Gonos Yotas

Gonos Yiotas
Gonos Yiotas c. 1900s
Native name	Γκόνος Γιώτας Гоно Йотов
Birth name	Georgios Yiotas Γεώργιος Γιώτας Георги Йотов
Nickname(s)	The Ghost of the Lake το Στοιχείο της Λίμνης The Wild Beast of the Swamp το Θεριό του Βάλτου
Born	c. 1880 Plugar, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Loudias, Greece)
Died	12 February 1911 Giannitsa Lake, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Buried	Cemetery in Giannitsa
Allegiance	IMRO (1900-1904) Kingdom of Greece
Service / branch	HMC
Years of service	1900-1911
Battles / wars	Macedonian Struggle † Ilinden Uprising
Relations	Apostol Petkov (first cousin)

Georgios Yiotas (Greek: Γεώργιος Γιώτας), best known as Gonos Yiotas (Greek: Γκόνος Γιώτας), was a Slavophone Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle. He is revered as a hero in the Pella region of Greece and ranks among the most notable participants of the struggle. He mainly operated around the Giannitsa Lake and cooperated with other well respected revolutionaries such as Stergios Daoutis, Alexandros Mazarakis, Ioannis Demestichas, and Tellos Agras. He came to be known as the “Ghost of the Lake” (το Στοιχείο της Λίμνης).^[1]