From the 'The Truth Is Out There' Dept.

Vacationers say they saw creature in Lake Champlain

CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (AP) - Five vacationers claim they've seen Champ, the mythical Lake Champlain monster.
Bob Gload and four of his grandchildren said they saw a black snakelike creature while bass fishing last Wednesday. The Maryland man says there was an "explosion" in the water, and then he saw three humps, two-to-three-feet tall and four-to-five feet apart.
He told the Plattsburgh Press Republican that he was born in Champlain but never believed in Champ. But he said he believes now.
Lake Champlain is home to lake sturgeon that can grow to seven feet long. But Gload is convinced that what he saw was a creature like no other.
The reported sighting comes as the village of Port Henry, about a hundred miles north of Albany, prepares to hold its annual Champ Day festival this Saturday.


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