This New Jersey Lake May Be Hiding a Monster

New Jersey is home to some bone-chilling stories and legends. Let's dig into some of them.

Spooky New Jersey Stories And Legends

New Jersey is home to the Jersey Devil, and he gets a lot of headlines, but he's not the only creepy creature Garden State residents have been known to grapple with.

There's a legend of another beast that lurks in New Jersey, but this one has an affinity for the water.

He may not have the most frightening of nicknames, but I'm sure you wouldn't want to run into Hoppy while you're swimming.

What Is The Story Of Hoppy and Lake Hopatcong?

That's right, his name is Hoppy, and that makes more sense when you learn this urban legend centers around Lake Hopatcong.

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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey's largest lake, is the place where Hoppy calls home, and some people have been swearing by that since the late 1800s.

The best way to describe Hoppy is that he's like our own Loch Ness Monster. Eyewitnesses claim the beast is 40 feet long with the head of a dog.

Hoppy The New Jersey Sea Serpent

There has never been solid evidence of his existence, but don't tell that to the boaters and fishermen who have seen him or felt his presence in Lake Hopatcong. Read more about Hoppy at Only In Your State.

For what it's worth, a 20-foot-long anaconda was spotted in 2014 in Lake Hopatcong. Was that what people were seeing? No one really knows.