Case file · Cryptid
Ponik of Lac Pohénégamook
Lac Pohénégamook on the Québec-Maine border is home to Ponik, first reported by settlers around 1873-74 and the subject of a 1957 parish-priest's account and a 1977 government sonar search.
1873 CE · 47.47, -69.23 · status: legend
The account
The Québec fisheries department sent a team in 1977 after a run of sightings; it found only large fish. The lake festival celebrates Ponik each summer.
The sceptical view
Lake sturgeon can reach 2 m; the 1977 search found no unknown animal.