Photo: William G. Pomeroy Foundation
A legendary Utah lake monster is having a moment in the sun thanks to a new historical marker celebrating the apocryphal creature. The Bear Lake Monster reportedly entered the cryptozoological canon back in 1868 by way of a newspaper article penned by Latter-day Saints settler Joseph C. Rich. In the piece, he shared Native American accounts of a sizeable serpentine animal said to inhabit Bear Lake, which sits on the Utah–Idaho border. The remarkable article sparked a stir among people in the area, with many claiming to have seen the mysterious creature and others calling for it to be captured.
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