Cryptozoology And The Paranormal

The Tooth of Nessie

Two American students once claimed to find the tooth of the Loch Ness Monster during their vacation to Scotland. They found it in a dead deer laying by the shore of the loch. Shortly after taking pictures of it a park ranger passed by and confiscated it. They posted the pictures online later to publicize their claim. The “tooth” was identified by keen eyed viewers as an antler from a roe muntjac deer. It’s said that the story was all a hoax and was actually a publicity stunt to help promote an upcoming book about the Loch Ness Monster.

Nessie in the News

Nessie is Scotlands beloved lake monster. She has been sighted hundreds of times over hundreds of years, some of those encounters even end up in the local newspapers. Above are a couple newspaper clippings about Nessie. Newspapers are great ways to document sightings and stories of Nessie that would otherwise have been forgotten. Nessie reached her peak of fame in 1933 where the whole world had their eyes on Loch Ness. She has since had fewer and fewer sightings as time went on but she still came to become a Scottish icon. Loch Ness has gained worldwide fame because of Nessie, however we still have yet to find irrefutable proof of her existence.

Labynkyr Lake Devil

Secluded deep in the Siberian wilderness lies Lake Labynkyr. It is a peaceful lake, but it could be home to what locals call a devil. For centuries a strange creature has been seen in the area. Could Siberia really have their very own Nessie? The Lake has a large population of dogfish, pike, and other fish which means a sustainable food source. The Lake at its deepest point reaches 263 feet and covers 17 square miles, leaving plenty of room for a large creature to swim about. And it does freeze over during the colder months of the year. But what evidence is there to show for the creature? Fisherman often report their nets being torn, and large creatures swimming below the surface. The same reports also come from Lake Vorota which is nearby leading many researchers to believe in an underground connection between the two lakes. Sonar readings on multiple occasions have detected large anomalies about 18-21 feet long below the surface. In 2014 Russian Geologists journeyed to the bottom of the lake, breaking the record for deepest ice dive. The largest animals they encountered were dogfish but none of monstrous proportions. They claimed to have found a large jawbone and skeletal remains but no physical or photographic evidence has been disclosed to the public. So what is this creature? And is there more than one? Some say it is a surviving icthyosaur, while others say an overgrown pike. It is unknown what’s truly in the Lake, but it is still being seen. Are the legends of a lake devil true? The answers lie deep in the Siberian wilderness waiting to be found.

Champ Caught On Camera?

It’s very rare that a good lake monster video surfaces on the internet, and it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from Lake Champlain. This video was posted on December 31st in 2015 by YouTube user Enoch who says the video was sent to them after filming it in Lake Champlain.

It’s unclear what’s being seen breaking the surface, as always the video is a little blurry. But it does appear to be something large. It’s breaks the surface many times and definitely isn’t a floating object such as a log because the animal has movement. Some have suggested it’s just a large sturgeon, and I Lake Champlain does have some large sturgeon and I’ve wrote about them before. Many who have seen it say it’s the best evidence of Champ since the Mansi photograph. What do you think?

The Man Behind The Surgeons Photo

Marmaduke Wetherell (pictured sitting above) is the one who fooled the world. He is responsible for tricking the whole world into believing that a toy submarine was actually the Loch Ness Monster. When the monster was first spotted in the Loch, the Daily Mail sent for big game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell to find Nessie. After searching for the monster to no avail he finally found something! He saw what appeared to be large footprints leading into the water. After closer examination by the Natural History museum the footprints were said to be fake and Wetherell was humiliated. He then gave up his search for the monster.

Months later Wetherell devised a scheme to get “proof” of the monster, and to get his revenge. His son quoted with saying “we’ll give them their monster!” as he planned the great hoax. So he set up a sea serpents head to a toy submarine, with the help of Christian Spurling who modeled the creatures head. He snapped the famous photo and prepared for it to be shown to the public. But he couldn’t reveal the photo because nobody would believe him, so he gave it to British surgeon Colonel Robert Wilson who would then release the photo to the public. Wilson knew it was a fraud and refused to have his name associated with the photo which is why it became known as the “surgeon’s photo.”

It wasn’t until 1994 when Christian Spurling laid on his death bed that he admitted that the photo was a fake. He revealed to the world the details of the photo and how they faked it. In the end Marmaduke Wetherell did get his revenge, he managed to fool the world for 60 years in what many people call the greatest hoax of all time.

Nessie Finally Spotted? May 7th, 2017

This video surfaced on May 8th showing what appears to be a strange anomaly on the surface of the loch. People are claiming it’s the return of the Loch Ness Monster who’s been absent for 8 months. But the object in question is very suspicious. The first thing to note is the lack of movement from the subject in question. It appears to just float without any movement. The other thing to note is the boat that moves past it. The boat doesn’t stop to investigate it just passes by and keeps going. Perhaps they noticed it was the famed Nessie and wanted to gain some space between them and her, or they realized it was nothing special and kept driving. The lack of movement makes me think it’s just some floating debris, perhaps a log but logs don’t usually float straight up. Perhaps it was a hoax set up by some pranksters or even the people on the boat. Whatever was filmed is questionable and it may not be Nessie. If anybody has any ideas please share them!

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Old Greeny

Ever since the 1800’s a large serpent like creature has been seen in Cuyuga Lake. Those who knew of the creature back then stayed away from the water in fear of it. The 435ft deep lake is a perfect place for a lake monster to hide. The creature got its name of “Old Greeny” when a local and his friend were driving passed the lake when they spotted a large serpent swimming on the surface.

In 1929 it was suggested that two serpents were living in the lake. This meant there could be a breeding population which meant that even more could be out there. In 1979 a boy was attacked by the creature, it bit his arm so hard while he was swimming that it broke his arm. The victim said it looked like an eel but much larger. The same year a 35ft serpent almost collided with a boat on the lake, they thought it was a log until they came close to it. The creature swam down to the depths leaving the eyewitnesses shocked.

What exactly Old Greeny is may never be known. It has been suggested that a species of giant eels could call the lake home, or maybe perhaps a large sturgeon. Sightings of Old Greeny are rare nowadays, leaving many to believe the creature ultimately succumbed to age. Or maybe it swam out to Lake Ontario through the Seneca River. But maybe perhaps it still resides under the surface, waiting for an unlucky swimmer to pass by for its next meal.

Google Earth Nessie

When I was younger I would play around on Google Earth, searching for anything paranormal or strange. When I virtually visited Loch Ness I was sure that I had discovered the Loch Ness monster! I could see what appeared to be a large creature swimming below the surface. Later on I noticed that many other people had discovered this anomaly as well.

People were seeing an animal with a large head, fins and a long tail swimming through the water. At a first glance it looks like a monster, but after further studying of the image it is simply a boat moving on the loch. The large head, tail and fins are simply the wake that is being created by the watercraft.

Update From Lake Norman

I posted about a “Nessie” spotted in North Carolina not too long ago. Yet another monster has been spotted in Lake Norman. A 76 year old retired man who lives along the lake said he spotted a “snake-like” creature in the water. He noticed splashing in the water when sitting on his balcony overlooking the lake one day. The long reptile was visible on the surface for about 30 seconds before descending back to the depths. Could this be the same “dinosaur like” creature reported by a park ranger not too long ago that was attacking a duck on the lake’s surface? That creature was identified as looking like “Nessie” which fits the description of a plesiosaur. This most recent encounter describes something else.

Although this creature was “snake like” perhaps it is the same creature. Maybe only the neck of the plesiosaur was spotted by the retired man, leading him to believe the creature was “snake-like.” If there truly is a lake monster residing here, perhaps it swam in through the connecting rivers that empty into the Atlantic. Does this new eyewitness account prove that there truly is something large in the lake that hasn’t been spotted before? Is there a plesiosaur in the lake? Or perhaps a large snake or eel is what the man saw. I eagerly await another update from the residents of Lake Norman, North Carolina.

Nessie Sightings On The Rise

Sightings of the Loch Ness Monster are higher than they’ve been in 16 years. More and more people are out searching for the elusive beast nowadays, trying to snap a photo with the easy access of their smart phones. Two sightings this year occurred on the same day, by different people, at different areas of the loch. The most recent sighting was from Ian Campbell who spotted two creatures swimming close to the shore who were estimated to be over 30 feet.

So what do you think of the recent sightings? Two creatures spotted at the same time would give evidence towards a breeding population. How long will it be until we get a crystal clear image of the creatures? Only time will tell.

Large Prehistoric Fish Found Dead In Lake Champlain

A large sturgeon was found dead washed upon the shore of Lake Champlain recently. Although sturgeon aren’t cryptids like the elusive Champ, a prehistoric fish of this size in Lake Champlain does raise a few questions. Sturgeon can be traced back to the Triassic period along with the Plesiosaur of which Champ is rumored to be. If a fish can survive this long, why can’t the Plesiosaur? Lake Champlain is well known to be a habitat for lake sturgeon but this one was massive. This 6′ 9″ sturgeon weighed about 300 pounds and appears to have died of natural causes. If a fish can get this big there must be plenty of fish for a large predator to survive on, including Champ. Sturgeon live up to 150 years which gives these monster fish quite a track record. If this one had lived for so long, could this large sturgeon be what eyewitnesses call Champ? Or are there even larger sturgeon laying towards the bottom of the lake?

It seems unlikely that the bottom feeding sturgeon would come to the surface for eyewitnesses to spot like the air-breathing Plesiosaur, but its not impossible. Anything of this size would be considered a monster by any inexperienced fisherman or passerby. However a sturgeon definitely isn’t what was photographed in the Mansi Photograph, so is there still a Plesiosaur living in the lake that calls large fish like this dinner? Will we start to see champ sightings decrease after this large sturgeon parts ways with this life? Or perhaps there are even larger sturgeon responsible for Champ sightings? The answer, the truth, lies within the depths of this lake. Stay Curious!

Plesiosaurs Are Still Alive!!

It’s a well accepted theory that lake monsters from around the world mostly resemble plesiosaurs. But could the prehistoric dinosaur truly have survived its mass extinction event? Plesiosaurs are marine reptiles that were most common during the Jurassic period and were found in oceans world wide. Is it possible some still live? Most lakes around the world that report plesiosaur type lake monsters are actually connected to oceans which would allow for these prehistoric ocean dwellers to enter these lakes.

Loch Ness is most famous for Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. Loch Ness is actually connected to the ocean on its north side through the River Ness, which connects to the North Sea. On its south side, Loch Ness is connected to the ocean by the River Lochy, which empties into the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland.

Lake Champlain is most famous for Champ, the Lake Champlain Monster. On its south side Lake Champlain empties into the Hudson River which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. On its north side Lake Champlain is connected to the Rivière Richelieu, which is connected to Lac Saint-Pierre, then ultimately the Gulf Of Saint Lawrence.

Other lakes that report “Nessie” type creatures that are connected to the ocean include but are not limited to Lake Erie, Lake Norman (of which I recently wrote about), Okanagan Lake, Lake Manitoba, Lake Ontario, Lake Winnipegosis, Lake Superior, Loch Morar, and many more. Plesiosaurs would have access to all the above mentioned lakes and be able to enter and exit as much as they please. However so could all other marine life, so could misidentification be the source of these sightings? Do you think plesiosaurs still roam our oceans? If plesiosaurs are still alive, could other dinosaurs still be alive as well? Let me know what you think, stay curious!

Go ahead and find lakes that report monsters and find out if they connect to an ocean!

Plesiosaur Spotted at Florida Beach

While out fishing with his cousin, Steven Smith caught a glimpse of a thought to be extinct creature. At a fishing spot at New Smyrna Beach he and his cousin saw what “looked like the Loch Ness Monster.” They said the animal was surfacing but dove back down as soon as it noticed their presence. They described “Nessie” as being 3-4 feet tall, jet black with round bloodshot eyes and an S-shaped neck. The flippers and tail were also noticeable as the creature dove back under the surface. The whole encounter lasted about 3 seconds.

A quick encounter but no less baffling. Plesiosaurs have long been thought to still be swimming in our Oceans and Lakes around the world, but this sighting only helps solidify those claims. What do you think about these claims? Is it misidentification? A hoax? Or was there truly a plesiosaur swimming in the ocean that day? The answer lies in the depths, waiting to be found.

Stay Curious!

Nessie’s Hideout: Keith’s Abyss

A new discovery was made in January of 2016 of an underwater crevice that breaks the record of the previously known depth of the Loch. Until the discovery was made Loch Ness’ deepest point was thought to be 754ft deep, but the discovery of the crevice (now named “Keith’s Abyss”) confirms the known deepest point is now 889ft deep.

Locals have said for years that the Loch is full of underwater caves. This new discovery brings some confirmation to those claims. This never before seen area brings new hopes and excitement for Nessie believers, as this part of the Loch has never been searched for the elusive water beast. Keith Stewart, the discoverer of the crevice, never believed in the monster until he found a “long object with a hump lying at the bottom that wasn’t there when I scanned the Loch bed later.” This anomaly on his sonar was near the area where he would discover Keith’s Abyss two weeks later has now made him question if the beast could still be roaming the depths.

Previously sonar searches for the monster and undiscovered caves/crevices have been towards the center of the Loch, Keith’s Abyss is just a few hundred yards off shore. This discovery could lead to new evidence of the Loch Ness Monster, or possibly even the discovery of its existence.