I will never EVER forget the time I saw a two foot long hellbender come out from under a submerged tree, I guess to eat something, and then quickly turn around back under the tree.

Happened 50 years ago along the banks of the flooded Chazy River where it flows into Lake Champlain. Never seen anything like it since. What a salamander!


7ac 2015 CNBG RES FHM 2016 TP FLMB 2017 NLMB GSH L 2018 TP & 70 HSB PK 2019 TP RBT 2020 TFS TP 25 HSB 250 F1,L,RBT -206 2021 TFS TP GSH L,-312 2022 GSH TP CR TFS RBT -234, 2023 BG TP TFS NLMB, -160