FOXSYLVANIA

– – The Monsters and Mysteries in America series on the Destination America channel has proven to be a substitute for those of us who miss such shows as MonsterQuest, and featured a segment on the Flathead Lake Monster, a cryptic creature reported to be living deep within Flathead Lake in the state of Montana in the United States.  The life form is said to resemble the Loch Ness Monster, with reported sightings dating back to at least 1889.  At that time, a steamboat operating on the lake spotted a “log” which later turned out to be a “whale-like” creature as they approached it.  With a mentality common then as now, a passenger fired at the creature which wisely disappeared.

There have been 97 sightings of the creature reported since the late 1800’s, with eyewitnesses including reliable and reputable people such as doctors and lawyers.  Many report seeing a dark, eel-like creature with black eyes that some equate to the Loch Ness Monster and others describe as resembling a giant sturgeon.  At 27.3 miles long and 15.5 miles wide, Flathead Lake is actually a remnant of a massive inland sea which covered much of the  region during the last interglacial, some 13,000 years ago…