Comments on: On Site: Lake Champlain 2009

By: Shane Durgee

Shane Durgee — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:20:48 +0000

My friend’s theory is that this is simply a swimming moose.

I agree. The stabilized video seems to show a land mammal having great difficulty swimming to the shore.

By: lincoln s

lincoln s — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:24:03 +0000

and I would have to say the length of the creature is about 7 to 12ft for the portion above water. any agree with me

By: lincoln s

lincoln s — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:07:52 +0000

one thing I thought when I first saw the video It was kinda confusing because it seems to completely go against dennis halls champ tanystropheus theory. but I still have to agree with him because he’s said to have actually seen a baby tany he doesn’t seem like he’d lie about that. speaking of dennis hall I know this is old news but what happened to him I heard he decided to quite champquest but is there any news of what became of him?

By: HOOSIERHUNTER

HOOSIERHUNTER — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:27:37 +0000

I’ve looked at this video dozen’s of times and the more I do the more somethng about it just strikes me as not being quite right. I can’t really put my finger on it except to say that the “creature” just doesn’t seem real to me. I keep thinking it is a toy submarine of some kind with a “creature” fixed on top of it!
The way it seems to lose power or gets hung up occasionally and doesn’t move much or the way it sinks later in the video as it gets close to shore almost like it got hung up on the lake bottom. It seems to sink also when it is not moving forward. The head never seems to swivel or move just sink or rise with the body. It doesn’t seem real.
I know I’ll probably catch all kinds of grief for this but I think it’s a hoax.

By: CryptoInformant 2.0

CryptoInformant 2.0 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:05:35 +0000

Hmmm… Well, this is the first time I’ve actually had a look at this video - indeed, due to my previously slow (curse Dial-Up) internet connection, the first I have ever bothered to look at on Cryptomundo.

What I see in this video is clear evidence for a head, a neck of moderate length, a torso, and not much else, morphologically. However, behaviorally, this is an interesting piece of footage. I have watched Bottlenose dolphins near Edisto Island, South Carolina, and there is a clear difference between this animal’s behavior and that of cetaceans - one gets the impression that this animal is less comfortable in the water than the dolphins. It keeps on or near the surface the entire time, always with its head above water.
The idea is that this animal can’t hold its breath for very long, and so doesn’t make a habit of diving.

One possibility is that the animal seen here is a juvenile as, in all aquatic and semi-aquatic mammals (and reptiles) I know of, the young lack the lung capacity of their elders.

By: stranger

stranger — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:31:48 +0000

Woodchuck Norris!!!

A legend is born.

By: Kitsos

Kitsos — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:39:43 +0000

You sure that woodchuck was not actually Chuck Noris in disguise?
Happy hunting/fishing/measuring. And do not forget teh sunblock eh?

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:09:42 +0000

Looking forward to finding out about the data you collect there!!!

Wonder if you would be able to measure the distance between the shore and the place in the water Olsen saw the cryptid.
Maybe…

Anyway—happy expedition and enjoy the lake! Bring pictures!

By: Unknown Primate

Unknown Primate — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:57:00 +0000

Thanks for your dedication and for keeping us posted, Loren… and Good Luck!

By: DWA

DWA — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:25:57 +0000

Loren: I’m a little disappointed.

I thought I’d see a picture with a beard and a mustache, allowing us to pin Champ down as a mammal.

Of course, as to Nessie, the sightings on land have been convincingly debunked by the above artist’s conception. I’d long had my suspicions.