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BoRaGard

(6,400 posts) Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:34 AM Sunday

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

(modern name aka Lake Webster in Massachusetts) has a problem with a Lizard on the Loose.

"Webster officials are warning residents to be on the lookout for a potentially dangerous water monitor that is on the loose in the lakeside town.

“There is a water monitor loose in the area of Blueberry lane off from upper gore,” Webster Animal Control wrote on its Facebook page Friday. “If you spot this reptile, please immediately contact animal control or the police department. Please DO NOT approach and let the professionals handle the animal.”

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/07/19/leaping-lizards-officials-warn-of-water-monitor-on-the-loose-in-mass-town/?s_campaign=Email:BComTonight&SUBID=7dcf941b76&AUDID=30532466

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Welsh I forgot the song that goes with it but I was throught there eons ago Historic NY Sunday #7

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BoRaGard

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1. wikipedia explains Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg

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Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:36 AM

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chaubunagungamaug

The lake's name comes from the Algonquian language of the Nipmuc and is often said to mean, "Fishing Place at the Boundaries—Neutral Meeting Grounds".[1] A more fitting translation is "lake divided by islands", according to anthropologist Ives Goddard.[2] The most memorable translation, however, is supposedly: "You fish on your side; we fish on our side; nobody fish in the middle."