Case file · Cryptid
Champ, the Lake Champlain monster
A lake monster said to live in Lake Champlain between New York, Vermont and Quebec, with over 300 reported sightings.
1977 CE · 44.32, -73.32 · status: claim
The account
The legend draws on Iroquois stories of giant snakes. The 1977 Sandra Mansi photo seems to show a long-necked animal. The claim that Samuel de Champlain saw it in 1609 first appeared in a 1970 magazine.
The sceptical view
The Mansi photo may show a rising log; the Champlain claim is a modern invention.