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Igopogo

Photograph of Igopogo, taken by an observer in 1976.
Creature
Grouping	Cryptid
Sub grouping	Lake monster
Data
Country	Canada
Region	Lake Simcoe, Ontario
Habitat	Water

Igopogo is a cryptozoological creature which is rumored to dwell in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. The creature's name is ostensibly based on the Ogopogo, of Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, and also the title 1952 book I Go Pogo, a slogan often mentioned in the comic. It is also called "Kempenfelt Kelly" after the bay that extends from the lake into the city of Barrie, Ontario.

Description

Unlike most long-necked lake monsters, the Igopogo is described with a relatively canine-esque head. Because of this, many believers have speculated that it is related to such canine-like aquatic animals as the Irish crocodile; also known as the Dobhar-chu.^[1] The creature has also been seen basking in the sun for extensive periods of time; implying that it is able to breathe air.^[2]

See also

Ogopogo

Manipogo

Dobhar-chu

Sources

Footnotes

References

• www.bcscc.ca
• www.mysteriesofcanada.com
• www.livescience.com
• www.unknownexplorers.com
• www.pararesearchers.org

Further reading

• Mysteries of Ontario by John Robert Colombo. ISBN 0-88882-205-7
• The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens by Loren Coleman, Patrick Huyghe, Harry Trumbore, and Mark Lee Rollins. ISBN 1585422525
• The Leviathans by Tim Dinsdale. ISBN 0860073653

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Proper noun

Igopogo (plural Igopogos)

1. (Canadian, cryptozoology) A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
   • 1963, "Igopogo, Simcoe Monster, Reported Sighted Again," The Globe and Mail, Mon 1 July 1963, p. 1.

     The story of Lake Simcoe's monster started 11 years ago, when Wellington Charles, a fishing guide on the lake for many years, first sighted a mysterious marine animal. He described it as having a neck like a stovepipe with a face like a boxer dog. At the time, he named the thing Igopogo.