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A legendary Argentine lake monster will soon have its moment in the sun thanks to a new walking tour which celebrates the creature that spawned worldwide headlines over a century ago and continues to captivate people to this day. Previously a part of indigenous folklore, the mysterious beast said to reside in Nahuel Huapi Lake reportedly entered the proverbial cryptozoological canon back in 1922 by way of a story in a Canadian newspaper. In the article, a man named George Garret recounted visiting the site around a decade earlier and seeing a plesiosaur-like creature emerge from the water. His tale was picked up by media outlets around the world and a second witness subsequently came forward with a contemporaneous sighting of what seemed to be the same animal.
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