Lake Monsters

A 40-foot beast in a shallow Nebraska lake, where something that size should have nowhere to hide.

A serpentine terror of Bear Lake, first reported by Mormon settlers and Shoshone alike.

A giant snapping turtle the size of a dining table, spotted in an Indiana farm pond.

Russia's lake monster reportedly swallowed a Mongol war party's horses whole and has been spotted by modern fishermen with sonar equipment.

Australia's lurking water spirit, feared by indigenous peoples for thousands of years.

A horse-headed sea serpent weaving through the waters of the Pacific Northwest.

America's own lake monster, surfacing in the waters between Vermont and New York.

In Zambian lakes, a massive horned beast surfaces with enough force to capsize fishing boats.

It lies flat on the water like a discarded cowhide, until something steps on it.

A plesiosaur-shaped creature in the murky tidal waters north of Sydney, reported by fishermen for over a century.

Something massive moves beneath Alaska's largest lake, and the locals know to stay clear.

Japan's answer to Nessie lives in a volcanic crater lake on the southern tip of Kyushu.

Iceland's answer to the Loch Ness Monster lives in a glacial river-lake and may have been sighted on camera in 2012.

A scaly, goat-like creature that charged a crowd of onlookers at a Texas lake in 1969.

The legendary lake serpent of Scotland, photographed, sonar-scanned, and never found.

Lake Manitoba's serpentine lake monster has been reported by Indigenous communities for centuries and photographed at least twice.

A lake monster lurks in the cross-border waters of Lake Memphremagog, spotted from both the Quebec and Vermont shores.

Scotland's other lake monster lurks in the deepest freshwater loch in the British Isles, far from the tourist cameras of Loch Ness.

A colossal water creature in Australia's Murray River that punishes anyone who disturbs its territory with a wasting sickness.

Something enormous has been surfacing in an Argentine lake for over a century.

Canada's answer to Nessie, coiling through the depths of Okanagan Lake.

The largest Great Lake may harbor the largest Great Lake monster, a creature linked to Ojibwe legends of the underwater panther.

Norway's lake monster has been sighted over 500 times in a small mountain lake, making it one of the most reported freshwater cryptids in Europe.

Sweden's most famous lake monster has been reported for centuries and was officially designated a protected species in 1986.

A serpentine lake dweller hiding in the frigid depths of Lake Tahoe since Washoe legend.