In this video, we explore the legend of the Ogopogo, the huge horned water serpent said to haunt the waters of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada.

 

Co-Producer: Dan Chomistek

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Cover art by Hannah Parker

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With footage by Extemporalist

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INTRODUCTION

0:00:00 - Introduction

0:01:14 - Legend of the Ogopogo

 

NATIVE PERCEPTION

0:06:18 - The Ogopogo in Native Tradition

0:08:25 - Local Legend

0:11:48 - Chief Timbasket’s Folly

0:16:12 - Water Mysteries

0:21:09 - Okanagan Pictographs

0:28:19 - Connection Between Okanagan Lake and the Columbia River

0:32:00 - Fox, Coyote, and the Whale Monster

0:37:26 - How the Spider-Woman Was Rescued From the Fish-Man

0:42:21 - The Carving

 

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

0:43:53 - The Pacific Fur Company

0:48:13 - The Okanagan Trail

0:54:17 - The Fraser Canyon Gold Rush

0:57:46 - Settlement of the Okanagan Valley

 

EARLY SETTLER ACCOUNTS

1:00:29 - John and Susan Allison

1:03:07 - Susan Allison’s Introduction to the Ogopogo

1:07:00 - Allison’s Ranch on the Similkameen River

1:10:31 - Rattlesnake Island

1:15:14 - Johnny McDougall’s Encounter

1:17:55 - Susan Allison’s Sighting

 

EARLY 20TH CENTURY SIGHTINGS

1:21:36 - Captain Thomas Short’s Sighting

1:25:28 - Frank Stevens’ Sighting

1:27:00 - Ruth Richardson’s Sighting

1:28:53 - The CPR Sternwheelers

1:31:37 - The Sightings of 1925

1:34:43 - John Logie’s Sighting

1:38:57 - How the Ogopogo Got Its Name

1:42:20 - Parallels with the Loch Ness Monster

 

DESCRIPTION

1:44:38 - Witness Descriptions of the Ogopogo

1:45:10 - Distribution

1:46:08 - Activity and Behavior

1:47:27 - Physical Appearance

1:57:37 - The Horned Water Serpent of Pan-American Tradition

 

THEORIES

2:00:31 - The Plesiosaur Theory

2:03:08 - The Whale Theory

2:09:12 - Optical Illusion

2:12:05 - The Sturgeon Theory

2:16:05 - The Oarfish Theory

2:17:41 – ‘The Amphibian Theory