What’s Lurking in the Lakes in Idaho…
The Bear Lake Monster of Bear Lake
What is it?
The Bear Lake Monster is described as a serpent-like creature. Some eyewitnesses claimed it s body is so big it touches the bottom of the lake and could be anywhere from 40 to 200 feet long. It s head is similar to that of a walrus without tusks or like an alligator s and large eyes.
What are it s origins?
Sighting of the Bear Lake Monster date back to when the Native Americans first inhabited the area. They referred to it as the water devil after it reportedly captured and carried away Indians who were swimming in the lake. In the summer of 1868 early settlers spotted as many as 10 different sea creatures at one time! Joseph C. Rich documented the mass sighting in the Deseret News Newspaper back in 1868.
What’s Lurking in the Lakes in Idaho…
The Bear Lake Monster of Bear Lake
What is it?
The Bear Lake Monster is described as a serpent-like creature. Some eyewitnesses claimed it s body is so big it touches the bottom of the lake and could be anywhere from 40 to 200 feet long. It s head is similar to that of a walrus without tusks or like an alligator s and large eyes.
What are it s origins?
Sighting of the Bear Lake Monster date back to when the Native Americans first inhabited the area. They referred to it as the water devil after it reportedly captured and carried away Indians who were swimming in the lake. In the summer of 1868 early settlers spotted as many as 10 different sea creatures at one time! Joseph C. Rich documented the mass sighting in the Deseret News Newspaper back in 1868.
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Bear Lake offers one of Utah’s most scenic vistas. As you crest the hill of Logan Canyon into Rich County, the lake sprawls out into a vivid, sparkling blue jewel defining the valley that bears its name. If Delicate Arch is southern Utah’s
Mona Lisa, then Bear Lake is northern Utah’s
Girl with the Pearl Earring.
But beware. Bear Lake’s stunning blue waters are said to hide a great serpentine beast, as wide as a man and, depending on the account, anywhere from 40 to 200 feet long. The creature’s head is alternatively described as a betusked walrus or a toothy alligator, both bearing giant eyes, set widely apart. The beast has conical ears (“like a pint glass”) and an indeterminate number of legs, is awkward on land but can swim, as one written account has it, “faster than a locomotive.”