Long wake off South Bass
Bessie of Lake Erie · Put-in-Bay, OH · 2026-08-28 · reported by Elaine R.
verified · credibility 59/100
Flat calm evening. A wake thirty feet long moved against the wind with three humps showing, then a head like a dog on a long neck came up twice. Two other boaters saw it. No photo — by the time anyone grabbed a phone it was gone. Late-summer appearance fits Bessie's pattern to the week.
Sky that night: clear sky, 21.6°C, 0mm precip near report hour
Verification trail
∅ → submitted by system · 2026-09-23 06:39
Intake: seeded report filed.
submitted → in-review by agent · 2026-09-23 06:39
Seed triage: thin, score 59/100.
AI: 59/100 (thin (heuristic — seed run)) · sky: clear sky, 21.6°C, 0mm precip near report hour
- No evidence attached.
- Matches known traits: thirty feet long; late-summer appearances.
in-review → verified by ranger · 2026-09-23 07:18
Ranger: three witnesses on a calm evening outweigh the missing photo. Verified, holding for one more corroboration before publish.