This image is a copy of a woodcut featuring Old Greeny, a lake monster said to live in New York’s Cayuga Lake. The woodcut was done by JJ Lankes in 1935. This mysterious monster is said to be 15 to 35 feet long and eel-like in appearance with sharp teeth. It is thought that the first sighting of Old Greeny was in 1828. Reports from encounters with the creature say that is not shy and will not back away from humans - even sometimes attacking people that intrude on its territory.

An anonymous witness from December of 2009 stated:

“I’ve been face to face with Old Greeny; not more than 100-feet away from me as I stood on the northern shore of Lake Cayuga looking south across the lake; eight or nine years ago. It raised it’s triangular-tooth-filled jaws with aquatic plants hanging from it’s half-open mouth to break surface for only about three seconds before once again submerging. I will never forget that large, unblinking eye staring to the west at nothing in particular; never acknowledging my presence. Don’t let anyone tell you I saw a floating log or a beaver! I know I saw an animal that is not supposed to exist! By what I observed I can tell you it was standing on the bottom when it raised its head for me to see; not swimming; but stationary!”