Bessie (Lake Monster)
From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)
Bessie is a name given to a sea monster in Lake Erie by the locals. It has been spotted since 1817, but many sightings have been occurring in the past thirty years. Bessie is reported to be snake-like and 9-12 m (30-40 ft) long with a grayish color. The creature is blamed for an attack in 1992 that killed three people. The survivors of the attack say the creature's head is as large as a car. There is a reward for humane capture of a living Bessie and sightings of the creature still occur.
The existence of Bessie (as most creatures in cryptozoology) has been rejected as a possibility by the majority of mainstream scientists.
A tribute of sorts to Bessie is Lemmy (Lake Erie Monster), a wood and plastic sculpture of a serpentine creature placed in the Huron River just north of Ohio Route 2 near Huron from around 1994 until 2004, and then from 2005[1][2].
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Categories: Lake cryptids
