Lake Monsters: Strange Encounters

By Tom Lyons and Steven Armstrong

Lake Monsters: Strange Encounters offers bone-chilling tales of human survival and death with mysterious creatures of the deep, murky freshwater of North America. These are the true, frightening encounters with unimaginable and elusive freshwater cryptids. Was that just underwater grass, or a slithering tentacle? A sharp rock, or the exposed scale of buried predator? A ripple in the water from trout, or something larger and more sinister?

 

From the Great Lakes to pristine backyard swimming pools, the next time you stare into the depths, you'll remember the fantastic and horrifying cryptids that lurk below the surface. Dive in, if you dare.

 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Tom Lyons Books
• Release date: May 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223264910

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LAKE MONSTERS

STRANGE ENCOUNTERS

Compiled and edited by Tom Lyons

&

Steven Armstrong

LAKE MONSTERS: STRANGE ENCOUNTERS

Copyright © 2023 Tom Lyons & Steven Armstrong

All rights reserved. No part of this may be reproduced without the author’s prior consent, except for brief quotes used in reviews.

All information and opinions expressed in Lake Monsters: Strange Encounters, are based upon the personal perspectives and experiences of those generous enough to submit them. The authors do not purport that the information presented in this book is based on accurate, current, or valid scientific knowledge.

Acknowledgments

It’s no easy task for people to discuss their encounters with cryptids. I want to thank the many good people who took the time and energy to put their experiences into writing.

Some of the following names were altered to protect people’s privacy.

Would you like to see your report in an issue of Lake Monsters: Strange Encounters?

If so, all you have to do is type up a summary of your experience and email it to Tom Lyons at:

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Special Offer

If you submit a report and it is accepted, you will receive an exclusive paperback copy signed by Tom shortly after the book is released. If you’d like to participate in that offer, please include your mailing address in the email.

Contents

Introduction

Report #1

Report #2

Report #3

Report #4

Report #5

Report #6

Conclusion

Editor’s Note

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About the Editor

Introduction

I must admit that gathering reports revolving around freshwater cryptids has been one of the more challenging endeavors since I began my writing career. It was actually one of the first topics I wanted to cover, but the lack of content I received via email forced me to place it on the back burner. For whatever reason, aquatic cryptids seem even rarer than the various cryptids I’ve learned so much about since my first run-in with a sasquatch in 2008. I suppose it’s not irrational to attribute that to humans spending significantly more time on land than in the water. If you’ve read many of my books, you’ll notice I’ve sprinkled a few aquatic encounter reports throughout, for I wasn’t sure what to do with them or where to place them because of their scarcity. But then I started connecting with authors who take on similar projects, and it quickly occurred to me that we could collaborate to reach a common goal.

When I first started reading the Bigfoot Horror Stories series by Steven Armstrong, I didn’t know the guy, let alone have any reason to suspect that we could eventually become business partners. But shortly after I opened my publishing company, Tom Lyons Books, I realized I should start searching for other writers and investigators to contribute to my new company. It became imperative for me to sign other credible authors who would help grow the brand, for many of my readers know my primary objective is to shed more light on the unexplained mysteries of our