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Sunday, December 08, 2013

CRYPTOLINK: Lake Norman Has Its Own Monster Myth

You’ve heard of the Loch Ness monster, but did you know that Lake Norman has its very own mythological monster? And his name is Normie.
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Credit lakenormanmonster.com
Normie has inspired T-shirts, boat tours, and his own children's book.
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Earlier this month, filmmakers of the History channel show, MonsterQuest, visited Lake Norman to check out the myth for a new series called Boogeymen. Matt Myers has been tracking fishing tales and monster sightings for much longer. He runs the websiteLakeNormanMonster.com, and he joined WFAE’s Ben Bradford to discuss Normie.

BRADFORD: Matt, who is Normie?
MYERS: We’d like to think that Normie is the friendly lake monster who lives in Lake Norman. If you visit the website you’ll see something an artistic rendition of him, sort of a Loch Ness monster-looking, with a nice little smile but we’re trying to make it kid friendly. It’s okay to swim in the lake.
BRADFORD: So, how did we end up having a mythological monster in the lake?
MYERS: That’s a very good question. Fishing’s always been a hobby of mine and I just started hearing tales of a big fish in Lake Norman, so I just decided to put up a small website and see if I could gather information.

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