With the recent catch of a 200-year-old rockfish in Alaska, the residents of Lake Champlain, Vermont has an even more mysterious water veteran in the form of an alleged sea monster, Champ.

The legend of Champ the sea monster has been around for many years. According to weather.com, the lake and the monster are named after French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who is often cited as the first to see the creature.

Dubbed as North America's Loch Ness monster, several video recordings of the sea monster has been reported.

A particularly startling video was posted on YouTube last year, which was originally shown on ABC news.

"It made my hair stand," said one of the two witnesses present when Champ was supposedly captured in the video.

"It just didn't fit any kind of creature that I'd ever seen."

The other best evidence of the sea monster was a photo taken in 1977. Taken by a woman named Sandra Mansi, the photo was later debunked as a decomposing tree trunk that was lifted to the water surface by buoyant gases.

Still, reports and the legend of Champ the sea monster remains near Lake Champlain, although nothing as solid as the 200-year-old rockfish has been caught yet.

And who knows, Champ may very well be a rockfish.