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Publication of this volume was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Copyright © 2006 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com 10 09 08 07 06 5 4 3 2 1 Some of the material was previously published and is reprinted here courtesy of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. Parts of chapter 1 were published in the March 1996 Skeptical Briefi newsletter; chapter 2 in the July-August 2003 Skeptical Inquirer; chapter 3 in the June 2004 Skeptical Briefs newsletter; chapter 4 in the March-April 1999 Skeptical Inquirer; chapter 6 in the December 2004 Skeptical Briefs newsletter; chapter 7 in the January-February 2006 Skeptical Inquirer; parts of chapter 8 in the January-February 2000 Skeptical Inquirer; and appendix 1 in the September 2003 Skeptical Briefs newsletter. All other material is new and original. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Radford, Benjamin, 1970Lake monster mysteries: investigating the world's most elusive creatures / Benjamin Radford and Joe Nickell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-2394-3 (hardcover: alk. paper) ISBN-IO: 0-8131-2394-1 (hardcover: alk. paper) I. Monsters. 2. Lake animals. 1. Nickell, Joe. II. Title. QL89.R33 2006 OOI.944--dc22 2005031052 This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.§@ Manufactured in the United States ofAmerica. ~...~...'.!!. Member of the Association of 'I~ - American University Presses To Sir Richard Burton, Johan Reinhard, Ernest Shackleton, Francisco de Orellana, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and the nameless and countless other explorers whose bravery and thirst for knowledge inspired me. -B.R. IN MEMORIAM My parents, J. Wendell and Ella T. Nickell, who nurtured my inquisitiveness, and three paranormal investigators who led the way in conducting hands-on investigations: magicians Harry Houdini and Milbourne Christopher, and my late dear friend, psychologist Robert A. Baker. -J.N. [44.223.42.120] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 13:22 GMT) The interests oftruth have nothing to apprehendfrom the keenness ofinvestigation, and the utmost severity ofhuman judgment. -Dr. Stubbins Ffirth, pioneering medical investigator, 1804 [44.223.42.120] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 13:22 GMT) ...