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Ogopogo or Naitaka (, " lake demon ") is the name given to a cryptid lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada.
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Reports describe it as being similar in form and behavior to various popularly named lake monsters such as " Ogopogo " of Okanagan Lake in British Columbia and to the Loch Ness Monster of Scotland.
British cryptozoologist Karl Shuker has categorized the Ogopogo as a ' many hump ' variety of lake monster, and suggested it may be a kind of primitive serpentine whale such as Basilosaurus.
* 1990: The owner of the Peachland Marina Restaurant " Mary's Country Kitchen " claimed to have photographed the Ogopogo crossing the lake from Rattlesnake Island
* 2009: In Season 3 of the TV series Monster Quest, a search was conducted for evidence of the existence of an Ogopogo, revealing sink holes in the floor of the lake, cold streaks across the lakes surface ( possibly indicating a large, cold-blooded creature surfacing for food ), and what was at first thought to be a baby Ogopogo corpse, but was in fact an unrecognizable decomposed fish ( salmon ) body.
* Ogopogo, a Canadian lake monster
Many others liked the legend of the lake serpent, and playfully named it Ogopogo.
Ogopogo and is
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The most common description of Ogopogo is a 40 to 50-foot-long () sea serpent.
The case itself is also known as " the Ogopogo case ".
* 1983: Harry Horse's book for children, The Ogopogo – My Journey with the Loch Ness Monster is published.
* 1991: In Final Fantasy IV, the Ogopogo is featured as a side boss in the final dungeon known as the Lunar Subterrane.
* 1996: The Ogopogo of Lake Okanagan is referenced in " Quagmire ", a third season episode of the X-Files, in which Mulder and Scully search for an elusive sea-beast known as " Big Blue.
* 2008: In episode 103 of Reborn !, Hayato Gokudera tells Haru Miura that if he were to have a pet, it would be an Ogopogo, as it is " the strongest of all monsters ".
* 2009: Ogopogo is mentioned in the The Venture Brothers Season 4 episode " Return to Malice ", in a discussion between two of The Monarch's Henchmen, 86 and 87.
As they argue who would win in a fight between Champ and the Loch Ness Monster, they are interrupted by Henchman 21 who makes the case that " Champ is a picture of a log " and " Nessie is a toy submarine with a head made out of plastic wood ," while Ogopogo is a plesiosaur.
* 2012: In Season 2, episode 18 of the TV series Lost Girl, the Ogopogo is mentioned when a character, Ryan Lambert, needs information on types of Fae connected with water.
* Ogopogo is a colorway of a competition-grade yo-yo produced by Caribou Lodge Yo-yo Works.
* There is a statue of Ogopogo near the Kelowna Commercial Wharf in downtown Kelowna.
It is said by some to be home to its own sea monster-a giant serpent-like creature named Ogopogo.
Legend has it that Rattlesnake Island is the home of Ogopogo, the lake's legendary monster.
Ogopogo and name
In Canada, " Ogopogo " has also been a name given to items such as boats and canoes.
The filmmakers were about to name the creature in the film after the Ogopogo until an Aboriginal protested that use of the name compromised Aboriginal religion, although other Aboriginals encouraged the use of the name " Ogopogo.
Many locals still called it Ogopogo Island, but at the request of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce, in the 1950s the name of Rattlesnake Island was confirmed.
Some, especially those associated with the tourism industry in the Okanagan Valley, came to call the island " Ogopogo Island ", and the name stuck for many years.
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Thanks to these songs, the name Ogopogo stuck and the First Nation name has largely been forgotten.
Ogopogo and Okanagan
* Gaal, Arlene ( 1986 ) Ogopogo: The True Story of The Okanagan Lake Million Dollar Monster.
According to Arlene Gaal, author of Ogopogo: The True Story of the Okanagan Lake's Million Dollar Monster, a Vancouver Province reporter named Ronald Kenvyn later parodied a popular British ditty and composed a song that included the following stanza:
Ogopogo and Lake
* Nickell, Joe ( 2006 ) " Ogopogo: The Lake Okangan Monster ".
* Ogopogo – The Canadian Lake Monster
Ogopogo and British
* The logo for Kelowna, British Columbia's Western Hockey League team, the Kelowna Rockets, depicts Ogopogo.
Ogopogo and Canada
* 1972: The Supreme Court of Canada considered the case Horsley v. MacLaren which involved a boat called the Ogopogo.
Ogopogo and .
Ogopogo has been allegedly seen by First Nations people since the 19th century.
* 1989: A car salesman from Kelowna sold footage of a beaver to the American TV show Unsolved Mysteries, claiming it to be Ogopogo.
* 1990: A Canadian postage stamp with an artist's conception of the Ogopogo was issued.
* 1996: Ogopogo was both a codename and mascot for Microsoft Publisher 97, with Ogopogo graphics featured prominently in the beta setup.
* 2005: The National Geographic television series Is It Real: Monsters of the Deep includes a segment reviewing the evidence regarding Ogopogo.
* 2005: A film inspired by the Ogopogo and made in New Zealand was released.
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