Case file · Cryptid
Nahuelito
A lake monster said to live in Nahuel Huapi Lake in Argentine Patagonia, described as a serpent, a hump or a plesiosaur.
1922 CE · -40.92, -71.52 · status: claim
The account
Indigenous stories of water creatures predate colonization. In 1922 Buenos Aires Zoo director Clemente Onelli publicized an American prospector's 1910 sighting and launched a search for a Patagonian plesiosaur.
The sceptical view
No evidence has been found; photos show indistinct humps.