Editing Lake Erie (section)

====Folklore====
There have been unconfirmed reports of persons spotting a creature akin to the [[Loch Ness Monster]], beginning in the 19th century and sometimes called "[[Bessie (lake monster)|Bessie]]" or "South Bay Bessie".<ref name="twsX27a">{{cite news
 |agency       = Associated Press
 |title        = Legend of Lake Erie Monster Rises Again
 |newspaper    = Los Angeles Times
 |date         = September 30, 1990
 |url          = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-09-30-mn-2507-story.html
 |access-date  = January 24, 2011
 |archive-date = July 15, 2012
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120715045922/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-30/news/mn-2507_1_lake-erie
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref name="twsX33a">{{cite news
 |author       = Bob Batz Jr.
 |title        = The Lake Erie Monster is coming!
 |newspaper    = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 |date         = June 3, 2010
 |url          = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10154/1062551-389.stm
 |access-date  = January 24, 2011
 |archive-date = July 5, 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100705141109/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10154/1062551-389.stm
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref> There were reports in 1990 of people seeing a "large creature moving in the water about {{convert|1000|ft|m}} from their boat" described as black in color, about {{convert|35|ft|m}} long, with a snakelike head, and moving as fast as a boat.<ref name="twsX27a" /> Five other people reported seeing something similar on three separate occasions, but there is no scientific evidence of such a creature.<ref name="twsX27a" /> There is a [[Great Lakes Brewing Company#Beers|''Lake Erie Monster'']] beer and a [[Cleveland Monsters]] hockey team.<ref name="twsX33a" />

There have been sporadic reports of people in Cleveland being able to see the Canadian shoreline as if it were immediately offshore, even though Canada is {{convert|50|mi|km}} from Cleveland. It has been speculated that this is a weather-related phenomenon, working on similar principles as a [[Looming and similar refraction phenomena#Looming|mirage]].<ref>{{cite web |last=((Associated Press)) |date=July 31, 2006 |title=Erie Mirage May Be Real |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/07/31/erie_pla.html?category=travel&guid=20060731110030 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015120744/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/07/31/erie_pla.html?category=travel&guid=20060731110030 |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |publisher=Discovery.com |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>