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Nahuelito

Nahuelito is a lake monster purported to live in Nahuel Huapi Lake, Patagonia, Argentina. Like the Loch Ness Monster, it has been described as a giant serpent or a huge hump, as well as a plesiosaur.

In 1897, the Buenos Aires Zoo began to receive sporadic reports about a possible strange creature inhabiting the lake In 1910, George Garret worked at a company located near the Nahuel Huapi. Whilst navigating the lake he saw a creature about 400 meters away, the visible part of which was between 5 and 7 meters long and protruded about 2 meters above the water. Commenting on his experience with local people, Garret learned of similar stories told by the indigenous peoples.

The small lake where Garret claimed to have sighted the creature is known today as Laguna del Plesiosaurio (Plesiosaur's lagoon). In 1960, the Argentine Navy was said to have chased an unidentified underwater object in the lake for 18 days, without being able to identify it, which some people related to this alleged creature. In 1988, photos of the Nahuelito were published in a magazine. These were taken at a short distance with an analog camera, in which the object was near the coast of Bariloche. "It is not a log of whimsical shapes. It is not a wave. El Nahuelito showed his face." said a man, who did not reveal his name, in a letter he left with the photos.

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from An Atlas of Imaginary Beings Vol​.​2 - Argentina, released March 28, 2022

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