Creature spotted in Lake Murray
Scientists investigate latest sightings, reports
Posted 4/1/21
Special to the Chronicle
Have you seen this creature?
A team of Clemson University and University of South Carolina aquatic scientists need your help.
They are looking into …
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Creature spotted in Lake Murray
Scientists investigate latest sightings, reports
Murray the Monster makes annual appearance (Wikipedia photo)
Murray the Monster makes annual appearance (Wikipedia photo)
Posted
Special to the Chronicle
Have you seen this creature?
A team of Clemson University and University of South Carolina aquatic scientists need your help.
They are looking into reports of fresh sightings of a creature they call the Lake Murray Monster.
The creature has been described as large, long-necked, and with one or more humps protruding from the water.
Reports of the creature have varied.
"Murray the Monster” is the nickname for the reclusive beast that has lured spellbound tourists to Lake Murray.
Photographs and sonar readings have been disputed as possible hoaxes.
The scientific community regarded Murray as a phenomenon without biological basis.
They called the sightings "hoaxes, wishful thinking and misidentification of mundane objects."
But a spate of recent sightings has forced the scientific community to reconsider.
They are offering a $100 reward for the 1st photograph of the creature and where exactly on the lake it was spotted.
Murray does not appear to be dangerous and may even like people.
Murray was reported as recently as March this year.
Lake Murray historian Harman Fox Shealy reported seeing it near Bomb Island last Tuesday.
"The creature disported itself, rolling and plunging for fully a minute, its body resembling that of a whale with a long neck and serpent-like head," he said. "I feared he might swamp my boat but he seemed friendly."
A second report came from part-time journalist W. Wingard Wessinger who reported seeing it near the dam at Dreher Shoals.
"It was circling the towers having a good time," Wessinger said.
She said it appeared to be a large "beast" or "whale-like creature swimming in the water" that she saw while she and her husband John were driving across the dam about 7:15 am Wednesday.
How the creature got into the lake is a mystery the scientists hope to solve.
Some speculated it may have come into the lake from Newberry.
If you have a photo of it, please email it to us at ScoopBellune@yahoo.com
Cell phone camera photos are sufficient.
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