Case file · Cryptid
Memphré of Lake Memphremagog
A serpent-like creature said to live in Lake Memphremagog on the Québec-Vermont border; the oldest written mention is an 1816 settler document.
1816 CE · 45.20, -72.25 · status: legend
The account
Abenaki tradition is said to have warned settlers away from swimming in the lake. A University of Sherbrooke researcher counted over 200 sightings by 1997, and the town of Magog adopted the creature as a mascot.
The sceptical view
Waves from boats, logs, otters and large sturgeon explain most lake-monster reports; no physical evidence exists.