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Mussie, also known as Hapyxelor or Hapaxelor, is a cryptid, an animal whose existence is the subject of folklore but has not been proven, that is rumored to live in Muskrat Lake in the Canadian province of Ontario. The creature's age, gender, and physical appearance are not agreed upon; it is variously described, for example, as a walrus or as a three-eyed Loch Ness Monster-like creature. It is also not agreed upon whether Mussie is a single creature or a species. The legend of Mussie likely began around 1916, though folk tales claim that Canadian pioneer Samuel de Champlain wrote about it in the early seventeenth century. Despite the futility of numerous attempts to locate or capture Mussie, it has become a part of the local culture and a fixture in the local tourism industry. ==Characteristics== Mussie's name is a diminutive form of the name of its reported location: Muskrat Lake, a large, deep lake near the village of Cobden, Ontario, and about 75 miles northwest of Ottawa. Muskrat Lake is home to another paranormal phenomenon: local legends state that an Atomic Energy of Canada bus driver saw an extraterrestrial spacecraft landing on a spot atop a hill and leaving. There is indeed a dark-colored, circular outline on this hill where grass does not grow, with no widely accepted cause.〔 There is no single accepted portrayal of Mussie's age, its gender, or even whether it is a single, long-lived creature or a species. Some residents claim that a single, very old Mussie—or a member of its species—first arrived in the area, then covered by the ocean, about 10,000 years ago. In this tale, glaciers and, later, solid landmasses built up around it, forming the lake, and Mussie was trapped. Mussie's diet, according to self-proclaimed observer Donnie Humphries, consists at least partially of cattails found near the edge of the lake.〔 Descriptions of Mussie's physical appearance are inconsistent. In local folklore, it has variously been portrayed as akin to a walrus;〔 a sturgeon or other fish; or a Loch Ness Monster with three eyes and sharper teeth.〔 Another oft-cited description from local historian James F. Robison is as follows: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mussie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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