LOCATION FILE
Lake DeSmet (Smetty Legend)
FOLLOWBuffalo, WY
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
A natural lake in Johnson County north of Buffalo, long important to Indigenous peoples of the region and later to settlers and ranchers; it is a popular fishing and recreation reservoir today.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Indigenous oral tradition and 19th- and early-20th-century settler accounts describe a large serpentine creature nicknamed "Smetty" in the lake, with periodic reports of a long dark shape in the water.
VISITING
The lake and its public access areas are open to visitors.
SITE PLAN
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
INVESTIGATION RECORD
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