# Lake Champlain visitors report unexplained shape moving through water

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/is-this-americas-loch-ness-monster-tourists-claim-to-spot-strange-phenomenon-linked-to-mysterious-legendary-sea-monster-named-champy-living-in-spectacular-lake/
- Published: 2026-10-31T12:04:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-31T12:12:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16242543/Loch-Ness-Monster-sea-monster-Champy-lake-champlain.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Entertainment, Film, Horror, Offbeat, Weird & Viral, World

## Key points

- Visitors report a large shape in Lake Champlain.
- A 24-second phone video captured part of the sighting.
- Champy legends have drawn tourists for centuries.

## Summary

Visitors at Lake Champlain say they saw a large, unusual shape moving through the water, reviving speculation about Champy, a legendary creature often compared with Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster. One visitor filmed 24 seconds before it disappeared, but the sighting has not established that the creature exists.

The reported sighting took place on 7 August near Point au Roche, close to the New York-Vermont border. Witnesses described a serpent-like shape travelling at roughly the speed of a small motor boat; stories of Champy date back centuries, with more than 100 alleged sightings, and help attract tourists to the area.

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