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.”
