Most cultures have bigger than life, not quite human creatures. Euroamerican culture has developed some terrific mythical and newsworthy friends. A few scholars have looked at the evidence in detail with precious little to show that they really exist. Some evidence is downright fraudulent! Some "sightings" are episodes of collective behavior or collective delusion.
Psychic Detectives Search for Bigfoot
http://www.psychicdetectives.com/bigfoot.htm
An Exclusive Interview with a Real Sasquatch
http://www.roundtop.com/bigfoot.htm
The Bigfoot
Recordings
http://www.teleport.com/~biggie/history.html
The Bigfoot Research
Project
http://www.cactusventures.com/bigftproj.htm
The Western Bigfoot
Society
http://www.members.tripod.com/~raycrowe/
Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster is probably the most investigated of the lake monsters, but there are many others including Ogopogo and Champie. Nessie is the classic, but our personal favorite is Ogopogo. For other Lake Monsters, go to the bottom of the Nessie page and follow the links. >From Mark Chorvinsky at Strange Magazine's web site.