list of lake monsters

|{{Flag|Tenerife}}

|{{Flag|Spain}}

|Europe

|Anguila peluda

|Monstrous hairy eel; with a head covered in hair and a threatening malice in its gaze.{{Cite web|title=El misterioso viaje de las anguilas desde el Triángulo de las Bermudas a los barrancos canarios|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/canarias/abci-misterioso-viaje-anguilas-desde-triangulo-bermudas-barrancos-canarios-201610072012_noticia.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.es%2Fespana%2Fcanarias%2Fabci-misterioso-viaje-anguilas-desde-triangulo-bermudas-barrancos-canarios-201610072012_noticia.html|access-date=2024-12-11|website=www.abc.es| date=7 October 2016 }}

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|{{Flag|Nebraska}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Alkali Lake Monster

|40-foot-long (12 m) alligator-like creature with rough, grayish-brown skin and a horn-like appendage located between its eyes and nostrils.

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|{{Flag|Neuquén}} Province

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|South America

|Nguruvilu

|Fox-headed aquatic snake

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|{{Flag|Georgia (U.S. state)}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Altamaha-ha

|{{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} long with a snake-like head and flippers like a seal{{Cite web|title=The Altamaha-ha - Sea Monster of the Georgia Coast|url=https://www.exploresouthernhistory.com/altamahaha.html|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.exploresouthernhistory.com}}

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|{{Flag|Oregon}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Amhuluk

|Serpentine with horns{{Cite journal|last=Gatschet|first=Albert S.|date=1899|title=Water-Monsters of American Aborigines|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/533052|journal=The Journal of American Folklore|volume=12|issue=47|pages=255–260|doi=10.2307/533052|jstor=533052|issn=0021-8715}}

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|Kalapuya Legend

|{{Flag|Indiana}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Beast of 'Busco, Oscar the Turtle

|Giant Snapping Turtle

|1898–1948

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|{{Flag|Ohio}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Bessie, South Bay Bessie

|Snake-like and {{convert|30|to|40|ft|m|abbr=on}} long, at least a foot (30 cm) in diameter, with a grayish color.{{Cite web|date=2011-07-08|title=Buffalo Rising {{!}} OTD: 11-12-1933: Happy Anniversary Loch Nessie, from Lake Erie's Bessie!|url=http://archives.buffalorising.com/story/otd_11121933_happy_anniversary|access-date=2020-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708104140/http://archives.buffalorising.com/story/otd_11121933_happy_anniversary|archive-date=2011-07-08}}

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|{{Flag|New York}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Black River Monster

|Dark-colored serpentine body with flippers and large bulging eyes

|1951–

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|{{Flag|Greece}}

|{{Flag|Ukraine}}

|Europe

|Christina Hendricks

|Lady of the Lake

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|{{Flag|Colorado}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Blue Dilly

|Manta ray like creature

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|{{Flag|Wisconsin}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Bozho

|Serpentine creature, sometimes taken for a log until it moves.

|circa 1860–????

|Said to play 'pranks' such as chasing boats and tickling bathers' feet.Wisconsin Historical Society Archives {{cite web|url=http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/tp/id/39115|title=Folklore Pamphlets 1921-1945:Sea Serpents}} Namesake of local arts & culture news website.{{cite web|url=https://www.thebozho.com/about-us/| title= The Bozho: About Us}}

|{{Flag|Tver Oblast}}

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|Europe

|Brosno Dragon, Brosnya

|{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

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|{{Flag|Sakha}}

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|Asia

|Lake Khaiyr Monster

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|{{Flag|Sakha}}

|{{Flag|Russia}}

|Asia

|Labynkyr Devil or Labynkyrsky Chert

|Various descriptions - possibly {{convert|26|ft|m}} long

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|{{Flag|Victoria}}

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|Australia

|Bunyip

|Variously described as having a round head, an elongated neck, and a body resembling that of an ox, hippopotamus, or manatee.{{Cite web|title=Bunyip {{!}} mythological creature|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/bunyip|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}

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|Part of traditional Aboriginal beliefs and stories throughout Australia

|{{Flag|New York}}

{{Flag|Vermont}}

{{Flag|Quebec}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}
{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Champ

|A reptilian creature with slimy gray skin, {{convert|20|to|40|ft|m}} in length, with a long neck, a horselike head, and four flippers.

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|{{Flag|Ohio}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Charles Mill Lake Monster

|Armless Reptilian with luminous green skin and glowing green eyes

|1959–1963

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|{{Flag|Maryland}}

{{Flag|Virginia}}

{{Flag|Delaware}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Chessie

|Dark-colored snakelike body with flippers.

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|{{Flag|Newfoundland and Labrador}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|North America

|Cressie

|Eel-Like Lake Monster{{Cite news|title=What lurks in Crescent Lake? Meet Cressie, N.L.'s water monster {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/water-monster-cressie-1.5340888|access-date=2020-11-27}}

|1950s–present

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|{{Flag|Wisconsin}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Devil's Lake Monster

|Fresh Water Octopus{{Cite web|title=Monsters of the Lake|url=https://www.devilslakewisconsin.com/learning-center/devils-lake-ghosts-monsters/monsters-of-the-lake/|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Devil's Lake State Park Area Visitor's Guide - DevilsLakeWisconsin.com|language=en-US}}

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|{{Flag|Boyacá}}

|{{Flag|Colombia}}

|South America

|Diablo Ballena (Devil Whale), Monster of Lake Tota

|A huge black fish, bigger than a whale, with the head of a bull.{{Cite web|date=2016-05-24|title=Five mystical Colombian lakes you have to visit|url=https://www.colombia.co/en/colombia-country/environment/7728/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Colombia Country Brand|language=en-US}}

|1652–

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|{{Flag|California}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Elsie, Hamlet, Lake Elsinore Monster

|Cross between a plesiosaur and a sea serpent{{Cite web|last=Heimbuch|first=Jeff|date=2016-02-07|title=Crypto Country Courier: Elsie The Lake Monster|url=https://www.horrorbuzz.com/2016/02/07/crypto-country-courier-elsie-the-lake-monster/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=HorrorBuzz|language=en-US}}

|1884–1994

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|{{Flag|Montana}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Flossie,{{Cite web|title=Flathead Lake Monster|url=https://www.flatheadlakers.org/flathead-lake-monster|access-date=2020-11-27|website=Flathead Lakers|language=en-US}} Flathead Lake Monster,

|Either a {{convert|20|to|40|ft|m}} long eel-like creature; round, brown to blue-black in color and possesses steel-black eyes and undulating hips or a large-sized fish from {{convert|6|to|10|ft|m}} in length.

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|{{Flag|Ontario}}{{Flag|New York}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Gaasyendietha

| Dragon that dwells in rivers and lakes of Canada, especially Lake Ontario. This dragon flies on a trail of fire, and can also spew fire.

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|Seneca Legend

Lake Oolagah

Lake Tenkiller

|{{Flag|Oklahoma}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|The Giant Freshwater Octopus

|A {{convert|20|ft|m|adj=on}} long giant octopus, reddish-brown with leathery skin{{Cite web|date=2012-08-13|title=Oklahoma Octopus|url=http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/lost-tapes/creatures/oklahoma-octopus/|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Animal Planet|language=en-US}}

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|Thought to be responsible for Oklahoma lake drownings

|{{Flag|Hälsingland}}

|{{Flag|Sweden}}

|Europe

|Gryttie

|Long, serpentine, and potentially horned.{{Cite web|title=GRYTTIE: (SWEDEN) {{!}} Cryptopia - Exploring The Hidden World|url=https://www.cryptopia.us/site/2010/11/gryttie-sweden/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.cryptopia.us}}

|1980s–

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|{{Flag|Kentucky}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Harry, Eel-Pig

|Roughly {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} long with a body like that of an eel and a skin tone/pattern reminiscent of a speckled fish. It is said to be as fast as a boat at times, and also possess a stubby pig-like snout and a somewhat curly tail.{{Cite web|title=Cryptid Profile: The Herrington Lake Eel-Pig|url=https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/19/cryptid-profile-the-herrington-lake-eel-pig|access-date=2020-11-27|website=THE PINE BARRENS INSTITUTE|language=en-US}}

|1925-1972

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|{{Flag|New South Wales}}

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|Australia

|Hawkesbury River Monster, Moolyewonk, Mirreeular

|25 to 30-foot (7.6 to 9 m) grayish-black plesiosaur with a snake-like head.{{Cite web|title=The Hawkesbury River Monster|url=http://www.mysteriousaustralia.com/the_hawkesbury_river_monster.html|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.mysteriousaustralia.com}}

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|{{Flag|California}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Hodgee

|Plesiosaurs or Loch Ness Monster-like creature{{Cite web|last=dweisman|date=2020-11-08|title=Hodgee, the friendly Lake Hodges Monster: Fact or fiction?|url=https://www.escondidograpevine.com/2020/11/08/hodgee-monster/|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Escondido Grapevine|language=en-US}}

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|{{Flag|Wisconsin}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Hokuwa

|A long neck and small head, plesiosaur-like.{{Cite book|last=Francis|first=Scott|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85822517|title=Monster spotter's guide to North America|publisher=HOW Books|year=2007|isbn=978-1-58180-929-9|edition=1st|location=Cincinnati, Ohio|oclc=85822517}}

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|{{Flag|Ontario}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|North America

|Igopogo, Kempenfelt Kelly

|Seal-like animal. Length, {{convert|12|–|70|ft|m}}. Charcoal-gray color. Dog- or horse-like face. Prominent eyes. Gaping mouth. Neck is like a stovepipe. Several dorsal fins. Fishlike tail.{{Cite web|last=October 2005|first=Joe Nickell 14|title=Investigators Search for Canadian Lake Monster|url=https://www.livescience.com/410-investigators-search-canadian-lake-monster.html|access-date=2020-11-27|website=livescience.com|date=14 October 2005|language=en}}

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|Also known as Kempenfelt Kelly.

|{{Flag|Alaska}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Illie, Iliamna Lake Monsters

|Monstrous fish with blunt heads used to smash through boat bottoms. Said to resemble a barracuda, silvery in color with black stripes.

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|First reported by the Aleut people

|North Kivu

|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}, {{Flag|Uganda}}

|Africa

|Irizima

|Gigantic hippopotamus with the horns of a rhinoceros upon its head, or a marsh monster with a hippo's legs, an elephant' trunk, a lizard's head, and an aardvark's tail.{{Citation |last=Parkinson |first=Claire |chapter=Anthropomorphism, mediation and authority |date=2019-07-23 |doi=10.4324/9780429203244-2 |title=Animals, Anthropomorphism and Mediated Encounters |pages=17–42 |series=Routledge human-animal studies |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-20324-4|s2cid=200060296 }}

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|{{Flag|Idaho}}

{{Flag|Utah}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Isabella, Bear Lake Monster

|Head variously described as being similar to that of a cow, otter, crocodile, or a walrus (minus the tusks). Its size was reported to be at least {{convert|50|ft|m|spell=in}} long, and light cream in color.{{Cite book|last=Fife, Austin E. |title=Saints of sage and saddle: folklore among the Mormons |date=1980 |publisher=University of Utah Press |author2=Fife, Alta Stephens |isbn=0-87480-180-X |edition=Reprint |location=Salt Lake City |oclc=7341384}}

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|The creature can supposedly crawl onto the shore.

|{{flag|Kagoshima}}

|{{Flag|Japan}}

|Asia

|Issie

|A huge saurian creature with black humps.{{Cite web|date=2014-09-30|title=Meet Issie, Japan's very own Loch Ness Monster|url=https://soranews24.com/2014/09/30/meet-issie-japans-very-own-loch-ness-monster/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=SoraNews24 -Japan News-|language=en-US}}

|1978

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|{{Flag|Ontario}}{{Flag|New York}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Kingstie

|The descriptions over the years have been inconsistent, with color ranging from blue to brown, a large head or no head at all, bristled or bald, teeth like an alligator or toothless.{{Cite web|last=Torontoist|date=2013-01-16|title=Toronto Urban Legends: The Great Serpent of Lake Ontario|url=https://torontoist.com/2013/01/toronto-urban-legends-the-great-serpent-of-lake-ontario/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=Torontoist}}

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|{{Flag|New York}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Kipsy, Hudson River Monster

|Sea Serpent, shark, or manatee{{Cite web|date=2017-10-10|title=Kipsy the Hudson River Monster - Sightings - Monsters|url=https://cryptidsguide.com/kipsy-the-hudson-river-monster/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=Cryptids Guide|language=en-US}}

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|{{flag|Hokkaido}}

|{{Flag|Japan}}

|Asia

|Kusshii

|{{convert|30|to|60|ft|m|abbr=on}} long with humps on its back, a long neck and a pair of horns on its head.{{Cite book|last=Namiki|first=Shin-ichiro|title=Nippon No Kaiki Hyaku|publisher=マガジンランド|year=2007|isbn=9784944101269}}

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|{{Flag|Iceland}}

|Europe

|Lagarfljót Worm

|Sometimes said to resemble large islands, but at other times to rise out of the water in arches, spanning hundreds of fathoms. People were unsure what sort of monster this was because neither its head nor tail was visible from Skálholtsannáll.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-16|title=The Lagarfljot Wyrm|url=https://visitegilsstadir.is/en/about-egilsstadir/the-lagarfljot-wyrm/|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Visitegilsstadir|language=en-US}}

|1345{{Cite web|title=Lagarfljótsormurinn Serpent in Lagarfljót Lake in East-Ic...|url=https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/lagarfljotsormurinn-serpent-in-lagarfljot-lake|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Guide to Iceland|language=en}}-Present

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|{{Flag|Michigan}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Lake Leelanau Monster

|A log with eyes{{Cite web|title=THE LAKE LEELANAU MONSTER|url=https://leelanau.com/the-lake-leelanau-monster/|website=Leelanau}}

|1910

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|Jilin, Ryanggang

|{{Flag|China}}{{Flag|North Korea}}

|Asia

|Lake Tianchi Monster

|A large turtle-like animal, or a long black creature, some 20–30 meters long with a small head shaped like that of a horse.{{Cite web|title=CNN.com - Chinese Nessie 'alive and well' - July 31, 2002|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/07/31/china.monster/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=CNN}}

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|Lake Tianchi is also known as Lake Chonji, and is partly located in North Korea.

|Van, Bitlis

|{{Flag|Turkey}}

|Asia

|Lake Van Monster

|Said to resemble ancient marine reptiles such as a plesiosaur.

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|{{Flag|Texas}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Lake Worth Monster

|Fishy man-goat, humanoid torso with goat legs, covered in white fur and scales{{Cite news|date=1969|title=A Cry, A Leap, and a Heave|work=Fort Worth Star Telegram|url=http://star-telegram.com}}

|1969

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|{{Flag|Lombardy}}

|{{Flag|Italy}}

|Europe

|Lariosauro, Larry

|Nothosaur{{Cite web|title=Italy's Lake Como Has A Monster Called Lariosauro|url=https://www.italymagazine.com/news/italys-lake-como-has-monster-called-lariosauro|access-date=2020-11-30|website=ITALY Magazine|language=en}}

|1949–1957

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|{{Flag|Kenya}}{{Flag|Uganda}}

{{Flag|Tanzania}}

|Africa

|Lukwata

|{{convert|20|–|30|ft|m}} long, with dark smooth skin and a rounded head{{Cite book|last=Radford, Benjamin 8|title=Lake monster mysteries: investigating the world's most elusive creatures|author2=Nickell, Joe|date=2006|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-7130-X|location=Lexington, KY|oclc=70262488}}

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|{{Flag|Manitoba}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|North America

|Manipogo, Winnipogo

|A long muddy-brown body with humps that show above the water, and a sheep-like head.

|1908–1962

|Manipogo also known as the Winnipogo as the Lake Monster is reported to live in Lake Manitoba which is connected to Lake Winnipegosis, Canada. The creature was dubbed Manipogo in 1957, the name echoing British Columbia's Ogopogo.

|{{Flag|Northern Territory}}

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|Australia

|Mannie, Maningrida monster

|{{convert|60|ft|m}} long, dark, scaly, and three-headed.{{Cite news|date=July 6, 1972|title=Mysterious Creatures|work=Sydney Herald}}

|1972

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|{{Flag|Vermont}}

{{Flag|Quebec}}

|{{Flag|USA}}
{{Flag|Canada}}

|North America

|Memphré

|Plesiosaurs or Loch Ness Monster-like creature{{Cite web|date=2012-10-15|title=PHOTOS: Quebec And Vermont Share A Lake Monster|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/quebecs-lake-memphremagog_n_1966470|access-date=2020-11-27|website=HuffPost|language=en}}

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|Lake Memphrémagog lies partly in the USA.

|{{Flag|Indiana}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Meshekenabek

|Thirty feet (9 m) long, dark in color, possesses a long neck with a horse-like head.{{Cite web|title=Cryptid Profile: Meshekenabek - The Monster of Lake Manitou|url=https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/11/4/cryptid-profile-the-monster-of-lake-manitou|access-date=2020-11-27|website=The Pine Barrens Institute|language=en-US}}

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|{{Flag|Missouri}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Mi-ni-wa-tu

|An amphibious creature with a body like that of a buffalo, covered with red hair. It has a single horn in its forehead, and a single eye. Its back is notched like a saw or gear.{{Cite web|last=abookofcreatures|date=2015-07-29|title=Mi-ni-wa-tu|url=https://abookofcreatures.com/2015/07/29/mi-ni-wa-tu/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=A Book of Creatures|language=en}}

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|From Lakota peoples' mythology

|{{Flag|Ontario}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|North America

|Mishipeshu

|Has the head and claws of a panther, but with scales and spines.

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|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}

|Africa

|Mokele-mbembe

|Apatosaurus-like creature{{Cite book|last=Hagenbeck|first=Carl|title=Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals; an abridged translation by Hugh S. R. Elliot and A. G. Thacker ... with an introduction by P. Chalmers Mitchell ... with photogravure portrait of the author and ninety-nine other illustrations|date=1912|publisher=Longmans, Green, and Co.|location=London|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.34749|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/34749}}

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|{{Flag|California}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|The Monster of Elizabeth Lake

|Bat wings, the neck of a giraffe, the head of a bulldog, six legs, a length of at least {{convert|50|ft|m|spell=in}}, and emit a horrible nauseating stench.{{Cite web|last=Parzanese|first=Joe|title=The Monster of Elizabeth Lake|url=http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=37|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Weird California|language=en}}

|1830–1886

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|{{Flag|Scotland}}

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|Europe

|Morag

|{{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on|adj=on}} serpent-like creature.{{Cite book|last=Bord, Janet|title=Alien animals : a worldwide investigation|author2=Bord, Colin|date=1985|publisher=Panther|isbn=0-586-06469-9|edition=Rev.|location=London|oclc=19351810}}

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|{{Flag|Munster}}

|{{Flag|Ireland}}

|Europe

|Muckie

|{{convert|27|ft|m|abbr=on|adj=on}} snake-like creature{{Cite web|title=What Lurks In Muckross Lake?|url=https://www.rte.ie//archives/2018/0808/983812-what-lurks-in-muckross-lake/|access-date=2020-11-28|website=RTÉ Archives|language=en}}

|2003

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|{{Flag|Scotland}}

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|Europe

|Muc-sheilch

|Physically identical to Nessie

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|{{Flag|Ontario}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|North America

|Mugwump

|Approximately {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}} long, a black, glistening head with protruding eyeballs

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|{{Flag|South Australia}}

|{{Flag|Australia}}

|Australia

|Muldjewangk

|Sometimes portrayed as evil merfolk (half man half fish), or times as a gargantuan monster. It is also inconsistent whether there are many of the creatures, or a single "The Muldjewangk".{{Cite web|last=Wallbank|first=Mark|date=2014-01-19|title=Muldjewangk {{!}} Paranormal NZ|url=https://hauntedauckland.com/site/muldjewangk/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Paranormal New Zealand|language=en-US}}

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|{{Flag|Ontario}}

|{{Flag|Canada}}

|North America

|Mussie

|Variously described as a walrus, a sturgeon, or as a three-eyed Loch Ness Monster-like creature{{Cite web|title=The story of Muskrat Lake monster|url=https://ottawasun.com/2014/07/27/the-story-of-muskrat-lake-monster|access-date=2020-11-27|website=ottawasun|language=en-CA}}

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|{{Flag|Río Negro Province}} and {{Flag|Neuquén}} Province

|{{Flag|Argentina}}

|South America

|Nahuelito

|Plesiosaurs or Loch Ness Monster-like creature.{{Citation|title=El poder en la solidificación del relato histórico|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1w76t09.8|work=Santa Bárbara, el barrio que no soportó las tempestades|pages=119–144|publisher=Editorial Universidad del Rosario|doi=10.2307/j.ctt1w76t09.8|isbn=978-958-738-882-4|access-date=2020-11-30}}

|1910–2024

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|{{Flag|Scotland}}

|{{Flag|United Kingdom}}

|Europe

|Nessie

|Plesiosaurs-like

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|{{Flag|North Carolina}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|Normie, Lake Norman Monster

|Long and serpentine with scaly fins and flippers, a dog-like head, and red eyes.

|1967–

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|{{Flag|Utah}}

|{{Flag|USA}}

|North America

|North Shore Monster, Great Brine Shrimp, Old Briney

|Monster crocodilian or monstrous shrimp-like crustacean

|1840–

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|{{Flag|Zambia}}

|Africa

|Nsanga

|Crocodile-like animal with smooth skin and hooked claws.{{Cite book|last=Heuvelmans, Bernard.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958102058|title=On the track of unknown animals|publisher=Routledge|others=Garnett, Richard., Lindbergh, Alika, 1929-, Durrell, Gerald, 1925-1995.|year=2014|isbn=978-1-315-82885-5|location=London|oclc=958102058|orig-year=1995}}

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|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}

|Africa

|Nyami Nyami

|Dragon-like creature with a snake's torso and the head of a fish.{{Citation|title=Zambezi River|date=2005-04-07|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.43983|work=African American Studies Center|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195301731.013.43983|isbn=978-0-19-530173-1|access-date=2020-11-27}}

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|Season 4 episode 3 of River Monsters reveals that Nyaminyami was inspired by the Vundu Catfish, southern Africa's largest fish.

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|North America

|Obojoki

|A large dark greenish-brown animal with a head the size of a bowling ball.{{Cite web|last=Cryptids|first=Cryptomundo|title=Cryptomundo » East Okoboji Sea Serpent?|url=http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/okoboji/|access-date=2020-11-30|language=en-us}}

|1903–2001

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|North America

|Oggie

|Giant salamander

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|North America

|Ogopogo

|Green in color, three humps in the water and a horse-like bearded head.

|1926–2011

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|North America

|Old Greeny

|Green Eel-like serpent

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|North America

|Turtle Lake Monster

|Large ancient looking fish-like creature similar to a River Sturgeon; could in fact be trapped River Sturgeon. There might be up to three of them.

|1923–Present

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|North America

|Old Ned

|Approximately {{convert|20|ft|m}} in length, having a large head, being reddish-brown or dark red in color, Eel-like{{Cite web|last=Turnbull|first=Stephen|title=The Lake Utopia Monster|url=http://psican.org/index.php/cryptozoology/543-the-lake-utopia-monster|access-date=2020-11-28|website=psican.org}}

|1867–present

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|North America

|Ol' Slavey{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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|North America

|Pend Oreille Paddler

|Plesiosaurs or Loch Ness Monster-like creature{{Cite web|last=Rawlings|first=Tara|title=THE PEND OREILLE PADDLER|url=https://shscedarpost.com/9043/arts-and-culture/the-pend-oreille-paddler/|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Cedar Post}}

|1940s–1996

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|North America

|Pepie

|Large Serpent Like Creature{{Cite web|title=Pepie the Lake Pepin Monster {{!}} Lake City, MN|url=https://www.visitlakecity.org/pepie-the-lake-pepin-monster/|access-date=2020-11-27|language=en-US}}

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|Asia

|Phaya Naga

|Serpent-like creature

|Ancient times–present

|Scientists and researchers at the Faculty of Science of Chulalongkorn University have attributed these seemingly preternatural phenomena to standing waves in water, and posit that the existence of Phaya Nak is similar to belief in Loch Ness Monster in Scotland or Ogopogo in Canada.{{cite web|date=2011-08-30|title=มอง "พญานาคเล่นน้ำ" ที่บึงโขงหลงในมุมนักวิทยาศาสตร์|trans-title=A "water dragon" at the Bung Khong Long in science.|url=http://www.manager.co.th/Science/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9540000109577|access-date=2017-04-30|work=ASTV Manager|language=th}}

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|North America

|Poco

|30–60-foot-long (9–18 m) snake{{Cite web|date=2015-12-08|title=The Monster Of Pocomoonshine Lake and 9 Other Creepy New England Legends|url=https://madmikesamerica.com/2015/12/the-monster-of-pocomoonshine-lake-and-9-other-creepy-new-england-legends/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=MadMikesAmerica}}{{Cite web|title=POCOMOONSHINE LAKE MONSTER|url=http://www.mainething.com/alexander/memories/POCOMOONSHINE%20LAKE%20MONSTER.htm|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.mainething.com}}

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|North America

|Ponik

|Dark Serpentine body and a horse-like head with catfish-like whiskers

|1874–present

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|North America

|Pressie

|Dark serpentine body with a long neck, a whale-like tail, and whiskers.

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|Europe

|Seljordsormen, Selma

|30 to 45-foot (9 to 14 m) serpent-like creature, resembling a large anaconda; some reports even include several humps on its back.

|1750{{Cite web|date=2016-09-15|title=Is Selma the sea serpent alive and well in the lakes of Norway?|url=https://us.blastingnews.com/news/2016/09/is-selma-the-sea-serpent-alive-and-well-in-the-lakes-of-norway-001121029.html|access-date=2020-11-28|website=Blasting News|language=en}}- Present

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|Seri Gumum

|Legendary dragon-like creature mentioned in old folklore, and other literary works

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|North America

|Sharlie, Slimy Slim, The Twilight Dragon

|Serpent

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|North America

|Skin Fin

|Possesses a large dorsal fin like that of a shark, a body built like an elephant, the flat wide tail of a manatee, and a head and neck like a miniature brontosaurus. Its skin is described as being a dark oily black and smooth like that of an eel.{{Cite web|title=Cryptid Profile: Skin Fin- The Lake Powell Monster|url=https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/19/cryptid-profile-skin-fin-the-lake-powell-monster|access-date=2020-11-27|website=THE PINE BARRENS INSTITUTE|language=en-US}}

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|North America

|Smetty

|Head like a horse, a bony ridge down its back, and about {{convert|40|ft|m}} long.{{Cite web|last=Delap |first=Ian |title=Wyoming Beasts & Where To Find Them: Lake DeSmet Monster|url=https://mycountry955.com/wyoming-beasts-where-to-find-them-lake-desmet-monster/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=My Country 95.5|date=3 October 2018 |language=en}}

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|Europe

|Storsjöodjuret

|Humped back and a long neck and tail. It has grayish-brown skin with a yellow underbelly, a dog-like head, and a body anywhere between {{convert|10|and|42|ft|m}} in length.{{Cite web|date=2018-07-25|title=Meet Storsjöodjuret, the Legendary Swedish Lake Monster That Rivals Nessie|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/551910/move-over-nessie-swedens-has-its-own-infamous-lake-monster|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.mentalfloss.com|language=en}}

|1635–

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|North America

|Tahoe Tessie

|Large, serpent-like creature.{{Cite web|title=Weird California|url=http://www.weirdus.com/states/california/bizarre_beasts/tessie/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.weirdus.com}}

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|Australia

|Taniwha

|Resembles a shark, dragon, or whale, or a shapeshifter that can appear like any of those animals.{{Cite web|date=2012-10-12|title=10 Legendary Monsters of Australasia and Antarctica|url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12772/10-legendary-monsters-australasia-and-antarctica|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.mentalfloss.com|language=en}}

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|Creatures from Māori folklore

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|Europe

|Teggie{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

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|North America

|Thetis Lake Monster

|Creature with "silvery scaled skin, sharp claws, and spikes on its head.

|1972

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|Europe

|Tsmok

|Behemoths with the head of a deer or snake and the body of a seal.{{Cite book|last=Karatkievich|first=Vladzimir|title=Hrystos Pryzyamlіўsya ¢ Garodnі: Evangelle Іudy Hell|publisher=Bellitfond|year=1990|isbn=985-6576-14-8|location=Belarus}}

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|North America

|Wally, Wallowa Lake Monster

|A long, serpent-like creature, often compared in appearance to the Chinese Dragon, with multiple humps on its back which can be seen when the creature swims along the surface of the water, some accounts also include horns atop the beasts head.{{Cite web|title=Unknown Explorers - Wallowa Lake Monster|url=http://www.unknownexplorers.com/wallowalakemonster.php|access-date=2020-11-28|website=www.unknownexplorers.com}}

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|Originated in Nez Pearce Legend

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|North America

|Whitey, White River Monster

|A gray fish-like creature with a horn sticking out from its forehead sometimes described as having a spiny back {{convert|20|ft|m|spell=in}} long.{{Cite web|title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/white-river-monster-2790/|access-date=2020-11-27|website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas|language=en-US}}

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|This monster is said to have been responsible for overturning a Confederate munitions boat during the civil war.

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|North America

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|Cow-headed, horned, and serpentine{{Cite web|title=Lake Arenal, Costa Rica Vacation Info|url=http://www.lakelubbers.com/lake-arenal-853/|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Lakelubbers}}

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|North America

|St. Johns River Monster, Johnnie, Borinkus

|Serpentine, with horns and a ridge on its back

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|North America

|Wetlash

|Water elemental, that resembles an elf made completely of water

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|Europe

|Zegrze Reservoir Monster

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