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SHATNER:
The South Pacific. April 1977.
30 miles off the coast
of New Zealand,
a Japanese fishing vessel drags
a massive net nearly 1,000 feet
under the water hoping to
fill it with tons of mackerel.
The crew is shocked when the net
pulls up a horrifying carcass
of a creature
that will spark awe
and curiosity around the world.
This fishing boat
picked up this enormous,
disgusting creature,
and there is a famous photo
that you can see of it
where it's hanging
from the boat's crane,
and the skin is kind of
dripping off the bones.
It's got this long neck
and these gangly arms.
Back in Japan, there was
a marine expert
named Tokio Shikama.
And he was looking
at the photos.
And he proposed that it might be
a plesiosaurus,
which has been extinct
for 66 million years.
LEWIS:
The plesiosaur had
razor-sharp teeth in its mouth.
It could get up to
40 feet in length.
Researchers believe that
it would attack its prey
from underneath, from below,
like the great white shark.
It had an extremely
powerful bite force.
It was a deadly predator.
SHATNER:
Did Japanese fisherman
discover the decayed carcass
of a prehistoric predator?
It's an audacious claim.
Yet, throughout
the 20th century,
And of course, the most
iconic example is said to reside
in a large lake
in the Scottish Highlands
called the Loch Ness Monster.
The Loch Ness Monster
is undoubtedly the most famous
alleged
plesiosaur-like creature,
but it's not the only one.
There are many lakes and lochs
around the world that have
stories of unknown creatures
swimming in them.
One of the best examples
is Lake Champlain
located between
Vermont, New York,
and the province of Quebec
in Canada.
Lake Champlain
is 120 miles in length
and 13 miles
at its widest point.
It's three times
the size of Loch Ness.
And many people believe
that a large lake monster
lives in the waters
of Lake Champlain.
The Lake Champlain Monster,
also known as Champ,
is described as having
a large body,
and four fins,
a long neck, with a small head,
very much like a plesiosaur.
SHATNER:
The Lake Champlain Monster,
affectionately called "Champ"
or "Champy,"
is a local legend
for those who live
along this huge
North American lake.
The creature is celebrated
with historic markers that claim
hundreds of sightings
of the beast,
But is Champ just folklore
or could there really
be a monstrous creature
lurking the depths
of Lake Champlain?
Lake Champlain gained
international attention
in 1977 when Sandra Mansi
and her two children
and her fiancé
were taking
a leisurely drive up the coast
of Vermont along the lake.
They decided to pull over
to have a little picnic,
let everyone stretch their legs,
and the kids to splash around
in the water.
Sandra Mansi saw a large head
break out from the surface
of the water
attached to a long neck.
Mansi was able to snap
one photograph of the creature
that appeared to be
looking away from her.
The photo shows what looks like
a plesiosaur-like creature
with its body in the water
and its head and neck
sticking up.
And this is something
that's become
sort of the image of what
we believe Champ to look like.
The Mansi photo has been
analyzed by photo experts
who agree that
this is a genuine photo
and has not been altered
in any way.
It's very convincing
that at least some sort of
mysterious creature is lurking
in the waters of Lake Champlain.
SHATNER:
Sandra Mansi's extraordinary
photograph has provided
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