Minnesota – Lake Pepin Serpent
You’ve heard of the Loch Ness Monster. Well, Minnesota has its own great water…thing. It’s called The Lake Pepin Serpent, also known as Pepie. Many residents claim they’ve seen Pepie, and there’s a $50,000 reward for anyone who can get video recording of her. The first sighting was in 1871, and according to legend, the Dakota used thicker dugout canoes instead of birchbark when traveling on Lake Pepin due to large creatures in the lake who would put holes in the thinner birch canoes.Â
You missed the boat on New Jersey! THE JERSEY DEVIL is most definitely the official haunting creature of the Garden State. Long before NJ was even a state, the legend of the Jersey Devil began. It was the 13th child of Mrs Leeds, who had no desire for another baby. According to legend, she cursed the baby even before it was born. At its birth, the creature assumed otherworldly dimension and flew up the chimney of the home. Since then, the Devil regularly haunts the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, frightening all it encounters. On the eve of a National tragedy, the Devil is said to appear at many varied places in the state to warn of evils to come (most notably in December 1941, just before Pearl Harbor.)