Lake Monsters
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Piast/Biast/Bestia
The Piast is a monstrous creature from Irish myth. They are described as giant lake monsters, being part salmon and part serpent. They are also thought to be capable of breathing fire. It is believed Piast are one of the kinds of monsters banished by St. Patrick until judgment day. Citations: Bane, Theresa. Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore. United States, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2016.
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Nabau Puaka
The Nabau Puaka is a variation of the Nabau whose name means ”red dragon.” They’re angry creatures from the sea. It’s thought ancestors rode these creatures to an ancestral lake. The lake turns red when they fume with anger. They fight each other in the lake and cause volcanic eruptions in the heavens. Citations: Sagin, Dominic Dado. A Ring of Truth: A Journey Through Space-Time, Myths, Legends, and Oral Histories – the Adventour of a Headhunter. United States, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency (SBPRA), 2013.
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Good Hoop/Tasmanian Bunyip/Universal Eye
Good Hoop is an alternate name for the Bunyip, commonly from Tasmania. They often have serpentine forms and may have small or non-visible ears, a sheepdog head, small wing-like fins, shaggy black hair, and/or crooked feet. They measure between 1.2 and 1.35 meters in length and are thought to move 50 km per hour. One was sighted in Lake Tiberias in 1952. It was first viewed in shallow water and quickly disappeared into deep water. Citations: Bayley, Harold. The lost language of symbolism; an inquiry into the origin of certain letters, words, names, fairy-tales, folklore, and mythologies. London, Williams and Norgate, 1912. Hargreaves, Joyce, and Hargreaves, Beryl Joyce. Hargreaves New…
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Champ
Champ is a cryptid thought to live in Lake Champlain in New York, Vermont, and Quebec. It is often recognized by a famous photo called “the Mansi photograph.” It has a thick body with a tapered neck, resembling a plesiosaur, though some describe it as a massive serpent. Some believe it may be related to a horned lake monster from Iroquois Native Americans. Reports appeared in newspapers around 1873 and P.T. Barnum offered a $50,000 reward to any who could bring the monster in, and of course, no one claimed this reward. It isn’t thought to be aggressive and features prominently in local tourism. Citations: Maberry, Jonathan. Vampire Universe: The…
