Posted by: John Kirk on August 31st, 2006
While the Kelowna detachment has had to deal with people attempting to harm an aquatic cryptid, the RCMP detachment near Peter Pond Lake in Saskatchewan has had to deal with a ‘lake monster’ which could prove harmful to humans. “Puff,” as the creature is known, has had a habit of tearing up the nets of […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on August 24th, 2006
The Thetis Lake Gillman is not the only aquatic anomaly that the RCMP found themselves dealing with in the course of their duties. The force has crossed paths with a number of aquatic cryptids known commonly as “lake monsters,” the most famous of which is the world-famous Ogopogo of Okanagan Lake, British Columbia. I am […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on August 20th, 2006
One of the strangest cases the RCMP has been called upon to investigate was the Gillman of Thetis Lake on Vancouver Island. Situated near the community of Cottonwood, Thetis Lake is not really much of a lake, but in reality is more of a glorified pond. On August 19, 1972 two young men, Robin Flewellyn […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on August 15th, 2006
Many people know the story of Mrs. Jeannie Chapman’s encounter with a sasquatch at Ruby Creek in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia in 1941. She and her children fled the family home when a huge sasquatch showed up on her property. When her husband, George Chapman, returned to the property with fellow workers from […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on August 11th, 2006
1977 was a busy year, as far as cryptids were concerned, because the RCMP were called out to investigate huge footprints found in Alberta. The following news paper from the period gives us the details: THE MYSTERY AT MANYBERRIES DAN TRAFFORD MANYBERRIES Who in Manyberries could leave footprints in the snow measuring 19 inches? Or […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on August 9th, 2006
In 1977, a Greyhound bus driven by Pat Lindquist, coincidentally a reserve officer with the Vancouver Police Department, came to a screeching halt near Lake Erroch outside of Mission, B.C. when what appeared to be a sasquatch crossed the road in front of the vehicle. Lindquist leapt from the halted bus and went chasing after […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on August 8th, 2006
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has a reputation for always getting their man – with one exception. A member once tracked a criminal to Hawaii, but fell in love with the place, so much so that he never came back. There is no other police force that has had to deal with more cryptids […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on August 3rd, 2006
Yutaka Kawaji and Hideo Kawaji may share the same surname, but they also share the same phenomenal experience. You see, they are both witnesses to the Japanese lake cryptid know as Issie, said to inhabit the depths of Lake Ikeda in Japan. What is remarkable is that they both saw the creature when they were […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on July 29th, 2006
Sometimes I wonder just how true some of the stories that are introduced into the realm of cryptozoology really are. Just how much of this stuff is fact and just how much is urban legend, pure myth or deliberate fabrication. Tonight I was sitting around reading Mary Moon’s fine book Ogopogo. Mary was the first […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on July 19th, 2006
Richard Freeman and the intrepid team from the Centre for Fortean Zooology (CFZ) in the United Kingdom, have located an actual eyewitness who says that he has seen the mythic beast known as the Ninki-nanka of The Gambia in west Africa. The CFZ crew were able to locate a ranger employed by the Kiang West […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on July 19th, 2006
Intrepid sasquatch investigator, Thomas Steenburg and a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) soundman, narrowly escaped with their lives following a road accident over the weekend. The soundman was working with CBC radio program host Hal Niedzvecki and was venturing out with Thomas and fellow investigator Sebastian Wang, as part of a radio program looking into the […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on July 18th, 2006
A new product based on the mythical droppings of Okanagan Lake’s mystery beast is a hot new item on the retail circuit. The Kelowna Daily Courier newspaper carried this report on the sweet tasting droppings: Ogopogo Poop has made its way into several Kelowna stores and will soon be on televisions across the province. The […]
Posted by: John Kirk on July 12th, 2006
The Kelowna Daily Courier newspaper has carried its share of Ogopogo reports over the years so I like to read the online and paper editions when I can. Not too long ago they carried a story that is intertwined with a little bit of Ogopogo history. Here’s the story of a tugboat that served those […]
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Posted by: John Kirk on July 11th, 2006
It’s summer again here in the sunny province of British Columbia and all is quiet on the cryptid front so far. There have been rumours of a couple of Ogopogo sightings this year, but we have not been able to track down any witnesses who might want to allow us to interview them. Ogopogo is […]
Posted by: John Kirk on July 6th, 2006
My good friends at the Centre for Fortean Zoology in Devon, England have filed the first report from their expedition to the Gambia in search of two mysterious animals. The report is as follows: The Centre for Fortean Zoology [CFZ], the world’s largest mystery animal research group, based in rural North Devon announced tonight that […]
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