In September 1829, the 47-foot schooner Lake Serpent left Cleveland, Ohio, for the Lake Erie Islands. After making the 55-mile trip, the ship's crew collected limestone from the island to bring ...

[iStockphoto] It started like a joke when the apparition of a giant serpent slithering out of Lake Victoria revealed itself to Onyango Donde. Mumbo, for that, is what the serpent's name pronounced.