Bessie
Country of Origin: USA Being Type: Great Lakes Serpent
Power Stats
Aggression
5/10
Magic Abilities
6/10
Physical Power
9/10
Origin Backstory
Humped serpent in Lake Erie; sightings since the 1790s, tied to Native lore and called a storm omen. Great Lakes aquatic monster.
Key Features
- •Humped back
- •Erie dweller
- •Ship sightings
- •Storm omen
- •Multi-witness
Lore
Bessie is Lake Erie's long-standing serpent monster, with multiple humps and reported since the late 18th century in Native and settler accounts. Often seen from ships as an omen of storms, it remains one of the Great Lakes' most persistent aquatic cryptids with numerous eyewitness reports.