Possible night time sighting by hunters in a marsh near Port Clinton witnessed in Ottawa County, Ohio

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I am 45 years old, ret. Navy and currently work as a correctional officer in Ca. I grew up in Ohio. I've had one visual sighting and on two occasions heard something that I could not identify. The sighting took place in a marshy inlet off the Little Portage River near Port Clinton Oh. It was 1974 my buddy and I found a new place to set turtle hooks. We set the lines and decided to camp out over night and check the hooks early in a.m. There was a little island in this marsh, that we use to set traps that we set up camp. We made a fire, turned on the radio and talked. It was approx. 1030 p.m. moon lit night and very still. My friend heard something in the water and ask "whats that" I told him to turn off the radio. We heard a splash...splash...splash. He asked if it was a deer. I said don't think so, a deer would swim if water is deep enough or lope through the water. We could now start to see ripples in the water in the moon light. Stll hearing splash...splash...splash. Then we c...