Comments on: Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and Lake Superior http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:29:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Isaac http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14391 Isaac Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:36:31 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14391 It sounds pretty weird. But it does remind me of a river monster in Africa, the Mamlambo. The Mamlambo has a horse-like head and a fish-like body, people who live by the river say it killed seven people. Maybe they are the same species. It sounds pretty weird. But it does remind me of a river monster in Africa, the Mamlambo. The Mamlambo has a horse-like head and a fish-like body, people who live by the river say it killed seven people. Maybe they are the same species.

]]> By: CryptoInformant http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14389 CryptoInformant Sun, 22 Jan 2006 23:09:53 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14389 The Lake Superior monsters are not the same animals. One may be a Smilodon or other sabre-tooth cat, the other may be the whale known as Basilosaurus. QUICK QUESTION: Do wolves live in South Carolina? The Lake Superior monsters are not the same animals. One may be a Smilodon or other sabre-tooth cat, the other may be the whale known as Basilosaurus.

QUICK QUESTION: Do wolves live in South Carolina?

]]> By: Benjamin Radford http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14388 Benjamin Radford Mon, 05 Dec 2005 15:14:55 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14388 "Nessie-Chaser Says: One way that I conclude whether or not to look into reports of “lake serpents” is to find out if local Native Americans have sightings. Creatures such as Ogopogo, Champ, and “Ojibway” all have Indian Reports. Just my rule of thumb." Nessie Chaser is wrong, at least in the cases of Champ and Ogopogo. It's a common mistake, but neither Champ nor Ogopogo have "Indian reports" to support the stories of the creatures. There isn't space here to explain why, but see my article on Champ in the July / August Skeptical Inquirer magazine, and the two-part articles on Ogopogo in the current (Jan/Feb 2006) issue. (In the case of Ogopogo, the native stories of the N'ha-a-itk water god are clearly myths, not "reports.") It always pays to make sure your "Rules of Thumb" are valid before using them! “Nessie-Chaser Says:
One way that I conclude whether or not to look into reports of “lake serpents” is to find out if local Native Americans have sightings. Creatures such as Ogopogo, Champ, and “Ojibway” all have Indian Reports. Just my rule of thumb.”

Nessie Chaser is wrong, at least in the cases of Champ and Ogopogo. It’s a common mistake, but neither Champ nor Ogopogo have “Indian reports” to support the stories of the creatures. There isn’t space here to explain why, but see my article on Champ in the July / August Skeptical Inquirer magazine, and the two-part articles on Ogopogo in the current (Jan/Feb 2006) issue. (In the case of Ogopogo, the native stories of the N’ha-a-itk water god are clearly myths, not “reports.”)

It always pays to make sure your “Rules of Thumb” are valid before using them!

]]> By: Nessie-Chaser http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14387 Nessie-Chaser Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:23:37 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14387 One way that I conclude whether or not to look into reports of "lake serpents" is to find out if local Native Americans have sightings. Creatures such as Ogopogo, Champ, and "Ojibway" all have Indian Reports. Just my rule of thumb. See you in the field! One way that I conclude whether or not to look into reports of “lake serpents” is to
find out if local Native Americans have sightings. Creatures such as Ogopogo, Champ, and “Ojibway” all have Indian
Reports. Just my rule of thumb.

See you in the field!

]]> By: Lesley http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14386 Lesley Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:39:38 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/lake-monsters-sea-serpents-and-lake-superior/#comment-14386 I must get one of those little lake monster statues, they are adorable! It would look great outside in my fish pond. I would want my own lake monster, but I don't live anywhere near a lake. I must get one of those little lake monster statues, they are adorable! It would look great outside in my fish pond. I would want my own lake monster, but I don’t live anywhere near a lake.

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