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OKANAGAN SERPENT VICTIM OF COLDMonster’s Death Struggles Watched by an IndianVancouver, B. C.—“Heaving, cracking ice, thrown up into mounds, near the shore of Okanagan lake, a few miles north of Kelowna, B. C.,” says a dispatch from there, formed the basis of reports that “Ogopogo, mystery monster,” died during the recent cold weather.I'eter Simon, half-breed Indian, according to the dispatch, said that while hunting along the shore he saw the ice “torn asunder by some monster’s struggles and fragments thrown far up on the shore.”“Timidly venturing near,” it continues, “Peter said he could see the giant form, sinuous and powerful, outlined beneath the ice, the tail feebly thrashing for freedom and the huge head, bearing a resemblance to a sheep, raised twice in the agony of its struggles.From his vantage point behind a tree, Peter watched the final battle for life, saw the great form become more and more feeble, then subside, gently into the ice. Creeping to the lake shore he made certain the monster was dead, then, dropping his rifle, rushed frantically back to Kelowna.”This “Ogopogo, or sea serpent, gained much publicity for Okanagan Lake, I?. C., when It was first reported as striking terror into the hearts of the native population last summer by Its sudden appearance in their lake.In appearance the “Ogopogo” is described as measuring 20 feet from the tip of its black-whiskered snout to the end of Its scalp, serpent-like tail. It has a head like a sheep, a body like a boa constrictor, and two fins near the head similar to automobile tires in texture.
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Shiner Gazette
Shiner, Texas, US
Thu, Mar 03, 1927
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