Other Lake Monsters

Okanagan Lake is not unique for being the home of what Arlene Gaal calls an Unidentified Swimming Object. Lake Champlain, on the border of Quebec and Vermont, has Champ. Champ or Champie, as it is sometimes called, is said to look like a serpent, is about 20 feet long and thick as a barrel, and has a head that resembles a horse. Cadboro Bay, near Victoria, BC, is home to Cadborosaurus, or Caddy. Caddy was seen by the local First Nations people, and sightings have been regularly reported for the last 150 years. Caddy is described as having a long body, big eyes, long neck and horsy head. It has even been seen swimming in groups. Ogopogo’s most famous relative is the Loch Ness Monster of Scotland, also known as Nessie. Scotland’s Loch Ness has similarities to Okanagan Lake. Both lakes have steep, rocky sides, and the lakes’ depths are about the same. It is said that Loch Ness, the largest freshwater lake in Great Britain, is home to 30 or 40 Nessies. One theory says that Nessie is a descendent of a plesiosaur. Is it possible that these lake monsters are all plesiosaurs that have lived on since prehistoric times?