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