South Bay Bessie is a mysterious lake monster that is said to inhabit Lake Erie, which borders the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada. The legend originates from northeastern Ohio and Michigan, where most of the sightings have occurred since 1793. Bessie is described as a long, snake-like creature with a gray, copper, or silver color. Some people believe that Bessie is a surviving relative of an ancient marine reptile, while others think that she is just a giant sturgeon or a misidentified animal (water cryptid?).
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This video is for a legendary water creature from Lake Erie. Enjoy.
Lake Erie has its own Loch Ness monster. They call her South Bay Bessie or just Bessie for short.
Since first recorded in the late seventeen hundreds, multiple sightings have been made.
All of which describe a large, snake-like reptile swimming in the water. They say it’s 30-40 feet long with grayish skin.
The first report was in 1793 by the captain of the sloop Felicity.
He described Bessie as a large creature with a snake-like neck and it’s “more than a rod in length”. That’s 16 and a half feet.
Many more sightings were recorded, but sightings in the eighties gave further descriptions that include flippers. (1981 by Theresa Kovach) and a body resembling that of a capsized boat. (1983 by Mary M. Landoll). That, along with snake-like shape, as said by earlier sightings.
In 1997, a video of the creature and blurry photos were taken and prompted a CNN.com article, published June 12th 1997. I can't find that article, but it was referenced in Cryptid Wiki.
The creature is said to be about 30-50 feet in length and appears similar to a plesiosauroid or other marine reptiles that lived during the age of dinosaurs.
They're pretty much the same type of creatures attributed to the Loch Ness monster.
But does anyone really know?
Consequently, there hasn’t been any report of Bessie sightings since the late nineties.
Now here’s a question: What if Bessie is still out there? WHAT WILL A CREATURE THIS BIG WOULD EAT?
According to Wikipedia, Lake Erie has one of the biggest commercial freshwater fishing industries in the world.
Meaning that large fish in the size of 2-4 ft (approx. 60-120 cm) such as steelhead, walleye and king salmon are abundant and could possibly feed a gigantic creature like Bessie.
Also, there haven't been any reports of violent attacks. So maybe there’s enough fish to keep Bessie disinterested in humans, like orcas.
For all we know, Bessie is as friendly as Barney.
We should really appreciate our blessings.
