Nahuelito
Also known as: Nahuel Huapi Monster, Patagonian Nessie
Something enormous has been surfacing in an Argentine lake for over a century.
1897
Nahuel Huapi Lake, Patagonia, Argentina
15-45 feet long
Elusive, non-aggressive
Unverified
The Lore
Nahuelito is a large aquatic creature reported in Nahuel Huapi Lake in Patagonia, Argentina. Witnesses describe a serpentine or plesiosaur-like animal with humps that break the surface. Sightings date back to indigenous Mapuche legends and intensified during the early 1900s. Blurry photographs emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, but no conclusive evidence has been produced.
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