Cryptid researcher, Paul Cropper, has unearthed another gem with this painting from 2007 of Champ done by the famous Sandra Mansi who took a picture of the creature back in 1977. Compare this painting with the actual photo below. Paul thinks the painting is somewhat Brontosaurian in nature and Sandra may have used some dinosaur painting as guidance.
a signed copy of this would make a nice addition to my cryptid collection. perhaps I'll do a little digging and see what I can come up with...
ReplyDeletethis was for auction on ebay. sadly, the auction has ended. if Sandra Mansi sold her paintings commercially, I'm sure there would be a market for them.
DeleteIsn't it now accepted that Mansi's photo shows a log?
ReplyDeleteWell, my knowledge of Lake Champlain is a lot less than Loch Ness (to put it mildly). But it looks like a strange log to me in a pretty unstable position.
DeleteIt's a ferret in a rowing boat?
DeleteI believe our very own Mr Dinsdale has dissected the Mansi photo in some detail.
ReplyDeleteI was interested to learn how shallow the water is in that bay (10-15feet).
The photo does remind me of the australian one that appeared last year showing the half-sunken boat.
ReplyDeleteLike so many other lakes with a monster legend, Lake Champlain - said to be home to a monster locally called ‘Champ’ - has a river connection to it from the sea. Using Google Maps, we can trace its route from Sorel, on the southern bank of the St Lawrence River & in the Canadian province of Quebec, southwards to Lake Champlain in northern USA. The route from Sorel is southwards along the long but narrowish Richelieu River down to a small lake at Carignan & Chambly. This is to the east & not far from Montreal, which is on the opposite bank of the St Lawrence River.
The Richelieu River continues southwards from the small lake at Chambly, crossing the US-Canada border as it enters the long & wide Lake Champlain which is itself dissected by Vermont & New York State. Interestingly, there is a narrow creek that leaves Lake Champlain at Ticonderoga, which then quickly joins up with Lake George - which is close to Lake Champlain, to its south-west, & also quite wide & long.
Eels would certainly have a route from the sea to Lake Champlain, & potentially also potentially via the creek at Ticonderoga on to Lake George. So, could ‘Champ’ be a very over-grown eel?
Do eels actually have the ability to pick their head up in a curved fashion, as in Ms Mansi's photo?
ReplyDeleteI have always found the problem with Mansi's photo is that it truly looks like a real animal of some type - and her fiancée, Anthony Mansi, was a witness along with her two children. Not one of them has come forward to deny her story.