Locals along the Altamaha River tell of “Altie,” a long-necked, sturgeon-like creature said to inhabit the deep channels and swamps near Darien. Descriptions vary from a plesiosaur-like beast to a massive fish with ridged back and large flippers. Reports stretch back to Muscogee Creek legends and colonial settlers, with modern boaters and fishermen still claiming sightings of something vast breaking the surface.