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[the dalek killer]

kenobibax, on 29 January 2013 - 06:13 PM, said:

Looks like a whale breaching to me, with the left or right flipper held high and slightly bent giving the appearance of a head.

my thoughts exactly

[tipotep]

Rafterman, on 29 January 2013 - 03:21 PM, said:

Having given this some more thought, I'm curious to the OPs thoughts on how air breathing creatures survive in the lake on the years that it freezes completely.

Good point , OP ?

TiP

[shaddow134]

Always thought this one to be Driftwood,if you look where the supposed neck goes into the water,you can see more mass to the object going to the left.

[rashore]

the dalek killer, on 29 January 2013 - 12:54 AM, said:

they found fossils in Alabama and in Egypt meaning it had a wide range  so it could of easily lived in that area and it is seen quite often

Alabama and Egypt, not Lake Champlain. Just because fossil evidence has been found elsewhere does not mean it has been seen in Lake Champlain. I could say fossil evidence of catfish in the Mississippi and China means that there are catfish in Brazil, but that would not necessarily be accurate unless there was also catfish fossils in Brazil.

[Timonthy]

the dalek killer, on 28 January 2013 - 11:38 PM, said:

seems a bit to smooth to be drift wood

Drift wood can be extremely smooth, especially when considering an unfocused photo from a distance. Much more likely than an ancient creature.

As for horses being gobbled up - where did you get that idea? And is it not more likely the horse got into trouble and drowned? Or is there video/photo of the moment one met its fate in the jaws of a dino?

[DKO]

Excellent point Rafterman.

I'm going to do the usual rundown of these things.

An animal like this would need a large breeding population, especially if they have survived millions of years. Someone would see these fairly often popping up for air. (when it's not frozen)

There is no way to tell how big it is in the photo.

Standard blurry photo, could be anything really, but to jump to a plesiosaur is unbelievable in my opinion. It does have a similar appearance to a long necked animal but also looks like driftwood or anything we put our minds to.

[HMS Dreadnought]

None of these supposed sea creatures exist, there is no solid evidence at all & none stand up to scientific theory, it's a nice thought that they may be out there having survived all this time but in reality they are all myths.

[Urisk]

Male blue whales have a 12 foot long prehensile penis. I'm not sure how impressively-endowed smaller species of whale are, but it could be possible that it is nothing more than two whales mating? Or one incredibly hopeful, and one not so enthusiastic p'raps?

[rashore]

Wales might be out too... Keep in mind that Lake Champlain is a landlocked freshwater lake and though it is a big lake, it isn't huge like the Great Lakes.

[Urisk]

But we don't have anything other than popular acceptance that it actually IS lake Champlain. If it is said lake then yes whales will be out of the question. But I tend to be just as sceptical about the locations of photos just as much as what is featured in them nowadays.

That's the thing about photos. People say it's from "such-a-place" and we always just say "OK". How can you tell without any defining landmarks? I recall the original picture did have some land in the background, but it could easily have been taken in a lagoon?

[Rafterman]

Ever feel like you're being ignored?

[the dalek killer]

AT THIS POINT I think DON'T THERE'S ANYTHING

Edited by the dalek killer, 04 February 2013 - 01:19 AM.

[tyrant lizard]

I've always this picture was a seal facing away from the camera, with its head on the left just beneath the surface, and it's right flipper out of the water and a bit limp wristed...

[vitruvian12]

rashore, on 30 January 2013 - 10:37 PM, said:

Wales might be out too... Keep in mind that Lake Champlain is a landlocked freshwater lake and though it is a big lake, it isn't huge like the Great Lakes.

not to mention that its only 20 000 yrs old.  dinosaurs were long gone by the time the lake was formed

[venom012]

I think we are at a point pull a body out of the water. Just like Bigfoot we need remains. Then we can call it.