We live near SML; it is completely landlocked. There's no way a creature could swim into it. You'd have to transport a monster over land and dump it in there. Surely the characters who lived by the lake would know this.
sharehaha classic I live in nearby Roanoke and was thinking the same thing. Maybe they'll say it magically was created from some other fish through some mutation ha.
shareOf course there is no such thing as a monster being in smith mt lake, however the stories that have been told, and that have been passed down by generations, makes a person wonder. Its kind of an urban legend. Rumors have it that there are huge fish that are bigger than cars. Ive never seen any, but deep down I want to believe it cause it is legend.
shareA fish the size of a car, I can see. But the movie summary says specifically a Loch Ness-type monster. In square footage, SML actually isn't that much smaller than Loch Ness, but it's considerably shallower. I don't see how it's possible a beast the size of Nessie could remain unseen in the lake. If you've grown up by the lake, you should know it's too small sustain a creature THAT big.
Yeah, I know, it's just a movie, and your average viewer isn't going to know. I just read the plot summary, thought, "Er, no," and was compelled to comment.
Hi, I'm the writer. No, the point is that the characters who think there is a full-scale, Loch Ness-style monster in SML are comic relief and, um, not exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer. It is pointed out to them in the story that the lake's only existed since the 60's, but they kinda look past that point.
Hope this clears things up!
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That rumor exists in every lake. It's not true at SML either. Yes, I'm a local. http://www.snopes.com/critters/lurkers/catfish.asp
How sad... I saw the writer (Scott Winters) commented on your post and just discovered he past away a few months later. I often wonder if writers/actors look at these boards. I was all set to ask him what it was like to work with Jane Seymour... who I love!
shareGoing supernatural/magical here, but the Celts believed the the ocean and all land locked water bodies held the power to be a gateway between two locations. Just saying.
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