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3D model Narrated

“Noah Voss”

Stories2

The Big Muddy Monster of Murphysboro

June 25, 1973 · Big Muddy River, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois

United States

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

34Partially documented

The Lake Pepin "marine monster": where the Pepie legend began (1871)

c. 1871 · Lake Pepin, Mississippi River, near Lake City, Minnesota

United States

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

14Thinly documented

Names3

Chad Lewis Person · 7 stories
A researcher and author of strange Midwestern encounters.
Lewis Person · 3 stories
Chad Lewis researches the lake monsters and strange visitors of the Upper Midwest.
Van Meter Visitor Festival Event · 1 story
Every September, the town of Van Meter, Iowa, remembers its strangest visitor.