I had the pleasure recently to sit down for a great conversation about the mysteries of Seneca Lake with host Seriah Azkath for the weekly radio show “Where Did the Road Go?”. The interview airs tonight, May 24, 2025, at 10:00pm EST on WVBR 93.5FM, Ithaca, and streaming live at http://www.wvbr.com. We covered a lotContinue reading “Talking Mysteries of Seneca Lake on WVBR 93.5FM’s “Where Did the Road Go?””
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Round Mystery Craters Found At Bottom of Seneca Lake
In March 2025, the results of the The Seneca Lake Archaeological and Bathymetric Survey Project were published. Using state of the art underwater equipment, the project aimed to capture images of canal shipwrecks, and to create a detailed topographic map of the lake’s bottom. The project documented 44 wrecks, but the most unexpected discovery wasContinue reading “Round Mystery Craters Found At Bottom of Seneca Lake”
E02: Lake Serpents, Lake Lights and Giants?
Listen here First, we’ve got the all-time champion of Seneca Lake Monster stories, the 1900 encounter with the steamboat Otetiani that I call The Steamer-Serpent Showdown. Then, we’ve got what I consider the top contender for the second-best Seneca Lake Monster story ever: The Blacksmith and the Giant Eel. Next, we’re off to the yearContinue reading “E02: Lake Serpents, Lake Lights and Giants?”
Seneca Lake Mysteries Podcast E01: Hidden Treasure, Mystery Manuscript, Giant Whirlpools, Missing Faces and more
E01 Hidden Treasure, Mystery Manuscript, Giant Whirlpools, Missing Faces and more In this episode, I introduce the new podcast and cover some intriguing and wild stories including a search for hidden gold, giant whirlpools, bizarre creatures by the railroad tracks, April Fool’s Day terror on the water, a missing piece from a forgotten manuscript andContinue reading “Seneca Lake Mysteries Podcast E01: Hidden Treasure, Mystery Manuscript, Giant Whirlpools, Missing Faces and more”
Orbs, Not Drones: Seventy Years of Strange Lights Over Seneca Lake
Orbs are nothing new to the Seneca Lake area. For over seventy years, these quietly glowing lights have been reported hovering, gliding, darting and dancing in the air around the lake and its surrounding communities.
The following is a selection of some of the more interesting Seneca Lake-area orb sightings, gleaned from publications, online databases and interviews, from the 1950s to the current day.
Seneca Lake Monster
The Seneca Lake Monster is a large, possibly prehistoric, unknown species of marine animal purported to exist in New York State’s Seneca Lake. Sightings of the creature have been reported from the late 1800s through recent years. There have been a handful of known hoaxes of the creature, and some sightings could be explained byContinue reading “Seneca Lake Monster”