Lake Champlain's Legendary Monster Goes Viral Again

UFO's, Bigfoot, and Lake Monsters

I'll admit it: when it comes to UFOs and UAPs, I'm all in. But Bigfoot? Lake monsters? You're going to need a little more evidence before I jump aboard.

That's why I was intrigued when I saw a new video that's making the rounds online. Two filmmakers, Kelly Tabor and Richard Rossi, claim they may have accidentally captured footage of Champ, the legendary creature rumored to inhabit Lake Champlain.

A view of the Loch Ness Monster, near Inverness, Scotland, April 19, 1934. The photograph, one of two pictures known as the 'surgeon's photographs,' was allegedly taken by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson, though it was later exposed as a hoax by one of the participants. Photo: Getty Images

Interesting Drone Video

The drone footage, shot in Bulwagga Bay (about two hours north of Albany) while filming a movie about the famous lake monster, appears to show a large object moving beneath the water behind a small rowboat.

The video has since gone viral, with believers calling it some of the strongest evidence of Champ in years.

Good News Bad News

Here's the good news: unlike many UFO, Bigfoot, and mystery-creature videos that look like they were filmed with a potato from three counties away, this footage is actually pretty clear.

The bad news is, I still don't see a monster.

Popular descriptions of Champ and Scotland's Loch Ness Monster typically show a massive creature with a long neck, humps, and a serpent-like appearance. Watching the video, the object doesn't appear nearly that large.

To me, it looks more like a sturgeon, carp, giant snapping turtle, or some other large aquatic animal.

Still, the story has deep Adirondack roots. Tabor, a Crown Point native, told the Adirondack Explorer she grew up scanning Lake Champlain for Champ and is thrilled to see her hometown legend being debated from New York to Tokyo.

What do you think: Champ, or just a really big fish?