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First reported: 1817
Country: United States
Region: Lake Erie
Habitat: Water
Status: Local Legend
Bessie is a name given to a lake monster in Lake Erie. By the locals, it is also called “South Bay Bessie”. The first recorded “sighting” of Bessie occurred in 1817 and more sightings have occurred intermittently and in greater frequency in the last three decades. Bessie is reported to be snake-like and 9-12 meters (30-40 ft) long, with a grayish color.
The creature was purportedly blamed for an attack in 1992 that killed three people. The survivors of the attack said the creature’s head is as large as a car. Unfortunately, this is a perpetuated myth since the source of the story is in fact The Weekly World News [1].[citation needed] There is a reward for humane capture of a living Bessie, and sightings of the creature still occur.
The existence of Bessie has been rejected as a probability by the majority of mainstream scientists.
A tribute of sorts to Bessie is Lemmy (Lake Erie Monster), a wood and plastic sculpture of a serpentine creature placed in the Huron River just north of Ohio Route 2 near Huron from around 1994 until 2004, and then from 2005. The sculpture is now broken, and it is unknown on whether it will be fixed.
Working as a Manager for Uhaul, when I do get spare time I sit with my ouija board, do as many paranormal investigations as I can, and research everything and anything paranormal. I am also very interested in railroads and model trains in general.