Lake Monsters

The legendary lake serpent of Scotland, photographed, sonar-scanned, and never found.

Australia's lurking water spirit, feared by indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

Canada's answer to Nessie, coiling through the depths of Okanagan Lake.

America's own lake monster, surfacing in the waters between Vermont and New York.

Iceland's answer to the Loch Ness Monster lives in a glacial river-lake and may have been sighted on camera in 2012.

Something enormous has been surfacing in an Argentine lake for over a century.

Sweden's most famous lake monster has been reported for centuries and was officially designated a protected species in 1986.

Scotland's other lake monster lurks in the deepest freshwater loch in the British Isles, far from the tourist cameras of Loch Ness.

A serpentine lake dweller hiding in the frigid depths of Lake Tahoe since Washoe legend.

A horse-headed sea serpent weaving through the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

A scaly, goat-like creature that charged a crowd of onlookers at a Texas lake in 1969.

Norway's lake monster has been sighted over 500 times in a small mountain lake, making it one of the most reported freshwater cryptids in Europe.

The largest Great Lake may harbor the largest Great Lake monster, a creature linked to Ojibwe legends of the underwater panther.

A serpentine terror of Bear Lake, first reported by Mormon settlers and Shoshone alike.

Russia's lake monster reportedly swallowed a Mongol war party's horses whole and has been spotted by modern fishermen with sonar equipment.

Lake Manitoba's serpentine lake monster has been reported by Indigenous communities for centuries and photographed at least twice.

Japan's answer to Nessie lives in a volcanic crater lake on the southern tip of Kyushu.

A lake monster lurks in the cross-border waters of Lake Memphremagog, spotted from both the Quebec and Vermont shores.

Something massive moves beneath Alaska's largest lake, and the locals know to stay clear.

A giant snapping turtle the size of a dining table, spotted in an Indiana farm pond.

It lies flat on the water like a discarded cowhide, until something steps on it.

In Zambian lakes, a massive horned beast surfaces with enough force to capsize fishing boats.