"For decades, Virginians reported a snake-like “sea monster” swimming in the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries. As elusive as the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland or Champ, rumored to be inhabiting Lake Champlain in upstate New York, Chessie’s existence has never been verified. Some speculate it could be a plesiosaur, a marine dinosaur long believed extinct. Others suspect it’s a case of mistaken identity, a hallucination or a hoax."