Case file · Cryptid
Thetis Lake monster
On 19 August 1972 two teenagers said a silver, scaly humanoid with a spiked head rose from Thetis Lake near Victoria, B.C., and chased them; the RCMP took a report.
1972 CE · 48.47, -123.47 · status: hoax
The account
A second sighting was reported days later. The story went around the world and recalled a monster from a 1964 B-movie.
The sceptical view
When writer Daniel Loxton contacted one of the boys years later, he admitted they had made it up for attention.