Hello and welcome to Iroquois History and Legends. I'm Andrew. And I'm Caleb. And welcome to

our Legends podcast, Part 3. I always like these. These are more fun for me than the linear

history tellings. This is more fun than actually learning.

Yeah. We did have one listener question since our last episode, Caleb. Hey, Cotters. I'm just going

assume that this is how they sound. I was watching the history channel. Big mistake. That's me.

A lot. And this particular episode was on the focus of Champlain and the lake that he named.

This episode said that the natives told Champlain of a lake monster that they feared. I can't find anything on the matter.

Did you find something in Champlain's journal about it? Or maybe a legend of the Iroquois?

Thanks.

Okay.

First of all, as soon as the History Channel started doing ghost hunters, that's a pretty

quick sign that you should not ever listen to anything they say.

Like all networks, they are about ratings and the fact of a mysterious monster being mentioned

hundreds of years ago in some Explor's journal that sells so what did he really see

Andrew what do you know about this well I had to go back and look because I was like I

would have thought this would have been something found because we did a lot of research on Champlain before this.

It turns out Champlain did write about a massive creature he saw in the lake.

Yeah, if you recall from our, I believe it was either three, oh no, it was the hunting and fishing episode.

We actually mentioned a huge sea monster that weighs up to 300 pounds.

Yeah, it's a fish. Yes, it's a sturgeon. And yes, Champlain saw them and noted in his journal and said, there was a very big fish in this water. In this water. I don't know what it's called, but there is a big, creepy fish, and he left

it at that in his journal. And that's all it said. Now, that being said, it is misquoted. It's a thing I found

on the internet. I just googled Champlain, you know, Lake Monster. And all these things come up with

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