Or just a cleaver marketing tool to lure folks to Lake City, MN?
artist’s rendering
LAKE CITY, Minn. (WCCO) ? There’s one creature in Minnesota that’s so hard to track that $50,000 reward is out for proof it exists.
Ever since the 1800s, residents around Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minn. say they’ve spotted a sea monster. They call him, Pepie.
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The first sighting of the creature was in April 1871. An artist has tried to show what the monster, with a hypnotic red-eye and demon-like head, might look like. It’s said to live within the depths of Devil’s Abys.
…Boaters have told stories of being attacked while on the water, first hearing several loud knocks on the hull, followed by several violent back and forth swings of the boat.
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“The idea behind the reward is make sure you come up with a camera. You might catch Pepie, but the worst thing that’s going to happen is that you’re going to get pictures of some of the most beautiful scenery in the world,” said Nielson.
This reward is also a marketing tool for Lake City. The local tourism bureau hopes the chance to see Pepie and get money for it will bring people to the area.
My mother alerted me to the news about Pepie.
I should get some of the reward if you are the one who finds Pepie.
MOM