Monsters Of Folklore writes “South Bay Bessie – The Serpent Of Lake Erie (North American Folklore) – Hard to believe the Loch Ness Monster has a twin. In northeastern Ohio and Michigan folklore, Bessie is a name given to a lake monster in Lake Erie, also known as South Bay Bessie or simply The Lake Erie Monster. The first recorded sighting of Bessie occurred in 1817, and more sightings have occurred intermittently and in greater frequency in the last three decades. Bessie is reported to be snake-like and 30 to 40 foot long, at least a foot in diameter, with a grayish color.”
Maynard w
Thanks Wes! As a child my dad and I used to go fishing once a year or so up on Lake Erie. I was always looking for Bessie. You never hear much about it.
Charles R
I guess, I have never heard of South Bay Bessie. I have fished Lake Erie a few times, far western side and Sandusky area for Walleye and perch. Lake Erie is a shallow lake for a great lake average depth of about 60 feet. I grew up fishing Lake Huron and Lake Michigan and never heard any tail of a lake monster, but heck never heard of a Bigfoot in Michigan either during my youth of the 60s and 70s.