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NBC5'S JOSH MITCHELL EXPLAINS. <"NATS"> WHAT IS UNDERNEATH THE WATERS OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN? FISH? OF COURSE. BUT IS THERE SOMETHING MORE?.. <"IT WASN'T UNTIL 2012 WHEN I CAME UP HERE. ON MY SECOND DAY HERE, I ACTUALLY HAD MY FIRST CHAMP SIGHTING."> KATY ELIZABETH IS THE FOUNDER OF CHAMP SEARCH.. A GROUP WHO'S GOAL IS TO STUDY AND INVESTIGATE LAKE CHAMPLAIN. IN SERACH OF CHAMP. <"I HAVE AT LEAST 4 TO 5 DIFFERENT VIDEOS AND I ALSO HAVE ECHO LOCATION RECORDINGS."> WHICH IS THE LOCATION OF ANIMALS BY USING RELECTED SOUND. AND ON AUGUST 5TH 2019.. <"ON THE SCREEN I COULD SEE THESE STRANGE ANOMALIES. I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE JUST LOGS. I WASN'T QUITE SURE. SO I TOOK A PHOTO OF IT."> WHEN SHE GOT THE CHANCE TO GO OVER THE PHOTOS... <"I GET TO THAT ON PICTURE AND I WAS STUNNED."> ELIZABETH BELIEVES SHE CAUGHT A PHOTO OF CHAMP. HOWEVER, SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT CHAMP IS A GIGANTIC SEA CREATURE HE IS MADE OUT TO BE... <"THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THESE ANIMALS ARE 15 TO 25 FEET IN LENGTH. THE OTHER THINGS I LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE CREATURE."> WHILE ELIZABETH AND HER TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO TRAVEL ACROSS LAKE CHAMPLAIN FOR MORE EVIDENCE.. SHE IS TRULY THANKFUL SHE IS LIVING OUT HER CHILDHOOD DREAM.. <"I DREAMT OF THIS AS A CHILD TO INVESTIGATE THIS SORT OF PHENOMENON. NOT IN A MILLION YEARS I EVER THOUGHT IT WOULD E

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What is underneath the waters of Lake Champlain? Of course, there are fish, but is there something more?“On my second day here in 2012, I actually had my first Champ sighting,” Katy Elizabeth said.Elizabeth is the founder of Champ Search a group whose goal is to study and investigate Lake Champlain in search of Champ.“I have at least four to five different videos and I also have echolocation recordings,” Elizabeth said.Echolocation is the location of animals by using reflected sound. On Aug. 5, she got an interesting reading.“On the screen, I could see these strange anomalies. I thought maybe they were just logs. I wasn't quite sure. So, I took a photo of it,” Elizabeth said.When she got the chance to go over the photos, she was shocked. Elizabeth believes she caught a photo of Champ. However, she doesn't believe that Champ is the gigantic sea creature he is made out to be.“The average size of these animals are 15 to 25 feet in length. The other thing I like to point out is that there is more than one creature,” Elizabeth said.While Elizabeth and her team will continue to travel across Lake Champlain for more evidence, she is truly thankful she is living out her childhood dream.“I dreamt of this as a child to investigate this sort of phenomenon. Not in a million years I ever thought it would ever happen. But here I am today,” Elizabeth said.