Is this a monster in Lake Champlain?

**master of the puppets** · 02-24-2006, 17:20

Champ Champlain...duh

any way, AWSOME, i hope it starts eating people

, if not i just want to see it caught so i can say that there may be some cool stuff on earth that humanity has'nt destroyed. naturally as soon as its caught it will be auctioned off and eaten but then at least we can keep searching for the lock ness munster.

**Byzantine Mercenary** · 02-24-2006, 17:54

how big is this lake? to support an entire species you would need a stable food source in sufficient quantity for a creature of this size, you couln't have just one or even just one family, as inbreeding and the ocasional bad season or calamity would have wiped them out by now. You would need a rather large number to sustain the species and if there was a large number (say 10+ at least) there would probably have been more sightings. Is there any history of such creatures in local native american legends? that would be a good indicator as they could be a species that has declined recently and so that would explain the small number of individuals. also are there any other large aquatic andimals in the area if you can get a whale in the thames, what other lost sea creatures could end up there?

**BDC** · 02-24-2006, 17:58

Random sea creatures that end up in lakes die, due to osmosis. Eventually they suck up too much water and explode.

**Byzantine Mercenary** · 02-24-2006, 18:00

''Random sea creatures that end up in lakes die, due to osmosis. Eventually they suck up too much water and explode.''

i didn't think of that, what about a freshwater species?

well if there are well known legends then it could be an over active imagination (like with dragons) or a genuine but rare animal (like the giant squid)

**Trajen the 1st** · 02-24-2006, 18:37

There's a lake in Africa that has many sea-like life in in but it has never been apart of the ocean, it just filled up with water and Animals wandered in and over the millionnia became very much like ocean animals.

I wouldint deny that a simular event happend with lake Champlian only maybe this guy was the only species that has survived or was able to survive in the cold climate. I think its a snake TBH, I mean it looks like a snake in the video and its got quite a good food supply with all those fish in there with it so why not?

**Reverend Joe** · 02-24-2006, 23:09

Originally Posted by BDC

Random sea creatures that end up in lakes die, due to osmosis. Eventually they suck up too much water and explode.

Well, they don't necessarily explode, unless the water is really pure... usually, they just die because the pH levels of their body are thrown completely out of whack, and their metabolism shuts down.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 02-24-2006, 23:12

Originally Posted by BDC

Random sea creatures that end up in lakes die, due to osmosis. Eventually they suck up too much water and explode.

Many sea creatures can control the flow of liquid in and out of their bodies, and so wouldn't helplessly bloat when in freshwater (look at salmon, they're born in freshwater, live in the sea for years, then come back to freshwater again).

Crazed Rabbit

**Goofball** · 02-24-2006, 23:30

or are you just happy to see me?

**Fragony** · 02-24-2006, 23:46

I prefer it being the truth. Not enough myth nowadays.

**Sasaki Kojiro** · 02-25-2006, 00:25

Originally Posted by Uesugi Kenshin

How dare you insult us!!! (Vermonters) /jk
Lake monsters don't seem to get great names, Nessy anyone?

Nessy is pretty bad, but at least The Loch Ness Monster sounds threatening.

Originally Posted by Goofball

or are you just happy to see me?

LOL

**Devastatin Dave** · 02-24-2006, 17:59

BM, the Indaians in that area have many legends involving Champ. They would even bring an animal sacrifice to cross the river back in the past. I have an easier time believing in ocean bound large unfounded species, but lake "monters" are a little herder to believe. Its possible I guess, but not probable.