Nahuelito

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Nahuelito

Creature

Name:	Nahuelito
AKA:	Nahuel Huapi Lake Monster
Classification
Grouping:	Cryptid
Sub grouping:	Lake monster
Data
First reported:	19th century
Country:	Argentina
Region:	Nahuel Huapi Lake, Patagonia,
Habitat:	Water
Status:	Unconfirmed

Nahuelito is a lake monster reported to live in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Patagonia, Argentina. It has been described as a giant serpent or a huge hump, as well as a plesiosaur. Press coverage for the creature began in 1922, but reports of Nahuelito extend well into the nineteenth century. The Buenos Aires Zoo has been attempting to collect evidence on the cryptid since 1922, but no consequential evidence was found.

On April 17, 2006 the local newspaper El Cordillerano [1] reported that an anonymous photographer dropped off two pictures of what he said is Nahuelito with a note that read "It is not a twisted tree trunk. It is not a wave. Nahuelito has shown his face. Lake Nahuel Huapi, Saturday April 15, 9 o’clock. I’m not giving out my personal information in order to avoid future headaches" [2]