{"id":2693,"date":"2025-09-20T22:44:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/reclusive-champ-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T22:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T22:44:32","slug":"reclusive-champ-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/reclusive-champ-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Reclusive Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Lake Champlain Vermont<br>\nlives an elusive sea monster<br>\nnamed Champ first seen<br>\nin 1609 and 299 times<br>\nafter that reputedly.<\/p>\n<p>Like many cryptids Champ<br>\nis a champion at hiding;<br>\nMany alleged sightings<br>\nBut no proof.<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn\u2019t it be amazing<br>\nif one day Champ made his<br>\ndebut and wowed the world<br>\nas a throwback to<br>\nprehistoric times. <\/p>\n<p>And since no mate<br>\nhas been seen<br>\nChamp must be<br>\ncenturies old with an<br>\nanti-aging formula<br>\nas yet unknown.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d like it if Champ<br>\ncame out of the lake<br>\nand declared his<br>\nauthenticity to the world.<\/p>\n<p>But somehow I suspect<br>\nfrom watching many<br>\nmonster movies<br>\nthat day would be<br>\na bad day For Champ. <\/p>\n<p>So I can understand him<br>\nstaying out of the media<br>\nglare, being reclusive.<br>\nBecause I\u2019m reclusive too<br>\nand wouldn&#8217;t want all that<br>\nannoying paparazzi attention.   <\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Lake Champlain Vermont lives an elusive sea monster named Champ first seen in 1609 and 299 times after that reputedly. Like many cryptids Champ is a champion at hiding; Many alleged sightings But no proof. Wouldn\u2019t it be amazing if one day Champ made his debut and wowed the world as a throwback to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/reclusive-champ-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}