Nessie in Vermont
Sam Hemingway writes in The Burlington (VT) Free Press that researchers have recorded underwater sounds from Champ, the Nessie of Lake Champlain, using sonar equipment. They’re a rapid series of ticks similar to sounds made by whales or dolphins?only ten times louder.
“What we got was a biological creature creating biosonar at a level that only a few underwater species can do,” says Elizabeth von Muggenthaler. Champ’s existence has been debated since the publication of Sandra Mansi’s 1977 photograph of a serpent-like creature. Over the years, hundreds of Champ sightings have been reported by fishermen and boaters.
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