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Loch Ness Monster of the Monongahela River

Ripples appear on the surface of the Monongahela River in Marion County, West Virginia.

Does, or did, the Monongahela River support its own Loch Ness Monster? Native Americans may have introduced the legends.

Legendary Monsters of the Monongehela River in West Virginia

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