Okanagan Feature:
For the Shushwap
Natives, it was called "Naitaka"
or "long fish". Years
later, they called it "OGOPOGO",
the name taken from this verse:
"His mother was an insect,
his father was a whale, a little
bit of head and hardly any tail,
and Ogopogo was his name."
Over the years, people around
Lake Okanagan located in the Okanagan
Valley, British Columbia have
reported a serpent-like creature
roaming in its waters. Unlike
the Loch Ness Monster, sightings
have been reported almost every
year. Even a prominent insurance
company offered a large sum of
money for its solid proof.
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Cryptozoologists
theorize that Ogopogo may be
the ancient zeuglodon that has
been extinct for millions of
years. There might be a possibility
that a population of it survived
the extinction period and therefore
might be dwelling in these waters.
Other possibilities include
long eels, seals, trapped whales
or debris from underwater. Against
all efforts to explain Ogopogo,
the legend of the Okanagan's
friendly lake monster continues...
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