List of lake monsters

Below is a list of lake monsters that have been reported worldwide in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and marshes. River monsters and lagoon monsters are not included, nor are confirmed hoaxes and misidentifications.

List

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Body of water	Province/State	Country	Continent	Creature	Description	Comments
Raystown Lake	Pennsylvania	USA	North America	"Raystown Ray"		Featured on the Syfy program Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files.
Wallowa Lake	Oregon	USA	North America	Wally
Okanagan Lake	British Columbia	Canada	North America	Ogopogo	Green in color, three humps in the water and a horse-like bearded head.
Reindeer Lake	Saskatchewan	Canada	North America
Thetis Lake	British Columbia	Canada	North America	Thetis Lake Monster		Possible escaped Tupinambis lizard.
Lake Manitoba	Manitoba	Canada	North America	Manipogo
Lake Winnipegosis	Manitoba	Canada	North America	Winnipogo
Lake Utopia	New Brunswick	Canada	North America	Lake Utopia Lake Monster
Crescent Lake	Newfoundland	Canada	North America	Cressie
Lake Simcoe	Ontario	Canada	North America	Igopogo		Also known as Kempenfelt Kelly.
Muskrat Lake	Ontario	Canada	North America	Mussie
Lake Ontario	Ontario	Canada	North America	Kingstie		(USA/Canada)
Lake Temiskaming	Ontario	Canada	North America	Mugwump
Thunder Bay	Ontario	Canada	North America	Ugly Merman	merbeing
Lake of the Woods	Ontario	Canada	North America	Woodsie		Lake of the Woods lies partly in the USA.
Lake Memphrémagog	Quebec	Canada	North America	Memphré		Lake Memphrémagog lies partly in the USA.
Lac Decaire	Quebec	Canada	North America	Lizzie
Lac Pohénégamook	Quebec	Canada	North America	Ponik
Lac Simon	Quebec	Canada	North America	White shark
Lac Hertel	Quebec	Canada	North America	Le Monstre du Lac Hertel		Popularized by a song by Groovy Aardvark; no sightings seem to have been reported. The lake has a maximum depth of only 9 m (29.5 ft), insufficient for a "monster" to hide.
Iliamna Lake	Alaska	USA	North America	Illie
White River	Arkansas	USA	North America	White River Monster, "Whitey"		This monster is said to have been responsible for overturning a confederate munitions boat during the civil war.
Lake Elsinore	California	USA	North America	Hamlet
Lake Tahoe	California	USA	North America	Tahoe Tessie		(California/Nevada)
Fish Lake	California	USA	North America	Giant salamander
Homer Lake	California	USA	North America	Manitou
Scott Lake	Washington	USA	North America	Larry the 'Lympian
Lake Tarpon	Florida	USA	North America	Tarpie
Payette Lake	Idaho	USA	North America	Sharlie, Slimy Slim
Fulks Lake	Indiana	USA	North America	Beast of 'Busco, Oscar the Turtle
Lake Pepin	Minnesota	USA	North America	"Pepie"
Red Lake/Mille Lacs/Others	Minnesota	USA	North America	Ouampenanagoag		Possible overgrown lake sturgeon; known for supposedly eating the dead.
Lake Champlain	New York Vermont	USA	North America	Champ	A reptilian creature, 20 to 40 feet in length, with a long neck, and four flippers, or webbed feet. Possibly capable of echolocation.	(USA/Canada)
Hudson River	New York	USA	North America	Hudson River Monster, "Kipsy"
Lake Erie	Ohio	USA	North America	Bessie, South Bay Bessie		(USA/Canada)
Lake Ray Hubbard	Texas	USA	North America	"Josh", the Lake Ray Hubbard Monster	Xiphactinus	(USA/Canada)
Lake Oologah	Oklahoma	USA	North America	"Ooly", the Oologah Lake Monster	Leptocleidus
Bear Lake	Idaho Utah	USA	North America	Bear Lake Monster, Isabella	Crocodilian	The creature can supposedly crawl onto the shore.
Lake Thunderbird	Oklahoma	USA	North America	Oklahoma Octopus	freshwater Octopus
Great Salt Lake	Utah	USA	North America	North Shore Monster	Monster crocodilian
Rock Lake	Wisconsin	USA	North America	"Rocky"
Lago Dilolo		Angola	Africa	Chipekwe
Mamfe Pool		Cameroon	Africa	Mokele-mbembe
Lake Chad		Chad	Africa	Auli
Dilolo Swamps		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	Chipekwe
Lake Edward		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	Irizima
Maika marshes		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	Mahamba
Lake T'ana		Ethiopia	Africa	Auli
Lake Victoria		Kenya	Africa	Lukwata
Lake Makele		Republic of the Congo	Africa	Mokele-mbembe
Lake Tebeki		Republic of the Congo	Africa	Mokele-mbembe
Lake Télé		Republic of the Congo	Africa	Mokele-mbembe
Lake Tanganyika		Tanzania	Africa	Chipekwe, Pamba
Lake Bangweulu		Zambia	Africa	Chipekwe
Kafue Flats		Zambia	Africa	Chipekwe
Lake Mweru		Zambia	Africa	Chipekwe
Lake Shiwa Ngandu		Zambia	Africa	Chipekwe
Bangweulu Swamp		Zambia	Africa	Nsanga
Lake Kashiba		Zambia	Africa	Ichitapa
Lake Kariba		Zimbabwe	Africa	Nyaminyami
Bassenthwaite Lake	England	United Kingdom	Europe	Eachy
Windermere	England	United Kingdom	Europe	Bow-Nessie
Llangorse Lake	Wales	United Kingdom	Europe	Gorsey
Loch Ness	Scotland	United Kingdom	Europe	Loch Ness Monster or "Nessie"		Perhaps the most famous of all lake monsters.
Loch Morar	Scotland	United Kingdom	Europe	Morag
Loch Maree	Scotland	United Kingdom	Europe	Muc-sheilch
Lagarfljót		Iceland	Europe	Lagarfljót Worm
Lakes of Killarney	Munster	Ireland	Europe	Muckie
Seljordsvatnet	Telemark	Norway	Europe	Seljordsormen
Storsjön		Sweden	Europe	Storsjöodjuret		in Jämtland
Gryttjen		Sweden	Europe	Gryttie		in Hälsingland
Varberg Fortress		Sweden	Europe	Varberg Fortress Moat Monster
Brosno Lake	Tver Oblast	Russia	Europe	Brosno Dragon		Also known as Brosnya.
Labynkyr Lake	Sakha Republic	Russia	Asia	Labynkyr Monster
Lake Khaiyr	eastern Siberia	Russia	Asia
Lake Van		Turkey	Asia	Lake Van Monster
Lake Kanas		China	Asia	Lake Kanas Creatures
Tian Chi	Lake Tianchi	China	Asia	Lake Tianchi Monster
Lake Ikeda	Kagoshima	Japan	Asia	"Issie"
Lake Kussharo	Hokkaidō	Japan	Asia	"Kusshii"
Lake Argyle	Western Australia	Australia	Australia	Aggie
Lake Modewarre	Victoria	Australia	Australia	"Bunyip"
Lake Coleridge		New Zealand	New Zealand	"Lakey"
Lake Nahuel Huapi	Río Negro Province and Neuquén Province	Argentina	South America	"Nahuelito"
Lake Pinatubo	Zambales	Philippines	Asia	Pinatubo monster	Serpent like creature

• 
  Lacustrine cryptids are frequently compared to plesiosaurs like Nichollssaura
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  A wooden carving of Nyaminyami
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  An artist's conception of Storsjöodjuret
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  An artist's conception of a Bunyip, 1890

References

• Coleman, Loren (2003). "Appendix". The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep. Trumbore, Harry; Lee Rollins, Mark. New York, New York: Penguin Group. p. 358. ISBN 1-58542-252-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

External links

• Lake Monsters
• Lake Monsters of North America
• Official page of Storsjöodjuret In Swedish, English, German
• GUST Global Underwater Search Team In Swedish and English
• List of Swedish lake monsters In Swedish
• Gryttie homepage in Swedish (basic info in English)