This Pa. lake monster is big, friendly, and ‘strictly vegetarian’

Friday 13th June 2025

Pennsylvania has its very own version of the Loch Ness Monster. But don’t worry — he’s a vegetarian.
Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.