Bear Lake Monster

42°00′02″N 111°19′59″W / 42.0006636°N 111.332918°W / 42.0006636; -111.332918

The Bear Lake Monster is a lake monster urban legend which appears in folklore near Bear Lake, on the Utah–Idaho border.

The myth originally grew from articles written in the 19th century by Joseph C. Rich, a Latter-day Saint settler in the area, purporting to report second-hand accounts of sightings of the creature. However, he later recanted the stories.

In recent years, the monster is considered to be a tourist attraction. The last reported sighting of the monster was in 2002.