Thanks for the link Revenant.  I've never really looked into the history other than watching specials I've seen on tv which included the search for Champ.  There is a real cottage industry that has sprouted around this legend.

I still think the other photo from Olsen is a moose and I would really like to believe this woman took a photo of Champ but, like the surgeon's photo of Nessie which was finally revealed to be a hoax, this appears also to be a fake.  One of many obvious reasons was the fact that the woman threw away the negatives.  You have to believe that if you saw something of that nature and took a picture of it, you would have been shouting to the heavens and produced every bit of evidence to prove you were telling the truth.  No one would ever throw away the negatives – ever.  Also, they say it would have been expensive to build.  Not really.  The surgeon who produced the Nessie photograph spent very little money and it was almost embarassing to everyone when they finally were shown how it was done.  So, although I would like to think this woman and her fiancee were telling the truth, I have no doubt it's a hoax and she was looking for that 15 minutes of fame.  There are a lot of wrecks in Lake Champlain where animals can hide but not of that size and, unlike Loch Ness, this is a park and a vacation destination visited by so many.  Loch Ness however is steeped in peat and other substances from the farmland and hills around the Loch.  Put your hand in the water there and you cannot see it.  The chances of finding a Champ are so increased by the numbers of visitors as opposed to the small town of Inverness and it's surroundings.  Yes, people do visit Loch Ness and Inverness but it's not a location that is a vacation destination like Lake Champlain and people do not flock there in droves.  Despite the rainy weather, it is a beautiful place to visit but it you really have to go quite out of your way to get there.  I doubt many people would want to ride on Scot Rail for that long a period of time even with the beautiful scenery.  It's farm, sheep, farm, cow, farm, farm, cow, sheep ……. 

alicat said:

"And one of the reasons why cryptozoology is at the bottom of the barrel and will never be viewed as an actual science."  Are you saying here that putting cryptozoologist on my resume would not be viewed as a positive?  

It depends.  If your future employer is into the "wonder of the universe and all that it contains" and is open to any and all possibilities, no matter how outlandish, then sure, go ahead.  However, if the job that you are trying to get has anything to do with science…um, yeah…I might leave that off the resume.