Case file · Cryptid
Iliamna Lake creatures
In September 1942 bush pilot Babe Alsworth and passenger Bill Hammersley said they saw several huge, dull-silver fish, at least 3 metres long, in Alaska's largest lake.
1942 CE · 59.60, -155.00 · status: account
The account
Survey and bush pilots reported similar shapes in 1945 and the 1970s. Yup'ik and Dena'ina neighbours speak of dangerous animals in the lake, and a newspaper once offered a reward for one.
The sceptical view
Most researchers favour large fish such as white sturgeon or a sleeper shark; Alsworth's account was recorded decades later.