Residents say they've seen it. A reptile expert out of Warren County says it swam between his legs.

But the Department of Environmental Protection says there isn't enough evidence that a reported 16-foot anaconda is slithering through the freshwater, and has removed its baited traps from the lake, according to njherald.com.

"We have no belief, at this point, there is an anaconda in Lake Hopatcong," DEP spokesman Larry Ragonese said in the report. Ragonese also dismissed the purported sighting and contact made with the alleged snake by Gerald Andrejcak, assistant director of Common Sense for Animals in Warren County.