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Experimental Farm. A-Catch ‘Ogopogo* At Calgary ParkCALGARY, July 31.—A giant five-foot long “Ogopogo” has been captured and slain in the big lagoon at Bowness Park, after a terrific struggle. in which a four-tined pitch-forkand an axe were usedThe capture was effected Tuesday afternoon by John McDonald, park .super intendent. and the monster was finally killed when Commissionaire K McDonald (no relative) struck off iP head, us big as a football, with a well-aimed axe stroke.TASTED GRAND Commissionaire McDonald, who is employed at the park, identified the fearsome looking creature as being a ling, and, after striking off its In ad and about three feet of snake-tail, skinned the remainder and cooked it for his supper. He declared it tasted “grand.”Commissionaire McDonald said it was a male that had been killed, and expressed the opinion a female would not be far away. A close watch is being kept in park waters for “Mrs. Ofopogo.'*Judging from descriptions given of other “Ogopogos” seen recently at Rocky Mountain House and elsewhere. it would appear they also belonged to the ling family.
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Medicine Hat Daily News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Fri, Jul 31, 1942
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