What did I see swimming across the lake

[Al Bundy]

While out for ducks yesterday I see this object moving faster than any swimming bird I’ve ever seen. This is on one of the finger lakes. It came from east to west., across the lake. The size is a bit hard to tell but quite a bit larger than a Canadian goose. Did not look at all like a bird. This was roughly 730am in rain and some wind chop. I concluded this was a deer, though that does not make a ton of sense. I know deer can swim but why would it... it’s kind of far.  A person in a small kayak does not make sense either, as it just did not fit the profile. I lost sight when it was close to land. I assume it made the shore.  Strange.

[turkeyfeathers]

Squatch on a log !!

That's one of the outdoors mysteries you'll wonder "what was that?"       I've caught big fish that have snapped my line and wonder what it was or how big. Heard odd things in the woods with no idea what I heard.  

[Nomad]

Don’t know why but deer do swim, this is Irondequoit Bay .

Edited October 28, 2018 by Stay at home Nomad

[Robhuntandfish]

I was out on the lake the day this happened a couple of springs ago on the north side but didn't happen to see it.  I have seen deer swimming across the canal while I was fishing too. https://www.google.com/amp/s/articles.newyorkupstate.com/outdoors/2017/05/fisherman_spots_big_black_bear_swimming_across_oneida_lake.amp. But this is a loooong way for a bear to swim I would think.  

[Marion]

Loch Ness Monster

Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

[Core]

Likely a chupacabra. There have been a lot of them around this season. \\

[helmut in the bush]

I've seen deer swimming in lake Erie.

[crappyice]

Typically Squatch will use the week after a full moon to wash their chubracabras. Like many pets, they do not enjoy bathing so my guess is you had one angry Squatch holding the Prell on the lakeshore waiting for him to return. Squatch do not swim by the way-#their fur is too heavy when wet....duh!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Daveboone]

about twenty years ago as we were deer hunting on the west shore of Seneca Lake, we jumped out a group of three deer that jumped down the embankment into the lake, and proceeded to swim across to the eastern shore. they were still going strong when they went out of site. a few years after that, we had one of the white (not albino) deer that are frequently seen around the former Seneca army depot site in our area (again, the west shore north of Dresden of Seneca Lake). It had apparently swam east to west.

[Hunter007]

Lockness monster obviously:) 

[philoshop]

I've come up on deer on Lake Ontario, 3 or 4 miles from shore,  that I couldn't keep up with in my kayak. I was able to do a little over 9 knots in my kayak with GPS proof and younger abs. Deer are strong swimmers and can really motor along in the water when they want to. I've seen them in the Erie Canal outpacing tugboats by a fair margin.

[Bigfoot 327]

I once saw a large buck swimming from west to east across Owasco Lake while trolling there. When it hit shore it tried to go straight up a very steep bank (almost a cliff). It made it up about 2/3 of the way up a fell backwards to the beach. We laughed our butts off. He could have gone about 100 yards south and avoid the steep bank, but he only moved about 20 feet south and tried again. We doubted he would make it there either, but he was determined and he made it. Bucks were rutting like crazy that morning ( I saw 6 or 7 chasing on my drive to the lake). 

Another time I was trolling Canandaigua Lake during late April. Another boat called via radio and informed us that there was a turkey in the water ahead of us. It was probably 1/2 mile from shore when we spotted it and it took it quite a while to make it to shore. It struggled to leave the water and it was obvious that it was exhausted. Late April surface temps are still in the 40's. I would not doubt that it died later from hypothermia. Never figured out how/why the turkey was in the lake. It was dead calm that morning- the lake was flat as glass. Perhaps the bird flew down at first light and mistook the lake for a field...…..

[wooly]

Little fawn taking a dip earlier this year in May or very early June if I recall...

Swam upstream against a swift flooded crick current like it was nothing.

Couldn't have been more than two or three weeks old at that time.