Lake Vidal Gormaz is located in Chile, in the area between Puerto Montt, Chiloé Island, and Bariloche and El Bolsón in Argentina (see it in Google maps).
It is a long, narrow lake, 7.8 km by 0.8 km (4.9 by 0.5 mi.) it drains into the Manso River that comes from Argentina, with the outflow of several lakes including Lake Mascardi, the waters end up in the Pacific Ocean along the Puelo River.
We had mentioned it in our post on the Reloncavi region's monsters, and found another reference, quoted below: (online here)
"While we were there, more precisely at its northern tip, we found out about disquieting news . Like Nahuel Huapi who has its "Nahuelito", and other Southern lakes the famous "cuero", Vidal Gormaz also has a tennant, a supposed "monster". At least that is what the members of the Bahamonde family -legendary settlers in the area- told us, seriously. And there is more. A few months after this expedition, and because we mentioned this rumor in a post, they have written to me to tell me that in the Las Rocas Lake (located south of the Vidal, and in the same basin) there have been reports on this matter."
The lake is quite inaccessible, and set in the middle of the Andean forests. There is a fishing lodge on a farm on its southern tip.
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