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WISCONSIN
LAKE MONSTERS
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| Body
of Water |
Region |
Description |
Date(s) |
| Red
Cedar Lake |
Jefferson
County, Madison,
Wisconsin |
Undulating
serpent with saw-tooth like humps on on its back. |
1891 |
| Rock
Lake |
Wisconsin |
Sea-serpent
type. Neck at least 3' long. Once
hissed at a fisherman. Described as
"smelly." |
31
Aug 1882, 1867 |
| Rock
River |
Wisconsin |
Click
here to read the Indian legend. |
Indians |
| Lake
Monona |
East
Madison, Wisconsin |
Mentioned
in the Wisconsin State Journal. 20-30 foot long
serpent with boat-like back. Said to have
eaten a dog. |
12
June 1897 |
| Lake
Pewaukee |
Madison,
Wisconsin |
Sea-serpent,
"a huge green thing traveling like a gray
streak," sometimes seen spouting water.
A reward was offered for its capture, but no one
wanted to risk it! |
1890's |
| Oconomowoc
Lake |
Wisconsin |
Serpent |
1890's |
| Elkhart
Lake |
Madison,
Wisconsin, |
Large
jaws, sparkling eyes. |
mid
1890's |
| Lake
Koshkonong |
Wisconsin |
Tore
up fish nets and ate pigs feeding off shore. |
Pre-Columbian
to 1800's |
| Lake
Geneva |
Wisconsin |
Liked
to overturn small water craft and follow in the
wakes of steamboats. |
1890's |
| Delavan
Lake |
Wisconsin |
|
~1900 |
| Lake
Michigan |
Near
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Serpentine |
Late
1890's to early 1900's |
| Lake
Waubesa |
Just
south of Madison, Wisconsin |
Giant
snake-like creature seen sunning itself on the
water surface. 60-70' tall, dark-green.
Glittery eyes. |
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| Lake
Kegonsa |
Wisconsin |
"Vengeful
and destructive" dragon. |
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