Bear Lake monster

Infobox Paranormalcreatures
Creature_Name = Bear Lake Monster


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Grouping = local legend
Sub_Grouping = Lake monster
AKA =
Country = United States
Region = Bear Lake
Habitat = Water
First_Reported = 1868
Last_Sighted = 2002
Status = The Bear Lake monster is a lake monster that is reported to live in Bear Lake.

According to Joseph C. Rich; a Mormon colonizer at Bear Lake who wrote several articles on the subject for the Deseret Evening News, American Indians had told white settlers in the 1860s that a monster lived at the lake and had taken two of their tribesmen away. Rich went on to say that several settlers subsequently saw the monster and described it in their reports as a beast with large ears and a mouth large enough to eat a human. Till his death he did not deny seeing the monster. Subsequent reports have given conflicting descriptions of the beast, with some describing it as similar to a walrus and others saying that it is more like a dinosaur. The last reported sighting of the monster was in 2002.cite news|last=Thiessen|first=Mark|title=Bear Lake 'Monster' sparks debate, revenue|pages=|publisher="Casper Star-Tribune"|date=2004-07-11|url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2004/07/11/news/regional/5169011899b2afb687256ecd007f4420.txt|accessdate=2006-12-01] cite web|last=Schlosser|first=S. E.|title=Bear Lake Monster|work=American Folklore|publisher=|date=|url=http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/ut2.html|doi=|accessdate=2006-12-01]

References

External links

* [http://www.lakedragons.livingdinos.com/bearlakemonster.html The Bear Lake Monster]