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CONFIRMATION FROM HURSTALL THAT LOCAL QGOPOGO EXISTSConfirmation that Medicine Hat's ogopogo, or river freak, is in existence and still a deni/on of the district was obtained this week by a party of 12 Hurstall. Sask., residents.The freak, some 10 feet lone and covered with dark brown fur, was seen last Sunday some 00 miles down the river. This incident is vouched for by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin If Hand of Hurstall to The News toil: y. It confirms the report lastVic$For those deliciousWaffles you'll enjoysummer that the freak monster was in the South Saskatchewan river at Medicine flat.The Hurstall group saw the ogo* pogo on a large flat rock near a beaver dam. They were some 200 feet from the animal and declare unreservedly that it was not an overgrown heaver or otter or sturgeon.“We could not see the eves, but* *it had a round head, pointed snout, and was longer than a man.” declared Mr. lllland. “It was certainly not a known type of animal, but some strange Jreak, and everyone in our party will vouch for this (act. It was fttrrv, not scaly, and swam about the rock when we threw rocks at it and then went hack lt;e, rest on the rock.”
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Fri, Oct 21, 1949
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