Comments on: Meanwhile, $50,000 For Pepie http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/pepie/ for Bigfoot, Loch Ness, and More Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:35:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Andrew Minnesota http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/pepie/#comment-43561 Andrew Minnesota Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:44:50 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/pepie/#comment-43561 I might have go down there and see if I can see something (and bring a camera of course). I personally think that this is most likely a large sturgeon. They can get very large here (I was surprised that MonsterQuest didn't talk about them while while they were in MN and WI looking for giant freshwater fish). In fact while divers were working on the Hudson bridge that crosses the St. Croix River ( a tributary of Mississippi ) they thought that they were swimming above some sunken logs, but then they started moving. It turns out that they were actually very large sturgeon. So that is what I would guess people are seeing, especially since sturgeon can live for a very long time, it's possible they are seeing the same large one and they do come to the surface and jump out of the water and even smaller ones can create very large splashes (I've seen them do this on fishing trips). Still it's an interesting contest and could be fun :D I might have go down there and see if I can see something (and bring a camera of course). I personally think that this is most likely a large sturgeon. They can get very large here (I was surprised that MonsterQuest didn’t talk about them while while they were in MN and WI looking for giant freshwater fish).

In fact while divers were working on the Hudson bridge that crosses the St. Croix River ( a tributary of Mississippi ) they thought that they were swimming above some sunken logs, but then they started moving. It turns out that they were actually very large sturgeon.

So that is what I would guess people are seeing, especially since sturgeon can live for a very long time, it’s possible they are seeing the same large one and they do come to the surface and jump out of the water and even smaller ones can create very large splashes (I’ve seen them do this on fishing trips).

Still it’s an interesting contest and could be fun :D

]]> By: shumway10973 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/pepie/#comment-43560 shumway10973 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:18:07 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/pepie/#comment-43560 has anyone taken any serious sonar readings? I'm talking about the bottom of that lake. The Mississippi is famous for having caves all along the bottom. The last one I heard opened up in the late 19th century--maybe early 20th--near Cairo, Mississippi. It caused one of the largest earthquakes in that region, and the cave was large enough that the Mississippi river was running backwards for most of a day (filling the cave). I'm just thinking any such openings could allow the creature to hide. Except for the undulating and head/neck rising out of the water, that area is famous for the pike--which when first caught on your fishing lure seems like a log, until you almost can reach it. Then it fights. There are more fish out there than just the sturgeon. It would just be interesting to see how a creature of the size(s) described can live in such shallow waters. has anyone taken any serious sonar readings? I’m talking about the bottom of that lake. The Mississippi is famous for having caves all along the bottom. The last one I heard opened up in the late 19th century–maybe early 20th–near Cairo, Mississippi. It caused one of the largest earthquakes in that region, and the cave was large enough that the Mississippi river was running backwards for most of a day (filling the cave). I’m just thinking any such openings could allow the creature to hide. Except for the undulating and head/neck rising out of the water, that area is famous for the pike–which when first caught on your fishing lure seems like a log, until you almost can reach it. Then it fights. There are more fish out there than just the sturgeon. It would just be interesting to see how a creature of the size(s) described can live in such shallow waters.

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