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-Thursday, August 2, 1956 “* THE LETHBRIDGE HEEALB — 13is0ogle Boogie Story RevivedWaterton Monster77 SightedBy Ron Boyce of LethbridgerdV’S122-idndallrthee.trybyofmeilv-redhis-red |ntrm-inoilmgeraWATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK — (HNS) —The “Oogle Boogie,” lake monster, reputed to inhabit the depths of Waterton Lakes has made a re-appearance after nearly 12 years. The “monster” was sighted this week by Son Boyce of Lethbridge, skipper of the passenger launch “Miss Watertom”Boyce was near the head of Upper Waterton Lake on a regular run when he sighted the mysterious object about 50 feet t/ the M* tL From whathe saw of it he reckoned it to ) be about four inches in diameter with three evenly - spaced, thumb-like prongs about eight Inches high projecting from its back.He swung the boat to get a closer look at the strange creature and to draw the tourists’Wartime Director Army Intelligence Dies in OttawaiBxysaveofthe’1rtOTTAWA —(CP)— Col. W. W. (Cap) Murray, wartime director of military intelligence, died heretoday. He was 65 and had been ill for several weeks.Bom in Hawick, Scotland, Col. Murray had been art Ottawa resident since 1927 when he came here to the parliamentary staff of The Canadian Press. He came to Canada in 1913.attention to it, hat it submerged immediately, disappearing: from sight. Boyce watched intently for several minutes, but lie saw no further sign of it.The Oogle Boogie was last sighted some 12 years ago by G. “Slim” Udal, now skipper of “The Eileen,’’ while on a scheduled run up Waterton Lake. Mr. Udal’s description of the lake serpent is the same as that given by air. Boyce,At the time Udal sighted the “monster” it was » similar distance from his boat. He turned to draw the attention of passengers to the strange sight. When he looked around U had disappeared. XJdal watched formore than a mile, but the serpent-like creature did not show up again, discrediting the suggestion that the object could have been some animal like a bear or deer swimming the lake.About that time the “monster was also reported seen by A- G, Baalim of Lethbridge. Mr. Baalim claimed to have seen the serpent-like body undulating near the surface of the water; he reckoned the serpent to be some 30 to 40 feet long. The head appeared to have two hams ■with knobs on the end.Waterton Lakes have direct access to the ocean via the Saskatchewan Elver system. It is considered quite possible that an eel or some other serpent may ha-ee travelled up river to Waterton Lakes living in the murky depths to grow to enormous size.
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Thu, Aug 02, 1956
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