Also called Jig-ik-nak or Gonakadet by locals or otherwise simply called Illie is a water cryptid that many of the locals believe dwell in the deep depths of the Iliamna lake in the US state of Alaska. It has often been a cause of great concern to the residents who live in nearby fishing villages to the lake, even prompting parents to tell their children not to venture too close to the water.
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It is described as a massive fish anywhere from 10-20+ feet and has even been blamed for killings in the area. Some investigators believe there may be far more than one of them in the big lake and there have been numerous sightings. But the creature or creatures themselves remain relatively obscure in the realms of the unexplained.
Some have given explanations that the sightings may be sharks that can temporarily withstand freshwater or that they are whales or some kind of large fish such as a sturgeon or perhaps they are sealions.
The Sighting
One of the first good sightings of the thought to be unknown cryptid was in the fall of 1941 when Carlos Carson, who was a local game warden, and his passenger was flying over Talarik Creek in a floatplane when he said he spotted a number of what he called “logs” that sank from sight.
Later on, his passenger stated that they had spotted about ten or twelve huge mystery fish near a small island off the shore known as Big Mountain. He said that during the sighting they were cruising at an altitude of about 1,000ft and that they turned and slowed the aircraft to get a better look, saying the fish seemed to sink slowly into the deep water but not before they got some good looks.
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