Sea Monsters In The Great Lakes?, page 2
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reply posted on 19-3-2005 @ 02:28 PM by rwatkins
I have lived in NE Ohio all my life and have never heard of a Lake Erie monster. This is interesting, nice links SkyChief. Those of us in the area all know about The Serpent Mound in Adams County Ohio. I wonder if the native indians who built this were depicting the same monster?

As far as the lakes being fresh water, I believe Loch Ness is also freshwater. Is that right?


reply posted on 19-3-2005 @ 03:17 PM by scar
The loch ness is the largest freshwater lake in Great Britain i think.

www.loch-ness.org...

although the locals probably know what the nessie is (a big honkin sturgeon), they are not gonna disclose it to the public due to lost revenue from tourism.


reply posted on 2-8-2009 @ 10:37 AM by sydenham519
reply to post by Daemon Divinus

Here is an interesting one from the very 'heart' of the Upper Great Lakes. Just off the tip of the Bruce Peninsula, where the waters Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, and Michigan meet:

It was first sighted off Flowerpot Island in 1948. According to a report in the Owen Sound Sun Times, dated July 23, 1948..... "While men yelled and one woman fainted aboard the City of Detroit III, a Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co., liner, a sea serpent slithered through Georgian Bay. That was the report of an eyewitness, Miss Bess Munroe of Michigan, the ship's social hostess. Miss Munroe's report of a 60-foot green and purple scale monster with a huge horned head, was confirmed by more than a dozen passengers and several of the ship's crew. The 'thing' was sighted by the travellers as the ship was entering the bay near Flowerpot Island. It came within 500 feet of the ship and remained in sight for approximately 15 minutes. It then disappeared in the fog and rain. "I've sailed the Great Lakes for many years," said the captain, "and have yet to see any monster. However, some of the informants in this case have always been persons of sound judgment and character." When the news of the sighting reached Tobermory, one local old timer was heard to comment "I am sure this 'spirit' came from a bottle"!

Link to story on 'Friends of the Bruce'


I have heard this story many many times over the years and read it from several different accounts.
As personal notes I would add:
1. There is VERY large sturgeon that live in the deeps nearby, although no know species of sturgeon would match the description given by the passengers.
2. That the teetotallers sceptical comments may not be entirely misplaced. There exists a certain 'atmosphere' or effect in those Islands and bays at certain times that could be described as a 'Sedona Like' effect'. The North Shore of Huron and the Bruce have often and historically been sought for the purpose of convalescing, for example. This feeling is often attributed to high levels of oxygen and exceptionally fresh air. I am not suggesting these people were hallucinating or 'high', but perhaps in a slightly altered state of consciousness? Slightly more aware or sensitive? Just a thought...
3. The Nawash people and earlier Petun Peoples have cultural legends of a creature that resembles the one sighted in the article above. So, the legend/myth goes back at least to the mid 1600's when the last of the Petun Bands fled invaders from the south.



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reply posted on 4-8-2009 @ 07:09 PM by Viking04
reply to post by skyeyes


I believe you were thinking of the Mekong Catfish in SEA.

I am ready for some souped up Alligator Snapping Turtle with a Shell 10' to show up somewhere, perhaps downriver of SRP.


reply posted on 5-8-2009 @ 08:09 AM by Crying-Lightning
reply to post by Daemon Divinus


Yes, there are creatures assossiated with all these lakes, a type of sea monstor known as fomorians, here's a link to some info about them.. uk.encarta.msn.com... Check the info at the side of that page though- couldn't link them for some reason.





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