Lake County Dragon

The Lake County Dragon, called the Monster of Blue Lakes is in Lake County. Tales of the monster are different from person to person. It is also called the devil fish. Some think the animal is sometimes thought to be an oversized catfish. However early lore and depictions are of a dragon

It is said that the ground beneath Blue Lakes is so deep that it connects with other underwater tunnels and even the ocean. In fact, some people have even reported sightings in Clear Lake which is a large nearby lake. Interestingly, some people have said that they have gotten it on camera but the images I have seen are indecisive.

The Blue Lakes are east of Ukiah. It is said to be a "dragon-like creature, 20 feet long" which was reported in 1870, 1871 and 1872. In 1872 members of the local Pomo tribe saw the "dragon" and gathered at Temescal, at Quercus Ranch to conduct a Misha Dance in expecation of a terrible calamity. It is said to appear once a "century" and its appearance is said to signify dire news.

in 1872 the 'Monster of Blue Lakes' or also known as the 'Devil Fish' is sighted and in response the native Americans gather at temescal at Quercus Ranch to await an expected calamity (the Misha Dance). http://www.orgsites.com/ca/johnwaynepizzapubclub/_pgg8.php3

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An animated storyteller, Lizzie would later entertain her children with bedtime stories about the “Monster of Blue Lakes,” or “Devil Fish,”—which according to Native American tradition -inhabited clear lake. The devil fish was said to appear once a decade. Native Americans believed that if you laid eyes on it, bad luck would follow." Opal Whitely (was committed after being found

Adopted partent, Lizzie, told stories of lake monster. Native americans believed to see it was bad luck -

Play of Colors: The Legend of Opal Whiteley, by Germaine Cross http://books.google.com/books?id=PjgHDGOx004C&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22Monster+of+Blue+Lakes%22&source=bl&ots=S6H4OBWAQD&sig=Ghy1tSz8bIBuKqSQ3sCT6ssbEII&hl=en&ei=UxMwTfDaKIv2tgPZ1qWDBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAw#v=snippet&q=devil&f=false

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Mysterious creatures: a guide to cryptozoology, Volume 1

By George M. Eberhart

"Blue Lakes, east of Ukiah. A dragonlike animal, 20 feet long, was reported in 1870 and 1871. Hector Lee, Heroes, Villains and Ghosts: Folklore of Old California (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Capra Press, 1984), pp. 151-155 (This was obtained from http://books.google.com/books?id=z9gMsCUtCZUC&pg=PA680&lpg=PA680&dq=lake+county+california+blue+lakes+monster&source=bl&ots=JSZsmppjZZ&sig=5ST-Hd-pe6__ujUXGv5GhaXyHto&hl=en&ei=4oFMTZHjLIGqsAPymeS_Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=lake%20county%20california%20blue%20lakes%20monster&f=false )

Other major California Beasties

Tessie - Lake Tahoe, California is the home to a water creature known to the locals as Tessie. The snake-like creature is said to be over 60 feet in length with dark skin. There has been video tape of the creature swimming in the lake. The Washoe Indians had stories in the 1800's of a similar creature inhabiting the lake.

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Prairie-Falcon, Chicken-Hawk and the Monster has a female water monster named Shanwawa in it who grows furious at two hunters who strike her thieving baby in the eye.... link: http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/viewPage.cgi?showp&size&id=nai.14.book.00000263&volume=14#nav Her breath weapon is a huge sucking that pulls in her prey. They eat with loud slupring sounds. This is another Pomo Creature.

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water cougar takes a girl http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/viewPage.cgi?showp&size&id=nai.14.book.00000249&volume=14#nav