An incredible discovery in Lake Champlain

[qxcontinuum]

yeah must have been a sturgeon ..looks like they can reach up to 18 feet...wow at this size they are truly monsters!

I was just reading Champlain's description from 1600's.. "

"Champ", Lake Champlain monster

In 1609 Samuel de Champlain wrote that he saw a lake monster five feet (1.5 m) long, as thick as a man's thigh, with silver-gray scales a dagger could not penetrate. The alleged monster had 2.5 foot (0.76 m) jaws with sharp and dangerous teeth. Native Americans claimed to have seen similar monsters 8 to 10 feet (2.4 to 3.0 m). This mysterious creature is likely the original Lake Champlain monster.^[19]:20 The monster has been memorialized in sports teams names and mascots: the Vermont Lake Monsters and mascot (Champ) of the state's minor league baseball team.^[20] A Vermont Historical Society publication recounts the story and offers factual explanations for accounts of the so-called monster: "floating logs, schools of large sturgeons diving in a row, or flocks of black birds flying close to the water."^[21]"

Sturgeons are native to subtropical, temperate and sub-Arctic rivers, lakes and coastlines of Eurasia and North America.^[4] They are distinctive for their elongated bodies, lack of scales, and occasional great size: sturgeons ranging from 7–12 feet (2-3½ m) in length are common, and some species grow up to 18 feet (5.5 m). Most sturgeons are anadromous bottom-feeders, spawning upstream and feeding in river deltas and estuaries. While some are entirely freshwater, a very few venture into the open ocean beyond near coastal areas.

[biologist1]

I am a marine Biologist and this sound indeed does sound like Belugas. Beluga Whales are known to go into fresh water going after a food source. It is totally possible. Here is Champ Search's recordings compared to Belugas. Very Intriguing.

[+DieChecker]

I am a marine Biologist and this sound indeed does sound like Belugas. Beluga Whales are known to go into fresh water going after a food source. It is totally possible. Here is Champ Search's recordings compared to Belugas. Very Intriguing.

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Yeah, but how hard would it be for this guy to go up to Nova Scotia and make a recording there and claim it was made in Lake Champlain? No very hard. Now if he had a photo to go with the recording and you could see a known building or landmark in the background, those would work good together.

[stereologist]

I read the section on belugas in the wikipedia and they state the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beluga_whale

These animals usually only dive to depths of up to 20 m (66 ft),^[63] although they are capable of diving to greater depths. Individual captive animals have been recorded at depths between 400 and 647 m below sea level,^[64] while animals in the wild have been recorded as diving to a depth of more than 700 m, with the greatest recorded depth being 872 m.^[65] A dive normally lasts 3 to 5 min, but they can last up to 15 to 18 min.

If there is a beluga in the area you'd think it would be spotted.

I checked the depth charts of the the mouth of the river and saw that the bay to the immediate west of the mouth of Otter Creek was less than 3 feet deep. North of that the water is around 50 feet deep. West of the shallow bay the water is deep going to 100 to near 300 feet.

http://www.geowake.com/accessnow/