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April 19, 2005
Canada's Loch Ness Monster: Ogopogo
Isn't one Loch Ness monster enough?
Guess not.Salish aboriginal legends indicate that there has been a large sea creature living in south central British Columbia's Lake Okanagan long before the arrival of the white man. According to folklore, the lake monter was originally a demon possessed man who murdered a local man named Old Kan-He-K (who lent his name to Lake Okanagan). As punishment for the homicide, the gods turned the murderer into a sea serpent who would be stuck at the scene of the crime for all of eternity. Out of fear that the creature, known as N'ha-a-itk, would rise out of the...
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Posted on April 19, 2005 10:27 PM by lakes339.
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