Raystown Ray the Loch Ness of Pennsylvania is REAL! 

I live in Huntingdon County and my friend from Jersey truly believes she saw Ray last summer while swimming at one of the islands below Hawns overlook. I told her it was probably a goose, haha. She said she was swimming from the island to the henderson hollow peninsula with her kids and she saw what looked like a dinosaur head (head approximately the size of a large dogs head) swimming towards them. She screamed for everyone to get out of the water. I've been swimming in this lake for over 30 years and have yet to encounter Ray. Although, Ive seen huge musky!

So much better than world news with the morning coffee... Great ride.

The Jersey Devil also vacations in PA.

I can't wait! I live on the other side of the mountain, haven't heard this story. Honestly I have yet to visit Raystown, hopefully this summer! Keep doing what you do, Scott 😊

We all know it's you Scott out there swimming around in a Nessie costume.

I'm sure there are things on this earth we haven't encountered yet!

I’ve lived 25 minutes from Raystown Lake my entire life and I’ve never heard of Raystown Ray. What’s that tell you? 😂😂😂

In the late 1970’s I worked with RK from Bellwood.,who was a member of a local sportsman association. RK claimed to have talked to a diver who was doing some sort of inspection at the Raystown dam. The diver told RK “ if you saw what I saw you wouldn’t want to swim there” . The diver said there is something really big in there that actually scared him. He told me the diver came up and refused to go back in the water. Sadly RK has since passed away so no further information is available but I hope this helps

I'm glad you finally put this together. Interesting information and great location for a video.

I was pleasantly surprised of your historiacl knowledge of circus train wrecks. I am a retired American Character Clown that toured with Ringling Bros. Circus from 87 to 93 and lived on the train. I subscribed!

didnt get a chance to watch this video yet but was looking forward to it. Everytime I take the boat out I tell the kids about ray lol

Great video and detective work Scott!!!!! I actually side with you. It all adds up, and lines up with many of your past videos. I commented on a previous video, about my Dad telling me years ago about divers seeing huge pike/musky in the dam. They said supposedly 10 feet long. The water isn't always clear, who knows, maybe a snake. Keep up the Great Work, I appreciate all your hard work. By the way, my wife was on the edge of the sofa almost the whole time. She also said that you're a very intelligent man!!!

I think I read the April first newspaper article in the Broadtop Bulletin in 2006. With a retraction and apology in the next week's paper. But for me a legend was born!

I love your stories, keep them coming

The piinacle over looking the Susquehanna. Awesome

Ive lived in PA my entire life, and never heard of any of these cryptids. I WILL be watching your other videos! I love history, learning new things, and what's better than learning about your home?

Bring it on brother, I'm eating meatballs sandwiches, potatoe chips, and my wife and I cant wait

Joshua Longhi from Elk County PA..Didnt finish your video yet but I love PA so i am sure I will enjoy your video!

Very interesting ! Thanks, I never knew this

There was a circus train crash in Riddlesburg also. It's what we called red cut. I lived there most of my life and walked those tracks many times. It's now rails to trails. That's where the broad top snake came from. I have newspaper clippings that i got when my great great aunt passed. I do believe that it said 1909.

The Raystown hydroelectric dam is obviously TARTARIAN.

Here's a similar story, but it's already solved. Shows what small towns will do to get press and possible tourism. A few years ago, I was driving through northern Minnesota. Stopped at a restaurant in Crookston, MN for lunch and in the entryway was a life-sized Bigfoot. At the counter was a pamphlet telling a story of desperation😂. Back in the 70s, local businessmen gathered (over beers, I assume) and hatched a plan to put Crookston on the map. They got into the press a story of multiple Bigfoot sightings in the farm fields around Crookston. They tried to brand Crookston as the Bigfoot capital of the upper midwest. The funny thing was, as I read the pamphlet I remembered as a kid (late 70s), seeing the story about the Crookston Bigfoot on a tv show about investigating mysteries. The show was narrated by an actor with a dramatice voice. I dont remember the name of the show. Does anyone remember it? The lengths small town America will go to become famous and watch the money roll in.😂😂

Pulled a 35 inch striper out of raystown that looked like a seal grabbed it and left the most wicked scar. Maybe it was a bear. Idk. But the bite was massive. Ray was what i thought of

Scott, I thoroughly enjoyed your breakdown of the Raystown Ray story. I have another PA local legend for you. It would be cool if you looked into the "Cat Man" of "Cat Man's Lane." I believe the setting starts in the 60s - 70s timeframe in the LaFayette Hill, Miquon and Andorra area, just outside Philly city limits, near the Schuylkill River. There was a sort of lover's lane just off of Manor Rd. Other notable towns that the story emanates from are Conshohocken, Plymouth Meeting and Whitemarsh. While it is sort of a local legend, I believe it has some basis in reality...like a real, disturbed, semi-feral human being. Picture teenagers getting frisky on a pitch black lane while interrupted / assaulted by a being lurking in the dark who leaves their signature claw marks upon their victims. As teenagers, we talked about it, we would drive down Manor Rd slowly and act like our cars would stall to scare our occupants...lol. I even remember one of my highschool teachers discussing how they went out incognito with the police to try to lure the lurker out.

What's that long white thing in the water behind you? Raystown Rayleana!

There was a “sea creature” taken off the jetty at Biddeford Pool,Maine in August of 1968 by the Gagne brothers , but with a mouth like a carp, no teeth and two flippers, not four, a bulbous body, about 12-15’ long. I still have the photo.

I lived in mapleton for 18 years which is about 5 miles or so away.. and we heard of small dogs that was swimming in the lake go missing never to be found again!! So it makes since..

With all these things out there i think I'll just stay out of the woods

Dont forget Scott.... There ARE elephants in PA! Somerset Elephant House which is run by the Pittsburgh Zoo

I enjoy a good conspiracy. If it's not true, it's still an interesting story.

Scott how about doing a video on the susquehanna seal.

It is a plausible theory. Good work.

Tanks? I look forward to hearing more about that 🍿

Watching now.. sorry missed the premier

I enjoyed this video, i live close to Raystown. Thanks!

I never heard about raystown ray before, and I dont think there is any kind of monster in the lake. Having been a diver for years after my Navy days and never seen anything. I do however know for a fact there are cat fish big enough to stand on their lower lip!

Been saying for years the broadtop snake went for a swim!

Yup ... probably LARGE Musky and Pike. Fished this lake 40; years ago. Cought massive pike.

Thank you for doing the serious research needed to get some actual answers about this particular aquatic mystery. It's always a shame when a potentially spectacular undiscovered animal turns out to be nothing more than lies spewed by smirking creeps who enjoy defrauding and disrespecting the public. (I personally hope there's an especially bad corner of hell set aside just for hoaxers.) Originally I had speculated that Ray might be one of the (seemingly) many large aquatic reptiles (or mammals possibly?) that appear to swim the waters of the world, waiting to be acknowledged by science. I had imagined that a population could have found their way into that particular body of water through any number of routes, following the construction of the dam, and that there was no reason to assume such a thing to be an impossibility. Out on the west coast, where I live, we almost certainly have at least one species of huge aquatic reptile which is seen frequently in our rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, so why mightn't a similar animal have found it's way to Raystown? Sadly, if your research is as thorough and accurate as It seems to be, (and I have no reason to doubt that it is,) it would appear that Ray is not an undiscovered species at all. I am disappointed, but it it's good to know the truth. If you aren't looking for the truth in life you are wasting your time, I believe. All the best to you, and thanks again for the great work that you are doing! --N

Does Huntingdon have dogman sightings?

Awesome video as always..keep the hat on..

the dark area looks like a school of baitfish. the others are just logs and trees floating in the lake which happens ofen. im on that lake all the time :)

I think you nailed it!

Yep I got 3. Firstly I was told about 16 years ago about an incident that happened years before of a "rich" couple on a pontoon or houseboat where their poodle jumped or fell off the boat and as they were swinging around to retrieve it it just BLOOP disappeared, gone no trace. Not surprising tho cuz a BIG striper or catfish would defiantly swallow that whole. Second was divers inspecting or repairing the relief gates at the dam itself reported seeing...some kind of fish...at a length of around 8 feet. For the record I personally believe BOTH of these. Third I heard about either a shark or an aligator/crocodile idk some predator like that that an irresponsible owner couldn't take care of and so released into raystown but that it either only survived until the first winter or made it 2 or 3 years b4 it was never seen again. The whole loch Ness stuff is stupid though, this is an artificial lake, not a fjord or something connected to a sea that's been around for thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.

Very good video as always.

I love that you provided the whole truth, and that the whole truth still provides room for all perspectives!

Awesome video!

Great stuff, subd.

Good commentary

Ray walked up to my cabin once n got me high.

Hahahaha i spent years here with mostly my dad but both my parents i loved this place❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

🤔👍Well done. Thanks for your painstaking research on this one. 👍🙂🙏🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍

I’m catching up today!!

Imagine swimming in a lake in PA and you run into an Anaconda. You'd need new undies after that!

30 miles??? Thought it was 24 miles???

If that Dam is Tartarian I'm sure were talking about something that's real and has been hidden from the public !!

Yes, you're the latesthere's a lake up in North Jersey that comes in from San Diego Bay. That's the man-made lake supper near with a great white shark, said attack to me. I can't wait to coast back here in 60s or whatever 50s. But I saw a sea serpent that goes into the flu-like by Kingsburg back to N At co lake and I think it's called I personally have seen this sea sepent ...out on a 14 ft dauranaticfishing with a budy of mine. Just between there and Staten Island ..it's A legend u can find on google...

My skeptical mind says a large school of fish or the observer ate some mushrooms. lol

Funny the army corp of engineers buit it in 1972 i guess they put the monster in it.

Used to go swimming near the current Entriken bridge at night at least once a week. We'd all don life jackets and jump off the boat with a floating cooler. We'd drink some beer and goof off. The last time we went a large let's say "fish" swam between my legs and I ended up kicking it with both legs while treading water. The fish immediately shot off and smacked into my friend Joe. He was, um well, quite under the effect of the bottle of JD he was enjoying. He screamed like a girl and to us it looked like he jumped out of the water and ran to the boat like a "Jesus lizard" I laughed and said it was a big carp looking for the snacks we were dropping in the lake. It felt like a carp, large scales, thin but it did feel rough maybe a sturgeon, but I doubt it . On the short boat ride to Shy Beaver Joe, mad at the harassment he was receiving for the shriek, attempted to jump off the boat to get his revenge on that "shit talking carp". So to this day we laugh about Raystown's shit talking carp and Joe has never again swam in deep water.

I BELIEVE !! !! 🐍

Please never play that song again.

Total bunk. I have lived here all my life.

needs a longer intro

Excellent video, and valid theory.

He isn't real

The only thing I keep seeing for any form of a photo is what looks like a large shoal of schooling fish such as shad or herring. If you have no idea what anything in nature looks like it could look like something big in the water, but it’s just a school of baitfish.

Have lived in pa my entire life and have never heard of it so cannot be too big of a story

Sturgeon

Well that's a man-made lake made by the army engineer corp although after visiting raystown several times the lake is massive and there are massive fish down there there's probably stripers and muskie in that lake that are over 6 or 7 ft long but as to some sea monster and wouldn't have been in there very long It was an actual town not too long ago😂😂😂😂

People make fun of these so caalled fables but quess what soon your going to question yourself for thinking such a thought when a veil of secrecy becomes factual and not fiction at all! I'm sure there's something unusual in that lake that's probably similar to Loch Ness!!

Raystown is a manmade lake… Hello!

You admit to having no evidence but clickbait the title...and yes, someone in broad top had a skin.

Raystown dam is man made ! So how did it get in there?

I don't think you understand what gaslighting is . An unredacted April fools joke isn't gaslighting