''Tahoe Tessie'', The Lake Tahoe Monster

  • Cryptids
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By Crusader1307

 Known locally as Tahoe Tessie , this Sea Serpent monster is said to inhabit Lake Tahoe in Nevada (US). Similar to Scotland's Loch Ness - Tessie has been reported since the mid-19th Century. Said to vary (greatly) from 10 to 80-feet in length, she is said to have a long snake-like neck with a large reptilian head. The creature as a cylindrical body with 4 flipper-like swimming pads . The Tessie story got even MORE press in the 1970s, when famed undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau was contracted to investigate Lake Tahoe. He was said to have reported after his expedition with the line The World isn't ready for whats down there! Although in later years, Cousteau's camp denied that this was said sighting still continue to this day.