to be living in Kagoshima Prefecture's Lake Ikeda, the largest caldera lake in Kyushu..
...dnapped by a samurai, and Issie was unable to find it, she jumped into the lake, and her despair transformed her into a giant, saurian beast, which since t
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...r''' (also dubbed '''Messie''') is a Nessie-like creature that haunts the Lake Murray in California, USA.
The Lake Murray monster was described in The Independent News in 1980 as "a cross be
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...ster that is believed by some to hide in the deep alpine waters of Payette Lake near McCall, Idaho, USA
...um, Editor of The Star News held a contest to name the serpent of Payette Lake. The winning name, “Sharlie”, was submitted by Le Isle Hennefer Tury of
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'''Mussie''' is a sea monster reported to be living in Muskrat Lake, 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Ottawa, capital of Canada.
...ding his famous lost astrolabe while looking out over Muskrat Lake. In the lake, prominently displayed, is Mussie, depicted as having three eyes and a long
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[[Image:hoga.jpg|thumb|The hoga - illustration from ''On Monsters and Marvels'' by Ambroise Pare]]
The Hoga was said to inhabit the lake of the city of Themistitan, where it grazed on the leaves of the Hoga tree
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[[Image:Flathead Lake.jpeg|thumb|310px|Flathead Lake, Montana (photo by Matthew MacManes)]]
...t Monatana, the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi river. The lake is 27.3 miles long, 15.5 miles wide and has a maximum depth of 370.7 feet.
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...r to various popularly named lake monsters such as [[Ogopogo]] of Okanagan Lake of British Columbia and to the [[Loch Ness monster]] of Scotland.
...n, Loren and Clark, Jerome. Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature with Jerom
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The '''Buratsche-al-Ilgs''' is an amorphous lake monster from Swiss folklore.
...creature was said to have escaped from a gateway to hell in the Luschersee lake in Switzerland.
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*[[List of Scottish loch-monsters]]
*[http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/seabeasts.htm Monsters of the Deep - the Stronsay Beast]
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...Brosnya''' is the name given to a lake monster which is said to be inhabit Lake Brosno, near Andreapol in West Russia.
...o drink water from the lake. However, when the horses ventured down to the lake, a huge roaring creature emerged from the water and started devouring horse
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'''Lake monster''' is the name given to large unknown animals which have purportedl
...heart of British Columbia; [[Manipogo]] in Lake Manitoba, and [[Champ]] in Lake Champlain.
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...a Centipede) to describe these animals in his book The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and other Mystery Denizens of the Deep. In Vietnam, such cre
* Coleman, Loren and Huyghe, Patrick (2003). The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and other Mystery Denizens of the Deep. NY: Tarcher-Penguin
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In his first appearance, Varan is a monster that lives in a saltwater lake within the Kunishiroshima valley, where he is known to the natives as Barad
...u including Godzilla. Varan is seen in the climax, joining the other Earth monsters to fight against the King Ghidorah, though he does not actually participate
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...is a lake monster reported to live in the lake Storsjön (Great Lake or Big Lake in English) in Sweden.
...rly to Nessie, though the names Storsjö Monster or Storsjöormen "The Great Lake Serpent" are also used.
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The name "Morag" is a pun on the name of the lake in which the creatures lives, and of the Scottish female name, "Morag".
* Peter Costello, ''In Search of Lake Monsters'' (Garnstone) 1974
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...gopogo''' is the name given to the reputed [[lake monster]] that dwells in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada.
...uch as [[Basilosaurus|Zeuglodon]]. Other sightings have suggested that the Lake Okanagan beast is of the 'many hump' variety rather than the 'long neck' ty
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...of kelpies evolved into the present day legends of lake-monsters where the monsters "changed the appearance" to a more "realistic" and "modern" version since t
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* Ellis, R. 1994. ''Monsters of the Sea''. Robert Hale, London.
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...were often described as [[sea monster]]s, and myths and legends about such monsters may often have started with the appearance of a globster.
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..., '''addane''', '''addanc''', '''avanc''', '''abhac''', '''abac''') is a [[lake monster]] from [[Welsh mythology]] that also appears in Celtic folklore and
...in Llyn Llion, Llyn Barfog, near Brynberian Bridge or in Llyn yr Afanc, a lake in Betws-y-Coed that was named after the creature.
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'''Selma''' is a sea serpent said to live in the lake Seljordsvatnet in Seljord, Norway.
...rainy amateur video taken in 1988 and 1993 show humps in the middle of the lake, but they could easily have been waves.
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Reports of "black, shaggy monsters" seen in the forest region of Nkata Bay, Lake Nyasa, and of more than 30 mysterious tree-top structures (speculated to be
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The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep (NY: Tarcher/Penguin,
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...rmur, Lagarfljót worm''', (or simply Iceland Worm Monster) is an Icelandic lake monster which is purported to live in Lagarfljót in Egilsstaðir.
...up or slithering into the trees. Sometimes it is said to be as long as the lake itself, 30 kilometres (19 mi).
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'''Sea monsters''' are sea-dwelling, mythical or legendary creatures, often believed to be
Marine [[monsters]] can take many forms, including sea [[European dragon|dragon]]s, [[sea ser
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...uelito''' is a lake monster reported to live in the waters of Nahuel Huapi Lake, at the foot of the Patagonian Mountains in Argentina.
...like other more remote aquatic habitats, such as Lake Van, Lake Labynkr or Lake Khaiyr, which purportedly harbor large, sub-aquatic animals, Nahuel Huapi i
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...a sea serpent similar to [[Nessie]] that allegedly lives in the waters of Lake Windermere in England. Eight sightings have been recorded since 2006.
Windermere is England's largest natural lake at 10 and a half miles long, 1 mile wide and approximately 220 feet deep. T
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*Rose, Carol [November 2001]. Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth (in English). W
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...rgo was driven ashore on the Lesser Syrtes, the crew carried the vessel to Lake Tritonis, whence Triton, the local deity, guided them across to the Mediter
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...ing, even a calf in one instance; all the disappearances occurred near the lake on his property. One day, he reportedly saw a colossal snapping turtle, est
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==Monsters in history==
...tand. In the Enlightenment, the cabinet of curiosities would often include monsters in amongst the scientific instruments and toys. Similarly, the monstrous wa
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Two of the most notorious torture murderers were [[Leonard Lake]] and [[Charles Ng]] who, during the 1980s in California, killed over 18 me
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[[Image:champ.jpg|thumb|The object Sandra Mansi photographed at Lake Champlain.]]
'''Champ''' is a large lake monster cryptid supposedly living in Lake Champlain, north-eastern North America.
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...a or captured the attention of as many people as did the story of the Bear Lake Monster. It spewed forth from the fertile mind of Joseph C. Rich in the lat
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The creature is supposed to live in a waterfall lake area in the northern forests of the Kwala Zulu, South Africa.
...nayamba's mastery of the lake, that a white S.African who once visited the lake recalls witnessing the astonishing sight of a group of women that had assem
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*Rose, Carol (2000) ''Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth'' ABC-CLIO, San
*Frawley, David (1991) ''Gods, Sages and Kings'' Passage Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, ISBN 1878423088 ;
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Travellers who wished to cross safely across the surface of a lake or river located within the domain of this being were required to make a sm
...at if invoked by a shaman, Mishipeshu would emerge from the surface of the lake and allow the shamans to remove fragments of his horns which were believed
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...are transported to the Lake of the Dead. The koko occasionally leave their lake village and visit humans in the form of clouds.
...in the underworld, but their children's spirits are transformed into water monsters, or uwanammi, who have the power to bring rain.
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...he boundary fortresses of Kazan, Alabuga and Cükätaw, legends about flying monsters flourished. One particular fortress on the Shishma River was known as Yilan
...s transformed into Diü, a spirit who founded the underwater kingdom of the lake.
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...e Republic of the Congo, and possibly Cameroon. It is also said to inhabit Lake Bangweulu in Zambia. They are thought not to live in herds or groups, but t
...n, along the shores of the Luapula River, which connects Lake Bangweulu to Lake Mweru.
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...their ancestors had trapped the Buru in five deep pools in the bottom of a lake, and that the creatures were stoned to death and the pools filled in. By th
...River monster. More importantly, Charles Gould in Appendix VII to Mythical Monsters describes what is supposedly a Chinese dragon going under the name of Kiao-
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...s/carcass/index.php?detail=article&idarticle=61 Trunko article on American Monsters]
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...Hall saw a Dog-faced Bunyip with jet-black hair in the marsh running into Lake Bathurst South, New South Wales.
...with a head like a bulldog and black shaggy fur. While rowing across Great Lake, Tasmania, Charles Headlam and a friend almost bumped into a Dog-faced Buny
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Bakunawa appears as a giant sea serpent with a mouth the size of a lake, a red tongue, whiskers, gills, small wires at its sides, and two sets of w
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...ember of 1980, Larry Gwin spotted what he thought was Altamaha-ha in Smith Lake, located up the Altamaha River, while eel fishing. He described the creatur
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The older brother had other monsters to slay, and he left Mokwayo to seek his own way. Left to his own devices,
...he went far away and built his wigwam on the northeastern shore of a large lake, where he took up his abode.
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