Devils Lake Monster
Devil's Lake is a lake in the South of the Baraboo Range in Sauk County,
Wisconsin, USA. It was originally a gorge of the Wisconsin River prior to the
last ice age where a glacier had been, leaving a portion of the river gorge
between the moraines filled with water. (A moraine is any glacially formed
accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris, rock etc).
The legend of
Devil’s Lake starts with a Native American chief who took a group of young warriors on a late night
hunting trip across the lake. The moon was out as they put the canoe into the
water. Suddenly there was a disturbance in the water. Tentacles appeared on the
surface and capsized the canoe. The warriors were pulled under the water .No
one survived but the cacophony of screams brought others rushing to the lake who
saw the tragedy in the moonlight. The natives held an event every year after this during
which animals were sacrificed to the lake monster. These days it’s a festival
and picnic celebrating tribal traditions. The Nakota Sioux and Ho-Chunk tribes
have used Devil’s Lake and Devil’s Lake
State Park area, as a gathering place for centuries.
To date science has no record of freshwater Octopi
but it is not the first one to be reported .The Oklahoma Lakes Monster being
the most famous (see Link below).This does not mean they do not exist but they
have not been found or discovered yet so it is a possibility that Octopi either
in the past or in the modern world have evolved to live in fresh water.
It is not the only reported monster in Devils Lake.
When early Christian missionaries
arrived in the area of Devil’s Lake they were greeted by the Nakota tribe who
told them about yet another creature .There was
year of a great drought but the Natkota tribe remained near the lake, despite it being in
the process of drying out ,because it was a fertile hunting ground. Being the
only water source for miles all the local wildlife came to drink and were
easily hunted . It eventually became two lakes, separated by a shallow strip of mud. One morning the
tribe found a huge, fish-like creature, which they
referred to as “Hokuwa,” trapped on the narrow, muddy strip. The tribe watched terrified
as the amphibious animal thrashed about in an effort to free itself. The tribes people
believed the creature, to be an
Unktizina ,the product of the mating of of
the evil spirit Unk and the lizard beast known as Unkcegi . Eventually the
animal was able to free itself and disappeared into the lake. The Missionaries
reported the description the creature as being plesiosaur like.
The story does not end there.
On March 4, 1950 Marybell Allum, a teenager and daughter of the local marshal came across a strange
carcass that had washed ashore near Devil's Lake. The carcass which was named "Old Hairy" was described as weighing
a thousand pounds and over twenty feet long with "the body of a cow, approximately
nine tails and hair all over the body and legs". It's identity remains a mystery. Was this strange carcass
one of the monsters from Devil's Lake ?
NB I have since discovered a new type of hairy boar/pig was introduced to the area .I do wonder if this was in fact a bloated corpse of one or two of the animals washed ashore after drowning.
NB I have since discovered a new type of hairy boar/pig was introduced to the area .I do wonder if this was in fact a bloated corpse of one or two of the animals washed ashore after drowning.
Then more recently someone claimed to have
photographed the monster in the lake.
So
is there still a monster in Devil’s Lake?
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