AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
Fossil of Lariosaurus, the extinct Triassic reptile the Lake Como monster is named after (not the monster itself) · Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source · LicenseLake Como, Lombardy, where Lariosauro sightings are reported · Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source · License
A lake monster said to live in Lake Como.
HoaxVerdict: The 1946 report was a press hoax, and later Como sightings have been put down to otters, pike and fish shoals.
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