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The daily swim of Minka and Sultana Marguerite Mount, prize French poodles brought to Medicine Hat from England by Mrs. R. Ireland of 861 First St., in the South Saskatchewanriver, behind the First St. armouries, was rudely and unexpectedly interrupted by—by—uh—Well, uh. . . . Yes, that is the question today. What was it interrupted try? •According to Mrs. Ireland, * she had taken the poodles for their afternoon swim at 2 o’dock. TJie dogs were cavorting in the water, when the park caretaker shouted foi* her to call the dogs out of the water* quickly, as some sort of monster was swimming towards them.She looked out over the water and saw in the middle of the river a large object on the surface. It had been lloating downstream and then suddenly turned and began' swimming for the dogs. It was dull grey in color and rather thin. Only the head and part of the body was seen.“All I can remember is the big mouth which opened and closed continually,1” Mrs. Ireland informed The News this morning. She said the mouth was about a foot Wide.When the dogs reached the river bank, the “monster” turned and con-1 ] tinued to Jflo.at downstream, its mouth opening and closing as it swam along.]\CONFIRM DESCRIPTIONL{. L. Russell and CQMS FreemanLewis,1 members of the South Alberta Regiment Reserve unit) confirmed Mrs, Ireland’s description of the animal. They were called from the armouries by her and the parks man to the river Sank. They were of the 11 opinion that it was just a log, but to mgke certain, they t-bok a powerful telescope and rode% down to Police Point for a closer examination.Although they could not; make out much detail,- they were certain it was not a log. They also noticed the large mouth opening and closing as it floated downstream. ’ I iiThe “monster” might be the* famed a Ogopogo, often reported seen, in the |S Bow river west of Calgary. It has alsobeen reported at Rocky Mountain House to the no,rth. However,* no per-1B son has as yet come up with a detailed description of the animal. IB
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Medicine Hat Daily News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Wed, May 07, 1947
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