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A Beast of Myriad Forms: Researching the Bunyip

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Illustration of a "bunyip" from Childhood in Bud and Blossom; art by C.D. Richardson, 1900
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A Beast of Myriad Forms: Researching the Bunyip

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Image of a CGI crocodile from the TV movie Lake Placid vs Anaconda
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A Study in Monster-Movie Tropes: Lake Placid vs. Anaconda

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A giant snake attacks a boat in a scene from Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
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Monsters in the Jungle: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

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Photo of a green anaconda
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Queen of the River Monsters: The Anaconda

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River Monsters host Jeremy Wade holds up a muskellunge, caught in a Canadian lake
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A Real-World Lake Monster: River Monsters Goes Fishing at Eagle Lake

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Detail from the poster for Magic in the Water (1995) depicting a girl and the head of a lake monster in silhouette
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A Lake Monster With Corporate Sponsorship

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Viral photo taken in 2022 supposedly showing the head of Ogopogo, a cryptid found in Canada's Lake Okanagan
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Spirit of the Waters: Investigating the Creature of Lake Okanagan

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Canadian stamp showing an artist's depiction of the Ogopogo
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The Myth Goes On: Boogeymen Investigates the Ogopogo

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Okanagan Lake, Home of Ogopogo
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A Quick Survey of Canadian Lake Monsters

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She’s All That and Then Some: Steve Alten’s The Loch

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Angus (Alex Etel) sits beside a bathtub containing a juvenile water horse, in a scene from The Water Horse (2007)
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A Boy and His Monster: The Water Horse (2007)

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Dr. Jonathan Dempsey (Ted Danson) sits at an array of computers and sonar displays in Loch Ness (1996)
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Keeping the Mystery in Loch Ness (1996)

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