#2 Garvin Lake Creature
My wife and I had an encounter with something unusual while taking a walk around Garvin Lake in Evansville on the evening of Saturday, August 21, 2021.

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Aerial View of Garvin Lake
The aerial photo shows where my wife and I were standing (blue star) when the encounter occurred. The red star indicates where the creature was spotted in the water.
Garvin lake unusual creature(s): Thought is possibly two very large snapping turtles mating or boarding one another. The duck like things you saw possibly were their heads extending high. Other than that the only other thing I can think of would be an old story of a pike which had the claws of an eagle who attempted to grab it lodged near its head because the eagle was unsuccessful and drowned. That would a stretch. I think.
Interesting theories. I believe it may have been a turtle or turtles with a branch somehow connected, or possibly some other animal that had gotten itself tangled in the weeds. It was certainly very odd!