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Beast of Busco

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Painted illustration: enormous snapping turtle in a muddy Indiana farm pond
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
An alligator snapping turtle, the kind of giant turtle the Beast of Busco was said to be (not the Beast itself)
An alligator snapping turtle, the kind of giant turtle the Beast of Busco was said to be (not the Beast itself) · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters · Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source
Churubusco, Indiana, the town where the Beast of Busco was hunted in 1949
Churubusco, Indiana, the town where the Beast of Busco was hunted in 1949 · Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source · License

An unusually large snapping turtle said to live near Churubusco, Indiana.

Folklore Verdict: A giant-turtle legend that one big search couldn't confirm.

Region
North America · United States
First reports
1949

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Best evidence

The search found nothing conclusive.

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