Mysterious Creatures : A Guide to Cryptozoology

them for fifteen minutes in 1892. Edward Gillette,
Locating the Iron Trail (Boston: Christopher,
1925), pp. 164–166; Ella E. Clark, Indian Legends
from the Northern Rockies (Norman: University of
Oklahoma Press, 1966), pp. 302–303; Sheridan
Press, December 1–4, 1970.
Hutton Lake. Indian legend of a serpent queen.
Charles M. Skinner, Myths and Legends of Our
Own Land (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1896), vol.
2, pp. 304–305.
Lake Katherine. Loren Coleman, Mysterious
America (Boston: Faber and Faber, 1983), p. 278.
Pathfinder Lake. E. Franck and her husband
saw a large fish with two humps in 1983. Casper
Star-Tribune, April 7, 1983.
South and Central America
Argentina
Lago Aluminé, Neuquén Province. See GUIRIVILU.
Lago Blanco, Chubut Province. See PATAGON-
IAN PLESIOSAUR.
Lago Colhué Huapí, Chubut Province. See
IEMISCH.
Lago Fagnano, Tierra del Fuego National Territory.
One report from 1927. Fabio Picasso,
“South American Monsters and Mystery Animals,”
Strange Magazine, no. 20 (December
1998): 28–35.
Lago Gutiérrez, Río Negro Province. One report
from 1938; giant, freshwater rays were seen in
1976. Fabio Picasso, “South American Monsters
and Mystery Animals,” Strange Magazine, no. 20
(December 1998): 28–35.
Laguna Iberá, Corrientes Province. Hans Krieg,
Als Zoologe in Steppen und Wäldern Patagoniens
(Munich, Germany: J. F. Lehmann, 1940).
Lago Lacar, Neuquén Province. See CUERO.
Another type of creature, a MERBEING, was seen in
the lake around 1850. Berta Koessler, Tradiciones
Araucanas (La Plata, Argentina: Universidad Nacional
de La Plata, 1962), pp. 107–109.
Lago Lolog, Neuquén Province. Monster in the
form of a trunk that can flatten itself into a
cowskin. Several witnesses saw a moving object resembling
a stone on January 17, 1996. See CUERO.
Max Tafur, “Mythical Creatures in Argentine
Lakes,” INFO Journal, no. 76 (Autumn 1996):
39–40.
Lago Nahuel Huapí, Neuquén Province. See
CUERO, NAHUELITO.
Lago Pellegrini, near Cinco Saltos, Río Negro
Province. A dinosaur-like animal was reported in
the 1930s. Hans Krieg, Als Zoologe in Steppen und
Wäldern Patagoniens (Munich, Germany: J. F.
Lehmann, 1940).
Lago Pueyrredón, Santa Cruz Province. One report
from 1910. Fabio Picasso, “South American
Monsters and Mystery Animals,” Strange Magazine,
no. 20 (December 1998): 28–35.
Lago San Martín, Santa Cruz Province. Peter
Costello, In Search of Lake Monsters (New York:
Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1974), p. 242.
Río Senguer, Chubut Province. See IEMISCH.
Lago Viedma, Santa Cruz Province. Peter
Costello, In Search of Lake Monsters (New York:
Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, 1974), p. 242.
Lago Vintner, Chubut Province. One report
from 1900. Fabio Picasso, “South American Monsters
and Mystery Animals,” Strange Magazine, no.
20 (December 1998): 28–35.
Bolivia
Río Beni. A 36-foot-long, scaly animal with a
doglike head was killed and sent to La Paz. Two
smaller heads allegedly grew from its back. “A Bolivian
Saurian,” Scientific American 49 (1883): 3.
Laguna Origuere. The Ignaciano Indians say a
large fish that capsizes boats lives here. Alfred Métraux,
“The Native Tribes of Eastern Bolivia and
Western Matto Grosso,” Bulletin of the Bureau of
American Ethnology, no. 134 (1942): 75.
Lago Titicaca. See LAKE TITICACA SEAL.
Brazil
Rio Abuna, Acre State. See GIANT ANACONDA.
Amazon River. See GIANT ANACONDA.
Rio Mármore, Mato Grosso do Sul State. Harald
Westin saw a 20-foot reptile on the bank of this
river in 1931. Karl Shuker, In Search of Prehistoric
Survivors (London: Blandford, 1995), p. 42.
Rio Paraguaçu, Bahia State. Some 30-foot
saurians were allegedly seen in the upper reaches of
this river in 1995 by geology students. Karl
Shuker, In Search of Prehistoric Survivors (London:
Blandford, 1995), p. 47.
Upper Rio Paraguay, Mato Grosso State. John
Kirk, In the Domain of Lake Monsters (Toronto,
Canada: Key Porter Books, 1998).
Upper Rio Paraná, Goias State. John Kirk, In
the Domain of Lake Monsters (Toronto, Canada:
Key Porter Books, 1998).
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