Sea monster or monster hoax?

Nathan, Gershon, Onur, and myself (Erector TI-92) will be traveling to Istanbul, Turkey on February 27th for a period of two weeks. We will be investigating the infamous Sea Monster of Lake Van. If there's something strange in your neighborhood...Who you gonna call?
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9706/12/fringe/turkey.monster/