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“Lake Mendota”

Stories2

Billy Dunn and the Lake Mendota sea serpent

June 22, 1883 · Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin

United States

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

25Thinly documented

The Amphibious Lake Demon of Browns Lake

August 1876 · Browns Lake, near Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin

United States

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

18Thinly documented

Names3

Chicago Tribune Organisation · 11 stories
A Chicago newspaper that turns up again and again across this archive's stories.
Charles E. Brown Person · 3 stories
A Wisconsin folklorist, and the man who first gathered the state's lake monsters between two covers.
Jay Rath Person · 3 stories
A Wisconsin writer who keeps returning to the state's strangest stories.

Documents1

5: 2, Community Relations, 1970: 47323287 Official release

· 95 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 53 …Frautschi, 3206 Lake Mendota Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 Native of Madison, Wisconsin. Graduated University of Wisconsin (B.S.). Member: Board…
- p. 66 …Frautschi 3206 Lake Mendota Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53705 (Research Assistant, University Hospitals, Department of Pediatrics) Gen Billy Mitchell Field Mrs…

Videos1

Video1883

A Social History of Lake Mendota

From Billy Dunn and the Lake Mendota sea serpent