What is the Lake Monster in Lake Erie?

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.



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The Water Monster of Lake Erie Bessie, who is also called South Bay Bessie because of the location of the sightings, has been seen multiple times since the 1800's. It is said that she is covered in gray scales, has a large head, and is around 30 to 40 feet long.

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Here are some interesting Lake Erie facts.
  • Lake Erie's shoreline touches the most states. ...
  • It's one of the smallest of the Great Lakes. ...
  • Smallest by volume, but not by surface area. ...
  • Lake Erie is well connected. ...
  • There is a sea monster in Lake Erie. ...
  • The Battle of Lake Erie was over Detroit.


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Lake sturgeons are the biggest fish in the Great Lakes.

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Currents in Lake Erie can be dangerous! Any current flowing faster than 2 mph is considered dangerous. Dangerous currents can exceed 5 mph — faster than an Olympic swimmer can swim.

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Why is Lake Erie so important? Erie is the most biologically productive and diverse of all the Great Lakes due to its warm shallow waters. Alongside this astounding biodiversity, more than 11 million people get their drinking water from the Lake Erie watershed.

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During the 1960s, Lake Erie was declared a “dead lake” due to eutrophication and pollution. The children's book, The Lorax, written by Dr. Seuss, actually included the following line referring to fish: “They will walk on their fins and get woefully weary in search of some water that isn't so smeary.

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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.

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Sea lampreys are the Great Lakes' biggest predators. They attach to valuable fish and feed on their victims blood and body fluids.

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Okanagan Lake is located in British Columbia, Canada. Like Loch Ness, Okanagan is a vast and murky body of water—the biggest in the valley. At 5 km wide and up to 230 meters deep, this popular lake could be hiding just about anything. According to some, it's home to an incredible creature known as the Ogopogo.

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Lake Erie is the second smallest Great Lake by surface area, and the smallest by volume. Because of this, the water of Lake Erie also has the shortest residence time. Water in this lake replaces itself every 2.6 years, as opposed to Lake Superior, which takes two centuries.

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Situated on the International Boundary between Canada and the United States, Lake Erie's northern shore is the Canadian province of Ontario, specifically the Ontario Peninsula, with the U.S. states of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York on its western, southern, and eastern shores.

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Lake Erie has an astonishing 2,000-plus shipwrecks which is among the highest concentration of shipwrecks in the world. Only about 400 of Lake Erie's wrecks have ever been found. There are schooners, freighters, steamships, tugs and fishing boats among them.

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The first recorded swimmer to cross Lake Erie was Pennsylvania teenager Pat Budney in 1975. He swam from Long Point to Presque Isle in Pennsylvania, a distance of 26 miles that took him 26 ½ hours. The state park beach where he finished now bears his name.

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Compared to the other Great Lakes, Lake Michigan is considered to be the deadliest of them all.

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