Utah's 250,000-Year-Old Bear Lake Has A Monster?-Documentary
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Destination Spots at Bear Lake
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*Cody's Gastro Garage: tinyurl.com/y6tlkchc
*Hometown Drive In: tinyurl.com/yy36754r
*Moose Buns: tinyurl.com/y4tzar9k
*Water's Edge Resort at Bear Lake: tinyurl.com/yxpz6dtq
Fun Bear Lake Monster Resources
*Kelly Steele's Children's Book: amzn.to/3gMu4Nb
*Bear Lake Monster T-Shirts: amzn.to/3gBLLQr
*Bear Lake ABC Children's Book: amzn.to/3iN49aJ
KSL TV Reporting: tinyurl.com/yywsvdyb
Bear Lake Monster Movie: tinyurl.com/y2wqkc6j
Bear Lake Monster Facebook Page: tinyurl.com/y2b3w9ee
Bear Lake Monster Images
Ominous Bear Lake Monster Painting: tinyurl.com/y3ysc4s9
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Bear Lake Monster History Resources
Utah State University's Digital Archive: tinyurl.com/yxwwta3b
Utah State University's Folklore Department: tinyurl.com/yyhv9mgl
Local Newspaper Articles: tinyurl.com/y3b9uqjj
Other News Stories: tinyurl.com/y62jl86n
*"Flickering Memories: Folklore in the Bear Lake Valley" Book: amzn.to/2UhLqtC
*"Joseph C. Rich, Versatile Pioneer" Book: amzn.to/3xwfH6d
*"Land of the Sky-Blue Water" Book: amzn.to/2PtCAVd
*"Lost Landscapes: Utah's Ghosts, Mysterious Creatures, and Aliens" Book: amzn.to/3wESRJI
*"Episodes of Mormon Mytery" Book: amzn.to/3gIslZ1
*"They Made Mormon History" Book: amzn.to/3wCFARH
"The Legend of the Bear Lake Monster" Book: tinyurl.com/y5uacdkr
Bear Lake Geology and Biology Resource: tinyurl.com/y639vr54
Joseph C. Rich | Church History: tinyurl.com/y4vxf7yr
Joseph C. Rich | Family History: tinyurl.com/y24h85a7
Despite the quaint charm of Garden City or the fact that hundreds of thousands of tourists visit the eerie blue waters of Bear Lake every year, there is a dark, mysterious secret swimming below the surface. The Bear Lake Monster has always been shrouded in mystery, and rumors of a monster have been floating around since at least the 1800s. Stories were passed down by early pioneer settlers and maybe even the native people before them. This documentary explores the history, science, and reported sightings surrounding the Bear Lake Monster.
Joseph C. Rich was the first pioneer settler to report sightings of a monster to the Deseret News. Little did he know that Bear Lake is estimated by scientists to be millions of years old. Bear Lake has four endemic fish species that are not found anywhere else in the world and some feel it's very likely there are undiscovered species, maybe even some sort of monster. The latest reported sighting that we know of occurred in 2018 and all the details of that sighting are featured in this video. Does the Bear Lake Monster really exist? Watch this documentary and decide for yourself.
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For someone with 40 subscribers, this is a surprisingly really good documentary. U should really do more
Thank you! I appreciate that. I plan to do more.
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures it was good enough to capture my attention for all of it.
@@jquest43 Thank you! :)
I was searching for videos on Bear Lake and I was pleasantly surprised to find such a high production value -- especially because of the dearth of videos about Bear Lake, let alone the Bear Lake monster!
@@davidweikle9921 Thank you! I so much appreciate it :)
Canoeing at night that’s scary enough
Went diving there once and hit an insane thermocline at 60' and it was such a separation that swimming down at a 45°-60° inclination you would have one half of your body at least 20° colder than the other half.
That's interesting! Thanks for sharing.
In 1938 a coelacanth - a fish believed to be extinct for 60 million years -- was caught off South Africa. So if a fish 60 million years old. Is still alive, why can't
Other species?
I love it. Thanks for your comment!
If there is something ancient in bear lake, it really would have to be a fish. Aquatic reptiles breathe air and would be sighted fairly often if they were in the lake.
We used to let live in Laketown on the east shore one summer my dad and uncle were fishing off the shore of sweetwater and the boat started swaying back and forth they looked over the side and what they described was about 50 to 60 long 15 feet in diameter and moving under the water like a snake they got so scared that they rushed back to the house beached the boat ( and at the time it was one of the fastest small boats you could own ) they were white as ghosts they had us pack up and move back to salt lake and sold our house there and we have not been back since ... I have not seen it but my dad who has never lied to me and who I have never seen that scared before or since says he did and I absolutely believe him !
Wow!! Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for sharing. Do I have your permission to pass this along to Utah State University's folklore archives? I wish I could have interviewed you, your dad, or your uncle for my documentary. If what you're saying is true, one indication to me that they could be telling the truth is that they sold their property and moved as a result of that experience. Unless they were lying and/or there really was some other reason to sell their house, people don't often take that drastic of a measure without a good reason. With that said, I really would love to hear what anyone else has to say about this story ...
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures yes of course
Ian McDonald recovered an eel tooth from a deer carcass at Loch Ness that equated to an eel 60ft long with a 6ft maw, larger than a T Rex
@@uncannyvalley2350where can I read about that
I saw it 10 years ago. Me my mom and my grandma, we were driving on the east side of the lake some wherein the middle. I looked out my window and there was this black hump. It was about 100 yards away from the road the water was vary high in 2009. You could see the water going over it. My mom saw it ad she almost drove in to the lake lucky my grandmother yelled at my mom. And that's my encounter my family still goes up there every summer but I don't swim in the lake anymore and I don't let the kids go out to far.
Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience, Ellie.
Of course, because a black hump in the water is _always_ a monster. Can’t be anything else! Skeptics are so stupid.
@Gerald Moody You seem to qualify.
@@darkprose evolution is threatened,quick,call out the paid loser trolls for disinfo
Yea okay bud
I like how the local merchants mentioned what they were selling while talking about the monster.😁
Any opportunity to make a profit, right?
I am from Victoria,B.C my name is Aleesha (Christina,Groves). I have seen actual caucuses at cadboro bay, they look like they have a camel head, also baby ones too. it is very ignorant to deny that these animals exist,i have seen with my own eyes creatures that I never found documented.who would believe me?, until I had someone with me to say they too saw it.it seems like when I speak of it I then see it.almost always now
Wow! Thanks for sharing Alessha. I'm the one who made this documentary. Thanks for sharing your story, what a story! I can imagine it would be a shocking experience to see such carcasses washed up like that. Did you ever get any pictures?
It is ignorant but most peole are, so that's not really surprising. I believe you. I know they're real. Too many people have seen them for them not to be. They're not all mistakes.
I love bear lake & the towns raspberries ice cream shakes are world renoun. The water temp are always surprising warmer than you would think & it seems like it stays shallow off the beach for a long way out. I've swam in it several times & when I heard there was a rumor of a bear lake monster I thought ya right. But hearing that guy talk about the species of fish that are only in this lake as well as jelly fish & how old the lake is. It makes it very interesting.
Thanks for sharing! I love Bear Lake as well. I totally agree. What an amazing vacation spot? I made this documentary and honestly, I don't know what's in the lake that we don't know, but that won't stop me from continuing to visit Bear Lake every year and enjoying. I love the lake! Thanks again for your comments!
"There were two or three of us or maybe four."
Great memory pal.
I'm glad you caught that! Memories are for sure fallible. That's one thing that diminishes eyewitness evidence for sure, unless they were careful to document their experiences shortly afterwards in some way. At least we have this documentary to document something, however late it may be.
Have you ever listened to this podcast episode about flash bulb memories? Very fascinating! revisionisthistory.com/episodes/24-free-brian-williams
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures no I haven't
15:07 Keep in mind she’s relating the story secondhand, yet she has the enthusiasm as if she experienced this herself. This is how urban legends get passed around and believed.
My urban legend . . .
Sometime near the year 2000 I remember canoeing at night on the Hudson River Downstream from the Tappan Z bridge. Suddenly, to my right, a large black form appeared without a sound, rocking the canoe side to side. It was very disturbing and shocking since there was no warning of anything approaching me. Specially something that huge. There was no sound except for the water slapping the boat indicated that this monster was very close. It had blocked out the light from the NJ side. Suddenly I identified the attacker, I had just about been run over by a tug pushing about three barges. No lights, no sounds until the tugboat actually churned by.
Great point! Thanks for sharing! That is an interesting story and there’s no doubt there are alternative explanations for all the experiences in this documentary.
Oh cool, so we can dismiss your evidence based on our feelings
Good to know
Great video,very informative and well done,thanks.
You've got a great voice for narrating. Nice work on this, bro. Much appreciated!
I will pass that along to the narrator, Jameson Smith. Thanks!
Wonderfully made short documentary about this mystery. Thank you to whoever made it and posted it.
Thank you! I made it. I really appreciate your comment. :)
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures Well done,.Sir.
I've had an interest in cryptozoology and particularly lake monsters for most of my life, but I'd never so much as heard of this one before. This was a great little documentary. Always good to learn something new! ❤️
Those raspberry shakes are so good.. great video too.
They are good. Thanks!
Outstanding video! Spent my whole life in Rich County. very educational.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. Please feel free to share it with friends and family from Rich County or anyone else you think may enjoy it.
ooh very thrilling, I might have to mark this destination on a map to see the beast myself perhaps! Really well made documentary, nice job!
Thank you! I'm so glad you found the video thrilling. Please do mark this destination on a map. I go visit every year. I made another video on my channel about things to do while you're there: th-cam.com/video/0xJyqzz8mpM/w-d-xo.html
Great video! But only 300 subscribers? Hopefully the algorithm starts recommending this more.
Thanks! I love producing. I hope to have more opportunities to produce and tell some compelling stories in the future.
Never heard of this monster or lake but its very much like our monster champ in lake champlain here in Vermont
Awesome! Thanks for the comment. I'll have to look up that lake monster.
Yep. Almost like there's more than one of these things... 😉
Thanks for a great production and captivating topic.
Instant sub from me!
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Thank you! You are too kind. I really appreciate your compliment. I wish I had more videos produced and ready to release on this channel. I've been wrapped up in doing videos for other clients as well as a new job I started near the beginning of the pandemic ... maybe someday I can produce and release more on this channel. I really appreciate it!
Excellent 👍 VERY well done! I'll be sharing this.
You are so awesome! Thank you so much for sharing it. Let me know if you need anything else from me.
They put dye in Beat Lake and the dye showed up on Moon Lake and a few others.
Supposed to be Lake Monsters in Beat and Moon lake...
Really? That is interesting. How did you find out about that? Do you have links with more information or sources? I'd be interested to look at them.
Bear lake isn't 'dyed' XD. That caribbean color is natural.
Very fun documentary! Great video!
It was such a fun documentary to make and I learned so many interesting things! Thanks so much, Dallin!
It's a MONSTER, but "it's dear to our hearts".
As a Utahn I formally approve.
I'm so glad your approve! :)
"I have a masters degree in science"
... which science?
Mr. Frank Smith is a local school teacher in the area. I would be happy to put you in contact directly with him if you have any questions. I'm not sure what science he focussed on with his degree. It's true, he has a master's degree, but that's not necessarily the reason I chose to interview Mr. Smith. When he contacted me about information and ideas he had regarding the Bear Lake Monster, what I felt made him a great fit for this documentary were two facts: one) he allows his students to do reports on the Bear Lake Monster every year and debate with each other their thoughts on the Bear Lake Monster and two) he has done his own personal research on the Bear Lake Monster in the past, including studying information at Utah State University's folklore archives. He didn't get a degree in folklore, lake monster, or anything like that, but I think Mr. Smith does an excellent job at qualifying everything he says. For example, he tells us doesn't necessarily believe there is a monster in the lake, but he says, "I absolute believe there could be." He tells us he has a master's degree in science to explain to us why he is so open to all the possible explanations, but doesn't try to pass himself off as an expert in any one particular field. Thanks for your comment!
Beast documentary I have ever seen
Thank you, Vanessa! That is so kind of you.
Wow! great video
Thanks, Eugenie! I appreciate it.
Monster are very good for business 😉 good vidéo
Ha ha! That’s true. There’s no doubt it contributes to business in area. Thanks for your comment!
They are but they're also real.
@@dextermorgan1 off course they are 😉
Look for videos about oceans underneath the continents. Supposedly there are cavern entrances from both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that connect to the Oceans under the continents. In those videos they say submarines traverse these oceans. One notable one supposedly opens up near San Diego. This underwater ocean stretches to Utah and Colorado. There could be animals we don't know about using these places.
Interesting. I have never heard of that. I’ll have to look into it. Thanks for you comment!
Well made video
Thanks for your comment! I'm so glad you liked the documentary! Thank you for your email as well, including the incredible video you sent. For the first time ever, I feel like I finally was able to "see" what these eye witnesses I interviewed (or researched) said they saw. I would love for others to watch this video and tell me what they think. Be critical. Let's get to the bottom of this if we can, even if the bottom is deep down.
th-cam.com/video/zrlluQXM78Q/w-d-xo.html
Very cool!
Thanks, Kyle! I really appreciate it.
Why do people see it and not know the story? People have heard of sea serpents and fill in the blanks .I have seen this at work . I have a place on a back bay and one night two fins shot up ; a neighbor started yelling sea serpent. I said no two dogfish chasing crabs near traps. I see them all the time and have been within three feet of them. Response : "What's a dogfish ?"
Good point! Thanks for your comment.
Nice documentary.
ace of spades Thank you! I appreciate it greatly.
MERCI BEAUCOUP POUR VÔTRE DOCUMENTAIRE...JE LE REGARDE DEPUIS LA FRANCE🙂👍👋
Merci d'avoir regardé depuis Fance ! 😊
i *subscribed* cuz i believe this channel will produce alot of cryptozoology videos in the future ... keep it coming bruh
Thanks for subscribing! If I could raise the money, it would be super fun to do more documentaries like these. There is a lot of local folklore. I would love to tell more of these stories.
There are carp in bear lake that can grow as huge as a monstrous catfish. Those things are scary enough.
i wonder if theres a lake in america that doesnt have a tourist attraction monster???
That would actually be interesting to know. I wonder what percentage of popular lakes have lake monster in the United States. It's not every lake. Wikipedia has a pretty big list (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lake_monsters), but it's a minority of lakes in comparison to the hundreds of lakes in the United States. My initial guess would be anywhere from 25 to 45% of the lakes in the United States are alleged to have a lake monster. Again, that's just a total guess.
Those ancient sea monsters will never show themself to us
You're right. Neither do some other animals: th-cam.com/video/-m86o6tVTyM/w-d-xo.html
I'm not necessarily saying that I believe in the Bear Lake Monster, but elusiveness is not a quality that disqualifies a species being real or not.
People want to know if this kind of creature have magical power or medicine that will make people stay young.
In Chinese culture they said that the horn of the dragon will bring you luck and have magical power, like the horn of the rhino, people say is good for medicine.
@@specialperson6006 Wow! That is really fascinating. Thanks for sharing. I love ancient cultures, folklore, and mythical (and magical) things. Dragons are interesting because, like lake monsters, they have potential ties back to prehistoric origins. Thanks for sharing! This would make some fun video ideas and storytelling for sure, regardless of whether it's proven real or not.
Good video
impossible speeds: boy is that scary 😱 never had an encounter
I live there never seen it and it max deep is about 300 feet but there is caves
Thanks for the comment! That is fascinating ...
Animals can have gigantism or acromegaly just like us humans can. I think some of the monster are known critters that are suffering from some kind of medical condition. Just my opinion.
Wow! What an interesting theory. I haven't thought of that before. Thanks for your comment!
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures it’s a very “out there” theory. Eyewitnesses describe creatures that look like known animals only much, much bigger. Just assume for 1 min the eye witnesses truly saw what they claim to have seen, what could it be? Maybe a new species, but in order for a new species to survive there would have to be a population and these sightings are too few for a population. What else? A random, giant specimen among the regular sized animals? If so, what would cause a random giant specimen? In humans, we have random giants aka people with acromegaly. Why not in lake animals? It’s a long shot, but it is a possibility.
@@Lily_of_the_Forest Thanks again for your comments. I love it! Like I said, I had never heard of this, but it's a nice theory.
No lake monster franchise is complete without some plesiosaur pictures and t-shirts with prints to go along with all those anecdotes told by local shopkeepers and hotel owners.
It makes it fun, doesn't it? Sometimes stories are more fun than reality. Maybe we'll discover what people are seeing at the lake some day. Until then, local legends, stories, and folklore are a lot of fun!
maybe these alleged creatures come above water when its dark so thus not many sightings
Could be ... Thanks for your comment! Brent Brunson and his daughter (eyewitnesses featured in the documentary) said they saw the monster in the middle of the day though.
8:14 unfortunately this isn't true. Assuming the Bear Lake Monster is an aquatic reptile like usually depicted, it periodically has to come to the surface for air, meaning that people would have a much greater chance of seeing it.
In any case, very nice job with the documentary!
Excellent point! I didn't think of that. Thanks, Jacob, for sharing. I'm also glad you liked the documentary.
Keep in mind, it could be something like giant eel as well ;)
www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-49495145
Eels are extremely mysterious: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/silky-love
Most aquatic reptiles can come up to breath exposing only their nostrils, this is irrelevant, esp when we don't even know what it is
Wrong.
Amphibian
Zoology: Find animals, study them.
Cryptozoology: Study animals, find them later. Maybe. We’ll get back to you.
Ha ha! That's a clever and succinct way to put it. Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you watched my documentary. I am not a zoologist or a cryptozoologist, but I had a lot of fun learning about the geology of Bear Lake, folklore, and talking to eyewitnesses and skeptics. It was a fun experience!
The best lake monster on the lake is the Burger Boat!
Ha ha! What's the Burger Boat? I'm unfamiliar.
Its strange how many places have lake monsters but i have no clue howd itd even be possible for one to exist
Hi Logan, I'm the one who made this documentary. I like what the geologist we interviewed said: "the smaller the water body, the most implausible it is ..." I'm not sure if I'm quoting him perfectly, but you probably watched it and heard that quote yourself. Personally, I believe it seems likely for us to discover new species within Bear Lake, given the information included in the documentary. Does that mean we'll find a lake monster? I just don't know. It seems implausible. Do you have any other thoughts? I'd love to hear more of your insights.
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures hello Matthew well i think that the fact that there are so many sightings of them is significant but water plays with the eyes ik that doesnt mean anything tho but im more of a sasquatch guy myself still very interesting and tbh i think all the marine reptiles died doesnt mean theres not a sea monster tho idk what itd be
@@Wemissjericho Thanks again for you comment. I totally see your point. It sure is fun to think about though, and I had a blast making this documentary! I think there's enough evidence to continuing looking into what people are seeing. For me there's not enough evidence to convince me that a lake monster exists ... at least not yet.
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures your welcome and i see ur point to yea i feel the same abt sasquatch only heard him a couple times and seen some weird tracks and just weird stuff in the woods lol but idk if i truly believe yet… either but i just need some more weird shi to happen some more lol
How could that witness not be aware of the bear lake monster when the entire town and area is engulfed with that kind of promotion??
Hi Renee, thanks for your comment! I'm not sure who you are referring to. There were two of the eye witnesses who were unfamiliar with the Bear Lake Monster.
1. Mike Havertz had the experience he talked about in 1977, well before the Bear Lake Monster became as well promoted over "the entire town" in the way that it is today.
2. Brent Bruson and his daughter witnessed whatever they did four to five years ago. They are from Texas. Not being from a nearby town (let alone a nearby state), they had never heard of the monster story.
Finally, I am from Utah (only a couple hours a way from Bear Lake). Growing up, I knew friends who had family cabins at or near the lake. I went to the lake a couple times myself before I had even heard of the Bear Lake Monster. I only heard of the concept of a monster in the lake shortly before I made this documentary. I simply never noticed the few shops that sold Bear Lake Monster t-shirts, even though I had been to town to buy raspberry shakes. I love Moose Buns, a local coffee shop that sells Bear Lake Monster sugar cookies. But, Moose Buns simply did not exist when I went to the lake the first couple of times. I simply never noticed or knew anything about the monster legend until later. If I remember right, my first time being exposed to the idea of a "monster" in the lake was when I picked up a map of the lake. I noticed the faint design of a monster in the lake on that map. Then, I started asking around. Later, I found out about the t-shirts and other merchandise.
Even at that point, when I asked locals, here are questions I often asked. "Where does this lake monster story come from? What is the original legend?"
Do you know what people told me when I asked those questions? They didn't know! I asked the locals I personally knew. No one could tell me the original story.
That's one of the main factors that motivated me to make this documentary. I wanted to tell a story that was largely unknown, even by many locals!
I believe this documentary probably spurred on even more commercialization of the Bear Lake Monster. I know this documentary has helped educate thousands of people on the origins of the Bear Lake Monster folklore. However, that still doesn't mean that everyone who visits Bear Lake is familiar with the stories. I would venture to guess that MOST people in Utah and Idaho still are unaware of the idea of a Bear Lake Monster. That extends to states like Texas with even more unfamiliarity.
I don't know if you live nearby. If not, maybe you are planning to visit Utah or Idaho at some point. Ask Utahans and Idahoans yourself. See what response you get. Tell me what you learn. Maybe it's more well known now. I'd be curious to read about the results you get.
Because that promotion is not real
I worked for a summer at bear lake and there was no monster merchandise in any store i went in
Very few locals knew about it when i asked around
People from the east will believe as a water dragon who rules the lake. But I am more likely toward that just to prevent people from diving, the monster legend story was created.
I don't know how many people went diving in 1868 (2:57). What do you think? Thanks for your comment!
Why do so many lake monsters look like the Loch Ness monster??
I see at least two possible explanations:
1. If a real, undiscovered, large, aquatic species exists, from an evolutionary perspective, it could trace back to a common ancestor or all be a part of the same family. In essence, they are all similar creatures.
2. If these monsters are simply nothing more than tall tales and myths, it could also follow that the conception and communication of one mythical creature has captured such a hold on others' imaginations and the culture at large that others are purposely and/or subconsciously replicating it. The Loch Ness Monster is one of the oldest, if not the oldest; maybe others familiar with that story are copying it or imagining they are seeing something similar at other lakes.
Either way, it is interesting to note that these creatures also bear resemblance to what scientists show us prehistoric aquatic creatures looked like (www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/real-sea-monsters). Another question you may consider asking is why does the Loch Ness Monster and other monsters look so similar to prehistoric aquatic creatures? I personally see multiple possible explanations for that as well.
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures A very impressive and thought-provoking response, Matthew. Thank you.
I have never seen the bear lake monster even tough I visit almost every year
going up to visit in a few days
gonna keep my good sharp pocket knife (the kind that can actually draw blood) on me while I'm in the canoe
just in case
Thanks for your comments. I don't think you have too much to worry about. You are safe. As I pointed out in the documentary, Bear Lake usually gets hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Most of those never see a lake monster and out of the eyewitnesses who have seen something strange, very few have reported any personal damage or hardship. Thanks again for your comments!
What I saw had no discernable or projected head but one long continuous neck sticking maybe 15 ft out of the water
This is something you saw? 15 feet out of the water?
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures yes, 12 to 15 feet out of the water, dark maybe black moving quickly across the Puget Sound Bay off San Juan Island WA, I wasn't close enough to see any eyes or mouth but there were definitely no humps or coils, it came to rest in open water & I could watch it for aprox 1 minute when it very rapidly submerged, I saw it again 2 days later in the exact same spot until it quickly went under the water again, this was some 10yrs ago & I've looked for it many times since but never saw it again, I can't say for sure what I saw but Caddy/ Cadborosaurus has been seen in these waters by many people over the years
@@JEFFIE-jp6kj Wow!! Thanks so much for sharing your experience here in the comments. I hope others find it interesting as well.
everyone has a smartphone but not one grainy blurred out of focus picture??
Hey Richard, very good point! I am the one who made this documentary. I actually totally agree. If it/they exist, why aren't there more pictures? I interviewed one woman who said she knew a man with a pictures, but I never ended up seeing it. Brent Brunson (one of the eye witnesses I interviewed) said he was in such shock and it happened so quickly that he just didn't have time to get out his phone. He was kind of kicking himself afterwards for that. I wonder though, would blurry pictures really convince anyone? We have a lot of people who claim to have some good pictures-and even video footage-of big foot, but that hasn't convinced skeptics or most scientists. Now, let me be clear, I'm not necessarily convinced that big foot or the Bear Lake Monster exists. I'm just a video producer/documentary filmmaker after compelling stories. I do think these are good points to consider though. Thanks for your comment!
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures your documentary was quite well done. i like to keep an open mind on a lot of things but getting cynical as i get older, been there done that syndrome. Keep up the great work.
Worked a summer there while traveling
Almost no one there knew about the monster and there was no stores selling monster merchandise
I’m sorry you never came across the merchandise. My favorite are the Bear Lake Monster sugar cookies at Moose Buns.
They also often have the Bear Lake Monster hiding somewhere on their maps for tourists.
I suspect that it is the same type of creature as the great sea monster and the lockness monster and all of these famous sea monsters living in lakes all around the world of which there around a dozen and I suspect that it is an eel. I am not the first to suggest this, this theory was created in the 1800s and several people who have seen these animals claim that they are eels. Eels can live for hundreds of years and grow all their lives, so they can likely grow huge over time. Eels don't have ears but they have fins close to the head that looks like ears. This is also why the monsters come and go. They are always there it is just that a few of them occasionally grow huge and most don't
The biggest eels on official record have been around 10 feet long. Officially, on record, eels can live to around 100 years old. Yet, there is so much science has yet to discover about eels! They are incredibly fascinating and shrouded in mystery. What you said makes sense and tends to be the explanation I lean towards the most. I really have no idea though.
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures I don't know for sure either, but my money would be on either an eel, or a catsfish.
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The creature is half bear, half lake and half monster.
Ha ha! I love it.
Can you send me the link where I talk about jet skiing?
Yes! I'm planning to send out raw interview clips later this week or early next week.
I also just want anyone reading this comment to know that Kelly Steele (the children's author featured in this documentary) has many of his books on Amazon available to buy. The Bear Lake Monster book can be found here:
*Kelly Steele's Children's Book: amzn.to/36fF27J
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures love it! Thank you!
Might be good for Afew tourist to come visit but there is definitely no sea creature in that lake
Thanks for your comment!
This is what happens when a town has nothing to provide other than promotion of a mythical creature, they need to bring in the tourists somehow.
Great way to attract the tourists. IF there is something in the water its contemporary and not ancient.
Well, according to my understanding of what scientists say, I guess we’re all contemporary, right? Every living thing is a product of its ancestors’ DNA, including the endemic species living in Bear Lake. I thought the part about how old the lake is and the endemic species in the lake was the most fascinating part of this documentary.
@Matthew Havertz I didn't mean to sound condescending matthew. I mean like the Loch ness monster. Everyone wants to believe. There's some sort of prehistoric throwback that somehow survived millions of years in spite of the cataclysmic earth changes that has taken place between them and now. But you are right when you infer that we are all contemporary. It would be extremely fascinating to find an unknown or unidentified species but to say that it's a descendant of species that Dates back millions of years in earth history is something of a stretch. This was a very interesting video though. Good think piece.
@@Dbusdriver71 Sure! That's an absolutely reasonable position. Thanks for sharing!
I heard that it hunts on land but people say it has fins how does it travel or on google it has webbed feet so yes I think there's monster but it either hunts in water or land or both
Interesting! Thanks for sharing, Derek. I am the one who made this documentary. I do believe I came across information of people claiming the creature comes up on land. However, I was not able to talk to any eyewitnesses myself who made that claim. I also wasn't able to validate the accounts I did read about that. Who knows? If a large aquatic creature does exist in or around the lake, maybe it does go on land and in the water. Hopefully we'll find out some day. Until then, it's really fun to think about it and it's fun to read and hear the eyewitness accounts as well as listen to the skeptics. What a fun topic, right?
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures thank you for telling me so much
Reward I will subscribe and like in every video
@@derekchavez2175 Thank you! I'll let you know when another video comes out. Hopefully, someday, we'll be able to produce another documentary on folklore. I loved doing this one! :)
good documentary but I felt like the sound effects were over the top at certain points and the music didn’t really fit the atmosphere of the video at times
Thanks! Wow, that is really interesting. Did it look smooth like what some of the eyewitnesses here describe? Or, was it too far away to tell?
It's all fun until he eats someone.
I went through the police academy with Scott Tolentino.
That's great! I hope you enjoyed the documentary. If you want to watch the whole interview with Scott, you can: th-cam.com/video/NjUeQ-_mPCM/w-d-xo.html
I seriously doubt there's any kind of monster there, but it was a really good documentary.
Thanks for your comment! Thanks for watching the documentary. Do you have any opinion on what the eyewitnesses are seeing? I am not convinced there is a monster in the lake either, but I do feel like the eyewitnesses saw some interesting phenomena.
Interviewed a Guy in Logan Utah that Saw it
I would be very interested in that story! Can you tell me more?
My friend said that his friend is a driver and he said that his friend saw a creatures at 5hebotton when he saw them he got so scared hecswam so fastvyp and tried to tell everyone what he saw he saw a creature with big fish with big teeth it seemed to be more of them, it opened iits mouth and growed at him, it was as big as a car or more,
Thanks for sharing and commenting. I hope you enjoyed the video!
15:10 get a cutie to say anything - I'll believe it
Anyone remember that Lost Tapes episode on Animal Planet?
Yes, I watched that. I think it is available to buy or rent on Amazon Prime.
some people did say they saw a family meaning a small group might be out there
Yes, great point, donkeykonh64 2. Thanks for highlighting that!
I can buy an extinct sea creature existing in the ocean but a lake is too much of a stretch.The only way I see a creature living in a lake is if someone found it somewhere else and dumped it in there.
You have a really great point! Some of the experts we interviewed (the geologist and biologist) made similar points. I think one of them said something like, "The larger the creature and the smaller the water body, the more implausible or unlikely it is to discover something new."
I’ve been to Lake Champlain, where another monster is said to live.
Wow! I'd love to hear stories. Did you see or hear anything?
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures Liz von muggenthaller interview on rense.com archives she got echolocation from several animals.
Dennis jay hall interview s on rense.com he's got vids
I enjoyed the documentary is quite good but the "witnesses" just aren't very convincing. It's not important for there to be a monster for it to be an entertaining video and this was an entertaining video.
Absolutely agreed! Thank you! I did not set out to make this documentary in order to prove or disprove that some large unknown aquatic species exists or not. I love documentary filmmaking, and I set out to tell an engaging story. I’m glad you appreciate it. I also really love folklore and local legends. I knew about the Bear Lake Monster concept for a while, but had no idea where the stories originated from. That’s what I wanted to really learn and uncover: the original story. The fact that I actually found some eyewitnesses along the way, just made everything all the better! Let me also mention that I have no reason at all to believe the eyewitnesses are lying. Really. In fact, I completely cut out one interview I did because of reliability issues. You can also see many of the full-length interviews I did on my TH-cam channel. Now, I’m not claiming that these people saw a monster. Not am I claiming that eyewitness evidence is enough to prove the existence of a new species. I don’t know what these people are really seeing, but I do believe they are sincere.
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures I agree that they are sincere. I'm an old man now but in my younger days I did a bit of scuba diving and went into areas where lake/river monsters have been reportedly seen. I never found anything but had a great time looking. I would always find an eyewitness or two if I could, and by and large I think most really believed they saw what they claimed. I wonder if there are any sturgeon in Bear Lake? I think some of these sightings are very likely sturgeon. The sturgeon a few decades ago was rare or totally absent from over fishing in lakes and rivers across the country. Thanks to great conservation efforts they are not only coming back but are growing to very large proportions. Take a 10 foot long sturgeon and toss in some excitement, and imagination takes over and next thing you know it's a monster. I really enjoyed the video and only wish I'd known about Bear Lake when I was younger. Keep up the great work!
@@bitemoi8681 Interesting theory! Thanks for sharing. That would be cool to learn about large sturgeon in Bear Lake! Personally, I think something like that would be just as cool. Another possibility I’ve heard thrown around could be some very large eel species. That would be cool too! Or, maybe there’s some other natural phenomenon that explains all the sightings that isn’t an aquatic animal at all.
Deeper still, beneath the sediment even.
My theory being when cephalopods became landlocked to the lake they had to evolve. I guarantee if you went feet underneath you'd find some of these evolved horrors.
Interesting idea! Thanks for share. Regardless of whether we could prove that true or not, that would make a great horror movie.
Make it available in Canada
Thanks! Let me know if you know how to do so. I did not purposely restrict it from any countries.
... wait, did the moose see it?
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Really enjoyed the short, but can't find the full film on Prime? Is it USA only?
Mysteries & Monsters It should be on Prime soon. There is a link in the description that takes you to the full film on TH-cam. That link will change once it is on Prime. 😊
@@MelissaMarieHavertz Thank you very much. I look forward to seeing the full movie.
Let us know if you have troubles finding on Amazon Prime now? It should be there if you search for the title. Thanks!
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures Marvellous, I will check it out later. :)
Actually this is the first I heard of
Well, I'm glad my documentary was what introduced you to it. I hope you enjoyed it! :)
TAHOE LAKE MONSTER DEEP CREATURE 🥺🤔 🇧🇷
Sod Amazon prime!
Help me Nao tr to find this thing. I have been dedicated on this forever.
Thanks for your comment! What have you found in the time you've been dedicated to this? Also, are you talking about Nao, the singer?
Its a husky musky ?
What's that? Tell me more.
Does every lake have a fucking monster now ?
Who else is now watching this because of the dead creature that recently washed up?
I haven't seen that. Can you send over a link?
But then there are animals that live in and out of water as well as animals that have to come to the surfaces for breathing air. Its possible!!!!!
That is true. I have heard a couple people theorize that could be the case. I get the sense that most people believe, if the Bear Lake Monster exists, that it's a purely aquatic creature/species, but you never know ...
u could use sonar and scan the entire lake to prove there is nothing in the water exept fish
Hey Jon, I'm the one that made this documentary. I think that would be a great starting point. Good thoughts! Thanks for commenting.
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures no problems i like the documentary it was pretty cool I like to learn about stuff like this
Sinister? Why? Did it eat someone?
digital.lib.usu.edu/digital/collection/bearlakemon/id/588/rec/36
Obviously something is wrong here this man just said in the middle of January in -20° weather he saw this monster swimming…. Bear lake is frozen four months out of the entire year January is one of the months…. If you didn’t see that…
Hi Wade, thanks for your comments! I'm grateful for you critically evaluating my documentary. I welcome that! I want people to point out inconsistencies. I want people to debate it. I want to hear all perspectives. I will be totally honest when I say I don't know if I'm convinced there is a large, undiscovered aquatic species in Bear Lake. But, I sure had a lot of fun trying to capture all the stories here. I don't know what people are seeing at Bear Lake. All I can do is share the stories as I found them, and people have really claimed to see strange things, including in the middle of winter. Here are two stories I was given as examples:
"Was working for my brother, building homes in Sweetwater Resort above golf course south of lake in 1980. It has great views of lake from up there. On a snow stormy day in winter, I looked out an upstairs window and told the crew there was some dummy on the lake in a sail boat because I saw what I thought was a mast sticking up from a boat. They came to the window and I turned back to point it out...it was gone! My older brother jokingly said, it must have been the Bear Lake Monster. I've heard of it previously from a family friend in the 70's but wasn't thinking of it at the time."
"Alonzo Howland Cook (1855-1933) had a Grist Mill in the canyon above Swan Creek where he lived. People from all over the Bear Lake Valley would bring their wheat to the mill to be ground into flour. Alonzo had been working in the canyon one day when the snow was deep and the weather was cold. For some reason-perhaps his wagon had broken down-he walked out of the canyon that day with his feet wrapped in gunny-sacks, trying to keep them warm. The lake was icy but not completely frozen over, so Alonzo made his way to the edge and sat down, putting his feet in the water to thaw them out. As he sat there warming his feet, he noticed what he assumed was a large log in the water close by. However, when he got up to go home, the thing he had thought was a log-seemingly about eight feet long-suddenly rose up out of the water and swam away, spouting water from its head!! Alonzo said he saw this fish more than once and there were others that lived in that day that told similar stories. There were thousands of reported sightings throughout the years, including Native American Indian stories, all which seemed to verify that there was, indeed, some kind of large fish that resided there and called Bear Lake its home. Alonzo suspected the fish was some kind of a whale, more than likely left from the early days when the lake was aqua blue and fed only from underground springs."
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures I wouldn’t doubt that there is something large that is undiscovered in that lake, considering how deep it really is. I am very interested in exploration and undiscovered species. The depths of Bear Lake are pretty crazy deep. So many natural deep lakes have not truly been explored, I am sure that there are animals that have been undiscovered. Even if it’s a giant catfish that is amazing. I really appreciate The reply. It is always been my dream to explore the deep ocean or lakes. I live in Utah so I am kind of landlocked hahaha. I have only been to Bear Lake one time, But as soon as the man said the month that he saw the creature then seeing the water was like glass it was so calm it’s sparked my interest because ice fishing is a huge thing in most lakes in The state of Utah, so I had to double check. In my research bear lake is frozen for months out of the year, The month in question is right in the middle. I am a believer in undiscovered things as I said, but I also have to have a somewhat skeptical mind. As I said before I really appreciate your reply. Thank you
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures A type of freshwater dolphin or whale would be an amazing discovery even if it was only fossil records. I hope he will continue to search and if I ever get the opportunity I will indeed join the search.
The Chinese dragon is call bear lake
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. Please tell me more. It sounds interesting.
This is sweet cause you can watch it all on your phone in the time it takes to take a dump
I'm glad you enjoyed it, ha ha! Thanks for watching.
A lot of these cryptid videos are a bust - they never show anything interesting or scary, let alone convincing.
This video was different, and a lot better - 1:50 in and I got a horrifying glimpse in to what true terror is.
Ha ha ha! I love it. Thanks for your comment! :)
I really am NOT interested in what they saw regardless of how convinced they are of what they saw. I want hard evidence. BTW: The Power Puff Girls flew over my house this morning. Honest, it was amazing.
That is totally understandable! There are a lot of people in the same camp. Thanks for your comment.
For me personally, I do not totally disregard eyewitness accounts as forms of evidence worth considering. There would be so much from history I feel we'd have to totally disregard if we did that. I also believe there are ways to validate eyewitness accounts: multiple eyewitnesses (especially for the same event), the track record and credibility of the eyewitness, etc.
However, I absolutely concede that eyewitness evidence doesn't hold the same level of credibility as other evidence: pictures, videos, physical evidence like a carcass or a living specimen.
I am the one who made this documentary, and I wouldn't say I'm confident that some large aquatic species lives in Bear Lake. But, the eyewitness evidence is enough for me to least be open to the possibility and to warrant continued investigation.
@Matthew Havertz I'm not disregarding anyone's eyewitness testimony. I'm just calling it into question as useful evidence. I used to be a friendly acquaintance of Dr. Richard Greenwell, a colleague of Dr. Roy Mackal. Dr. Greenwell told me some amazing stories about his experiences in the mountains of Northern California in search of Bigfoot, but he said, from a scientific perspective, that they were totally useless. I was working with him in acquiring night vision equipment before he died.
Michigan?
The alleged Bear Lake Monster is on the boarder of Utah and Idaho.
The leviathan!
No it doesnt. Its just big fish or logs bobbing up and down.
What do you mean when you say, "no it doesn't"? Do mean you do not believe there is a large aquatic species living in Bear Lake? Do you mean there is no prehistoric-type animal living in Bear Lake? I just wasn't just what you were arguing against.
You said "Its just big fish." I actually don't think many of the eyewitnesses and believers would disagree with you. Many of them would say that's exactly what they think this "monster" is: a big, undiscovered fish species.
Oh, I think you were commenting on the current title of the video! "Utah's 250,000-Year-Old Bear Lake Has A Monster?" I guess it depends on what you define as a monster. Did you watch the documentary all the way through?
@@MatthewHavertzPurposePictures ill watch it later. To me monster means some where in the Loch Ness Monstor, Nessy range or Bigfoot. I live in brigham and ogden utah for a few years and never heard about it.
@@eligebrown8998 Ah, yes. I see what you mean. Please let me know what you think of the documentary once you've watched it.
Another lake monster. 🤣😂🤣😂
What a bunch of crap. I lived at Sweetwater resort during the coldest winter on record in 1979. I drove my jeep across the lake. Netted ciscoes through the ice on the eastside. No Munsters
Thanks for your comment, David! I hope you enjoyed the video regardless of whether you believe there are any undiscovered aquatic species in Bear Lake.