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Is there a lake monster living in the waters of Raystown Lake in Pennsylvania ? The creature known as Raystown Ray is said to reside in Huntingdon county’s Raystown lake. There have been many reports of sightings over the years and various photo’s taken of the lake monster many showing a large shadowy figure just below the surface of the lake. The creature has been dubbed by many as Pennsylvania’s Loch Ness Monster. Here is the most interesting photo of Raystown Ray to date.

But multiple reports and sighting and media interest in the creature caused the Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau to put out a press release in April of 2006. Here is the original press release ….

For decades there have been many sightings of a creature in Huntingdon County’s Raystown Lake. Old photos show large shadowy figures just below the surface, boaters describing sudden water turbulence and strange appearances of a large water creature, Raystown Ray.”We’ve known it’s been in there a while now,” admitted Managing Director of Raystown Lake Dwight Beall when he was asked his thoughts on this astonishing discovery. “It’s a private creature, but it comes out around this time of year. Call it Raystown’s own Punxatawny Phil.” Call it what you will, but this is no ground hog swimming in the water. It seems that our favorite Pennsylvania lake may now have a mascot.
When asked his professional opinion, Jeff Krause, Wildlife Biologist at Raystown Lake submitted the following statement in writing: “I believe it must be a vegetarian. We have not seen any evidence of this animal taking fish, geese, otters, or ducks. So I would suggest that our swimmers and boaters are very safe. It appears this animal’s habits are similar to Manatees, which are completely herbivorous and gentle. The increase of weed beds around the lake is probably providing more food in the shallows for herbivores and that would increase sightings.” Krause concluded with, “Even if a visitor does not get a chance to see ‘Ray’ while at the lake, there is an excellent chance to see nesting Bald Eagles and recently re-introduced Osprey and River Otters, which were not present just a few years ago.”
It is a wonder how “Ray” has managed to stay submersed with nearly 2 million visitors frequenting the lake each year to fulfill their boating and other recreational activity needs. According to Raystown Lake staff, the lake spans about 30 miles and contains 8,300 acres of water. With depths of the lake being over 185 feet deep, the lake remains over 100 feet deep at Seven Points, which is 10 miles upstream from the dam. With numerous coves, submerged timber, and other structures there is plenty of room for “Ray” to hide.

Sightings of the Raystown Lake monster still continue to be reported. Although disputed as pure myth and legend by some many believe what they have seen to be a yet unidentified creature in the lake.

Adam Davies is once again heading an expedition to Sumatra in search of the Orang-Pendek. This time Davies will be joining the crew of Animal Planet’s Finding Bigfoot. Here is a statement from Mr Davies ….

On 12th May, I will be departing for Sumatra again, looking for more evidence of the Orang-Pendek, for the 7th time! I will return to my home in Manchester on 3rd June.

You can see previous information on my work on this wonderful creature in Edge Science Magazine issue 7, entitled ‘New Primate Species in Sumatra’. By way of a specific update on the last CFZ 2011 expedition which I led, the hair analysis, being conducted amongst others by Professors Bryan Sykes, Todd Disotell and by Lars Thomas, is still ongoing, and as yet no conclusions have been reached. I do remain grateful for the extensive analysis they are conducting. As ever the key objective from my point of view is to extract D.N.A. from these hairs.

This time, I will be part of the `Finding Bigfoot` crew. I am under contract for the show, so I am not allowed to reveal any details, but I can tell you that we will be conducting comprehensive field research, which involves a dedicated jungle excursion.

Here’s to the finding of more great scientific evidence in our quest- and hopefully making a really enjoyable film in the process!

The Iliamna Lake Monster is said to roam beneath the waters near the small Alaskan village of Iliamna. The lake monster is known to the locals as “illie” and has reported sightings going all the way back to the 1940’s. The unknown cryptid is reported to be anywhere from 10-30 feet long with a square shaped head. The monster has been reported to use its head to hit things such as small boats. The most recent reported sighting of the creature was in 1988 when several locals seen the creature from land and water.

“Possible photo of Alaska’s Iliamna Lake Monster”

Some believe the creature in Lake Iliamna may be similar to other lake monsters like Ogopogo from Lake Okanogan or Nessie from Loch Ness although disputed by some because descriptions of illie don’t seem to match the serpent like descriptions of these other lake monsters. Some believe this creature may possibly be a large White Sturgeon a theory put forth by biologist Jeremy Wade from the popular Animal Planet show “River Monsters”.

A new theory has now been put forth by scientist that this creature and some other lake monsters in the region may actually be sleeper sharks. Sharks in Loch Ness has been a long standing hypothesis for explaining the creature seen there but the suggestion of them possibly being sleeper sharks is a new twist. These sharks can exceed 20 feet in length and weigh upwards of 4 tons and could possibly use these lakes as a food source. The abundance of salmon in both lake Iliamna and Loch Ness could possibly lure in these sharks. There are still many unknowns about these creature and some people already discount this theory all together but expeditions are planned to both Lake Iliamna and Loch Ness this year and in 2013 to try and get video of these sharks in the lakes or of the lake monsters themselves.

A large unidentified living object deep under the waters of Loch Ness was captured on a sonar image. Urquhart Bay was where the image was taken , it was recorded at 75 feet and the unidentified creature measures 5 feet wide. The Sonar image shows whats looks to be a serpent like creature towards the top. The image was recorded by Marcus Atkinson and the creature was said to have followed his boat for a couple of minutes. Loch Ness monster experts have ruled out the ’sighting’ being any other fish, seal or wood debris and believe it is proof of an unknown creature in the Loch. Could this creature be NESSIE ?

Here is the original Nessie sonar image , could this really be the Loch Ness Monster:

Atkinson was quoted as saying :

“The object got bigger and bigger and I thought ‘bloody hell’ and took a picture with my mobile phone.

“It is a bizarre shape to me. I have shown it to other experienced skippers and none of us know what it was.

Finding Bigfoot hits Vermont as it continues its search for Bigfoot. The Finding Bigfoot team will be in Rutland,Vermont to film an episode for Finding Bigfoot Season 3. Bigfoot sightings have been reported all around New England for hundreds of years now but some recent sightings have brought attention to Vermont.

“Local Bigfoot Cast”

Some of the more recent Bigfoot sightings in the area include a Bigfoot being spotted at a local golf course in the 1970’s. Also Frank Siecienski believes he had a Bigfoot near his home two years ago and was able to catch it on a trail camera. Siecienski says he found out from researchers that his tape is of a female Sasquatch with its young underneath it.

Whether you believe the evidence collected is reality or just a ruse, they’ll have an interested audience Saturday at a town hall meeting.  The TV network Animal Planet will bring its show Finding Bigfoot to Rutland. Producers will pick stories feature on the show. Few details about the network’s plans have been released, but our sources say about 100 people will show up, and three stories will be chosen. This is big news for Sasquatch fans all around Vermont !

The stars of a popular cable show are combing the woods around Houghton Lake, Mich., for signs of the the giant bipedal ape-man known as Bigfoot. Animal Planet’s show “Finding Bigfoot” is filming in the area and drew 350 people to an April 5 town meeting held to gather clues about the whereabouts of the elusive cryptid, according to the Detroit News.

Phil Shaw, a member of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization told the News that some of those who showed up for the meeting shared stories of personal encounters.

“My favorite was from a lady who lives south of Houghton Lake that actually had been able to record ‘whoop howls’ from a bigfoot,” he said. “They only howl on a limited basis, so that was very rare and impressive.”

Shaw’s organization has records of around 140 Michigan Bigfoot sightings since 1910 — including a November 2011 report by a hunter who heard “resonant vocalizations and bipedal movement” while camping in Roscommon County.

“Michigan has been a hotspot for sightings since the 1960s, especially areas like Sister Lake and Monroe, where there were reports of very aggressive creatures and people being attacked,” said Loren Coleman of the International Cryptozoological Museum in Portland, Maine.

Coleman said the high number of sightings makes sense because of Michigan’s extensive wilderness.

“It’s in the boreal forest, the heavily tree-covered area that goes from the Pacific Northwest across the U.S.-Canada border to Maine, but it has more sightings than other places because there are more people,” he said. “You need people to see Bigfoot and Michigan has a higher population than, say, the Dakotas.”

The Houghton Lake episode of Finding Bigfoot will air on Animal Planet this summer.

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/finding-b_n_1421535.html

A new Bigfoot video has shown up from a sighting in Idaho. The Idaho Bigfoot Video was released on youtube and the short 16 second clip shows what looks to be a Bigfoot in the distance across a canyon. Here is what the video takers had to say about the sighting :

“A large shady creature which appears to be a Bigfoot is spotted walking through the trees across a canyon. Before we began filming the figure could be seen walking through the clearing of snow just to the left of the trees.

we never really got a good look but at first we saw what we thought was a person walking across the canyon but after looking at it for a second it looked more and more not human “

Here is the video so you can take a look and decide for yourself if you think this is Bigfoot or not !

Seems that Finding Bigfoot may be ready to make a squatchy splash on the comedy scene. James “BoBo” Fay said that word on street was that Finding Bigfoot is going to be the target of “South Park” in this weeks episode which airs on Wednesday. Also Cliff and BoBo will be on the show “The Soup” on E Channel on Wednesday night.

The next town hall meeting for Finding Bigfoot Season 3 is going to take place in Central Oklahoma for anyone who would like to attend.

6:30 pm on March 17
Town Hall Meeting
Clydesdale Barn
12701 West Wilshire Boulevard
Yukon, OK 73099

Finding Bigfoot: Hoosier Bigfoot the team travels to Indiana to investigate footage that purports to show a bigfoot in daylight. The Indiana Dunes Bigfoot video shows what looks to be a bigfoot walking in the woods in broad daylight near Indiana Dunes State Park in 2008. Here is the Hoosier Bigfoot video for you take watch and decide for yourself what the creature may actually be.

Inside Out of BBC News sets out to investigate the possible existence of a monster living in the waters of Lake Windermere. The lake monster known as Bownessie which has often been compared to the Loch Ness Monster is said to lurk in the waters of the lake. There have been many sightings of the creature over the years which has caused a stir in the usually quiet waters. Tom Noblett local world record holding swimmer believes he was within a few feet of the creature one morning while out on a swim. Linden Adams a professional photographer claims he seen the creature and was able to capture multiple pictures of Bownessie. His photos are being analysed by forensic visual computing experts.