Beast of Busco — Churubusco IN, the town that drained a lake for a giant turtle

Cryptid-adjacent and 100% documented, which is why I love it. Churubusco, Indiana, 1948-49. A farmer named Gale Harris insists there's a snapping turtle the size of a dining room table — they said 400-500 lbs, shell big as a truck hood — living in Fulk Lake on his property. "Oscar," they named it. I……