#ogopogo

[byelacey]

know your cryptids 💨

[cryptid-quest]

Cryptid of the Day: Ogopogo

Description: Canada’s most famous lake monster, Ogopogo was first seen in 1872 by author Susan Allison, though tales of aquatic beasts living in Lake Okanagan have been around since natives inhabited the region. According to folklore, the monster is said to live in caves underneath Rattlesnake Island. 

[taxonomytournament]

Cryptotaxonomy Tournament Finale!

Note: these creatures do not actually exist. The following descriptions are facetious

Plesiosauria. This clade of ''extinct'' and ''pre-historic'' marine reptiles includes the Loch Ness Monster and Ogopogo, large long-necked monsters that live in lakes.

Lepus antilocapra. This rabbit species, known as the Jackalope, has antlers on its head.

[eldritchrach]

New sticker sheet of silly little cryptid friends now available! ♥ Tag yourself

[hansenshaberdashery]

Finally got some proper photography done of my cryptid patches, since every one gets hand drawn before I embroider them they always end up with a lot of personality.

[mayamistake]

[tryan-a-bex]

(Please also vote on the reblog)

[connectparanormal]

Ogopogo Lake Monster

Nessie in Canada?

From the essay:

Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada is home to the fabled Ogopogo Lake Monster. Descriptions of Ogopogo vary, but it is often depicted as a serpentine creature with a long, undulating body. Some accounts suggest it resembles a large snake or a prehistoric plesiosaur, with dark, smooth skin and the capacity to move swiftly through water. Local folklore describes its length as between 15 and 50 feet, endowing it with a formidable presence.

[churchydraws]

cuz why do one Plesiosaur when I can do two

[leasthaunted]

Episode 125: The Misty Nights of The Ogo-Pogo

There is something in the waters of Lake Okanagan, British Colombia. It is the subject of myths and legends. And It has stymied the likes of both Leonard Nimoy and The History Channel... But We're pretty sure we've got it all figured out. Also, borders. What's up with those?

As always, please come join the episode discussion on the Least Haunted Discord!

Enjoy the images below!

Lake Okanagan as seen from space.

The Syilx People have inhabited The Okanagan Valley and River Shed for thousands of years. To them the lake was sacred and was the home of, as well as the body of a nature spirit called, N’ha-a-itk. Offerings of food, tobacco, and herbs would be ceremonially given to the spirit in exchange for safe travels across the lake.

Susan Allison grew up on the lake as part of one of the early European "Pioneer" families in the area. She was the first non indigenous person to describe a creature in the lake in 1872. She claimed if looked like "A Dinosaur."

In 1924 "the creature" received the name that it is most known by. Ogo-Pogo was a creature described in a English Music Hall song that year. Although the song is not about Okanagan (The Ogo-Pogo was from Hindustan and played the banjo), people around the lake began using the name.

Ever since coming to non-indigenous attention, the search for what is in the lake has gone on.

Captain Shorts, entrepreneur who began hauling passengers and cargo in his row boat up and down the lake, before putting a steam engine on his small boat. He claimed to have found a bone belonging to "The Okanagan Monster" that was actually a whale bone.

For decades the only way to traverse from one end of the lake to the other was by steam ship. Captain Shorts went out of business because he couldn't compete with the railroad owned passenger ships on the lake.

In he early 1970's entrepreneur, Eddie Haymour bought Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan. The Island was traditionally seen as the home of N’ha-a-itk by the Sylix. Eddie wanted to build an amusement park there. The provincial government of British Columbia shut him down. This would lead to him seizing The Canadian Embassy in Beirut Lebanon, and eventually to the British Columbian Supreme Court ruling that a conspiracy had been enacted against Eddie to drive him insane and lose the island.

One possible (and very cute) explanation is that people are misidentifying known animals as Ogopogo. Most notably otters swimming single file. (Image © Joe Nickell)

Other sightings are most definitely waves. Due to the hydrology and geology of the lake itself, freak rogue waves do occur.

[byelacey]

cryptidpilled ..... mothmaxxing ....

[atheostic]

I don’t have to know any more about Christianity/the Bible to be justified in rejecting its claims than I need to be an expert on Bigfoot, Nessie, or the Ogopogo to reject their existence.

[taxonomytournament]

Cryptotaxonomy Tournament: Reptiles

Note: these creatures do not actually exist. The following descriptions are facetious

Plesiosauria. This clade of ''extinct'' and ''pre-historic'' marine reptiles includes the Loch Ness Monster and Ogopogo, large long-necked monsters that live in lakes.

Sauropoda. This ''extinct'' clade of long-necked dinosaurs has a living member in the Mokele-Mbembe, a large quadrupedal herbivore with a long neck and smooth skin, found in the Congo River Basin.

[cubic-watermelon]

Day 20 of my cryptid October drawing challenge!

Today’s creature: Ogopogo

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[bigfootbeat]

17 Famous Cryptid Animals and Sightings: Myth or Reality?

Bigfoot only made #2 on the list. Bigfoot should always be #1.

From the description:

Cryptids are animals that are claimed to exist based on anecdotal or folkloric evidence but haven’t been proven by scientific means. From shadowy figures lurking in dense forests to enormous beasts hidden deep in the ocean, these mysterious creatures have fascinated people across the world. 

Perhaps you’ve heard the legends, or maybe you’re just curious about the strange and unexplained. This blog post shares 17 famous cryptid animals and the sightings that have kept their legends alive.