Champ is supposedly a lake monster that’s lurking somewhere in Lake Champlain.
Champ, also referred to as Champtanystropheus Americanus or Champy, is thought to be North America’s version of the Loch Ness Monster.
Champ is named after its alleged location – Lake Champlain, between Vermont, New York, and Canada. The story goes that in 1977 a woman named Sandra Mansi spotted what she thought was a school of large fish coming out of the water of the lake, but it turned out to be a long-necked creature that grew bigger and bigger as it emerged from the surface of the water.
Sightings were frequent after this – they peaked in 1992, when there were an alleged 180.
After three new sightings in 2003, Discovery Channel did a special on “America’s Loch Ness Monster,” which has since been protected by law by the state of New York and Vermont.
