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Lariosauro is a cryptid reported to live in Lake Como in Italy, about 30 miles north of Milan.


Habitat

Lake Como is one of the deepest European lakes, at about 410 meters (1200 feet) at the deepest location


Sightings

  • In 1946, eye witnesses allegedly reported seeing a reptile-like animal swimming in the waters of the lake. It was called lariosauro, the same name used a century before to name a prehistoric reptile whose fossilized remains were found by the lake (Lariosaurus balsami).
  • In 1954 in Argegno a creature with round muzzle and back and webbed paws.
  • In August 1957 an enormous monster in the waters between Dongo and Musso.
  • In September 1957 a strange animal whose head was described as similar to a crocodile head.
  • In 2003 a giant eel, 10-12 m long, in Lecco.


Theories

Skeptic researcher Giorgio Castiglioni, who studied these cases, thinks that the animal of 1954 was an otter, the monster of August 1957 a hoax, the beast of September 1957 possibly a pike and the 2003 eel actually a group of fish swimming together.