The Backwoods Cryptid Road Trip rolls into Vermont, where the legendary Lake Champlain Monster, better known as Champ, has been terrifying, fascinating, and mystifying witnesses for generations. From mysterious humps cutting through dark water to enormous creatures rising alongside fishing boats, the stories surrounding America's most famous lake monster are far from over.
This week, we explore Vermont's long history with Champ, including chilling eyewitness encounters dating back more than a century, the controversial 1977 Sandra Mansi photograph, P. T. Barnum's reward for capturing the creature, and the fascinating discovery of an ancient beluga whale buried beneath Vermont soil.
We also examine the evidence, conflicting explanations, and the question that continues to haunt Lake Champlain: Is something enormous and unidentified really living beneath its surface? You'll hear disturbing accounts from witnesses at Button Bay, Malletts Bay, the Sandbar causeway, and Alburgh, including a fisherman who watched a long neck rise from the water just sixty feet away and a skeptical farmer whose terrifying experience left him unwilling to speak about what he witnessed.
But Vermont's mysteries don't end at the water's edge.
We head deep into the Green Mountains, Glastenbury Mountain, and the remote Northeast Kingdom, where generations of residents have reported encounters with mysterious wild men and towering, hairy creatures lurking in the wilderness. From a deer hunter who nearly shot something he couldn't explain to a terrified dairy farmer who discovered an enormous hand gripping his barn door, these five chilling Bigfoot and Sasquatch encounters take us into some of Vermont's most isolated forests.
We'll also visit a remote sugarbush where something violently damaged a maple syrup line and the rocky cliffs above Lake Willoughby, where a teenage camp counselor witnessed something extraordinary.
Lake monsters, mysterious wild men, and terrifying Bigfoot encounters. Vermont may be one of America's smallest states, but its wilderness is hiding some enormous mysteries.
Climb into the truck, buckle up, and join us for another unforgettable stop on the Backwoods Cryptid Road Trip!
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