Most know of the Lake Champlain monster or Scotland's Loch Ness legend, but Wisconsin has its own lake serpent stories. In the late 1800s, sailors and fishermen on Sturgeon Bay reported seeing a massive, snake like creature swimming just below the surface. Some claimed it was 40 feet long, dark scaled, and capable of upending small boats. Newspapers of the time ran sensational headlines, and locals avoided certain stretches of water. Sightings tapered off in the early 1900s, but every few years, someone claims to see something unusual in the bay.