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The legend of the North Shore Monster may have roots in earlier reports. Around thirty years prior to McNeil's encounter, a man identified as Brother Bainbridge claimed to have seen a creature with a dolphin-like body in the lake near Antelope Island.
Lake Leelanau Monster A log with eyes [28] 1910 Lake Tianchi: Jilin, Ryanggang China North Korea: Asia: Lake Tianchi Monster: A large turtle-like animal, or a long black creature, some 20–30 meters long with a small head shaped like that of a horse. [29] Lake Tianchi is also known as Lake Chonji, and is partly located in North Korea. Lake Van ...
A lake monster is a lake-dwelling creature in myth and folklore. ... (1980), present-day lake monsters are variations of older legends of water kelpies. [2]
The Lady of the Lake, portrayed in the new series by Katherine Langford, has been both portrayed as a hero and a villain throughout the centuries
Jenny Greenteeth inspired the lake monster Meg Mucklebones in the 1985 Ridley Scott fantasy film Legend. [5] Jenny Green Teeth is recalled by John Heath-Stubbs in his poem "The Green Man's Last Will and Testament", lamenting the eclipse of "the cruel nymphs/ Of the northern streams, Peg Powler of the Tees/ And Jenny Greenteeth of the Ribble". [6]
In Texan folklore, the Lake Worth Monster is a legendary creature said to inhabit Lake Worth at the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, just outside Fort Worth. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The creature is often described as a "part- man , part- goat " with scales and long clawed fingers.
The legend behind the name Possum Kingdom did originate from Texas trappers who worked the Brazos River basin. Today, the blue waters of the lake is home to boaters and cliff divers alike.
In American folklore, Champ or Champy [1] is the name of a lake monster said to live in Lake Champlain, a 125-mile (201 km)-long body of fresh water shared by New York and Vermont, with a portion extending into Quebec, Canada. [2] The legend of the monster is considered a draw for tourism in the Burlington, Vermont and Plattsburgh, New York areas.