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Ogopogo

The Ogopogo is Naitaka (Salish: n'ha-a-itk, "lake demon") is the name given to a cryptid lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada. Ogopogo has been allegedly seen by First Nations people since the 19th century. The most common description of Ogopogo is a 40 to 50-foot-long (12 to 15 m) sea serpent.

Sightings of the Ogopogo

The best-known Canadian lake Monster, Ogopogo, actually made its media debut long before the Loch Ness Monster. In 1926, seven years before Nessie's came to the public's attention, Roy W. Brown, editor of the Vancouver Sun, wrote, " Too many reputable people have seen [the monster] to ignore the seriousness of actual facts." While there are serious questions about whether there are non-retroactive Nessie sightings before 1930, but there are archival records of Ogopogo's existence going back to 1872 and sightings have been reported regularly up to the present.



The Ogopogo in Popular Culture

A film about the Ogopogo, The Beast of the Bottemless Lake, experienced a theatrical release in 2010. The Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) gives it a rating of 7.5 of 10 stars. Though no critical ratings for it are available on Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com), the audience rating is 80%.

Professional Interest in the Ogopogo

Special Agent Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully welcome any information concerning sightings of the Ogopogo. Contact them at curiouscryptids.com.

And on an unrelated note, here is a picture of me at the Rose City Comic Convention. I'm dressed as Roxanne Ritchi from Megamind. My associate is dressed as Jareth, the goblin king from Labyrinth.