Friday, January 25, 2013

CRYPTOLINK: Toronto Urban Legends: The Great Serpent of Lake Ontario


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Every lake should have a monster, and Lake Ontario is no exception.
The truth behind the tales people tell about Toronto.

A sea serpent, spotted off the coast of Massachusetts in 1639. Image courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons.
Toronto summers can be hot and sticky, and it’s a pet peeve for residents that local beaches are sometimes off-limits to swimmers due to high levels of pollution. But what if it’s not just water quality that keeps us from frolicking in the waves? What if the powers-that-be don’t want us to know that the waters of Lake Ontario harbour something far more sinister than e coli—say, a gigantic monster with razor-sharp teeth and a taste for human flesh?
We can’t prove that this is what’s happening [Editor's Note: This is not what's happening.], but we do know that there’s been a long history of creature sightings in the waters off our shores.

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