Ogopogo Sighting Reported in Kelowna's City Park
Cryptozoology
Monday 6th, May 2024
A Kelowna woman, who has spent her entire life in the Okanagan, witnessed an unusual event on Friday morning the 25th of April 2024 that she says is unlike anything she has ever seen before.
Natasha Chalmers, proprietor of Maple and Manchester in downtown Kelowna, recounted her experience while taking a walk in City Park shortly after 9:20 AM. Chalmers was photographing a rainbow when she noticed the water beginning to move.
"I was taking pictures of it to show my husband and then just as I was taking a picture, this thing pops up. And unfortunately, I didn't catch that on video because I was in picture mode. But this thing popped up out of pretty calm water and then it started to move forward in that, kind of arch that you see popping up", Chalmers explained.
Chalmers noted that there was no one else on the water at the time, and she could not think of an explanation for the sudden waves. "There were no birds anywhere nearby at all. Initially, I thought it almost looked like it poked up like a duck bottom, I thought it was a bird. And then I realised it wasn't because that's when it went back down. And then all of a sudden those waves started popping up".
Quickly switching her camera to video mode, Chalmers managed to capture footage showing what appeared to be waves generated by an object either moving through or just beneath the water’s surface.
"I've lived here my whole life, my grandparents live on the lake and we're always looking out for something... I'm sitting there thinking okay, was it some kind of wave? But there was nothing around and then, you know, it was gone, and the water just smoothed out".
The sighting took place near the location where the Wibit water jungle gym is typically set up during the summer months. Although Chalmers did not assert that the object was the famed Ogopogo, she did remark on its resemblance to the legendary lake creature.
"So I kind of, you know... it had that iconic Ogopogo look but it could be a wave, I don't know. But once it was down, it just was gone. There was nothing after that", Chalmers said.
Having grown up by the lake, Chalmers is well acquainted with the Ogopogo legend. "I mean, I definitely grew up with that. The image I always had in my head as a child was more like a serpent kind of a thing. But it reminded me of the statue that's in City Park. Just the weightiness of it".
The Ogopogo, often depicted as a serpentine creature, has been a staple of Okanagan folklore for many years.
Natasha Chalmers, proprietor of Maple and Manchester in downtown Kelowna, recounted her experience while taking a walk in City Park shortly after 9:20 AM. Chalmers was photographing a rainbow when she noticed the water beginning to move.
"I was taking pictures of it to show my husband and then just as I was taking a picture, this thing pops up. And unfortunately, I didn't catch that on video because I was in picture mode. But this thing popped up out of pretty calm water and then it started to move forward in that, kind of arch that you see popping up", Chalmers explained.
Chalmers noted that there was no one else on the water at the time, and she could not think of an explanation for the sudden waves. "There were no birds anywhere nearby at all. Initially, I thought it almost looked like it poked up like a duck bottom, I thought it was a bird. And then I realised it wasn't because that's when it went back down. And then all of a sudden those waves started popping up".
Quickly switching her camera to video mode, Chalmers managed to capture footage showing what appeared to be waves generated by an object either moving through or just beneath the water’s surface.
"I've lived here my whole life, my grandparents live on the lake and we're always looking out for something... I'm sitting there thinking okay, was it some kind of wave? But there was nothing around and then, you know, it was gone, and the water just smoothed out".
The sighting took place near the location where the Wibit water jungle gym is typically set up during the summer months. Although Chalmers did not assert that the object was the famed Ogopogo, she did remark on its resemblance to the legendary lake creature.
"So I kind of, you know... it had that iconic Ogopogo look but it could be a wave, I don't know. But once it was down, it just was gone. There was nothing after that", Chalmers said.
Having grown up by the lake, Chalmers is well acquainted with the Ogopogo legend. "I mean, I definitely grew up with that. The image I always had in my head as a child was more like a serpent kind of a thing. But it reminded me of the statue that's in City Park. Just the weightiness of it".
The Ogopogo, often depicted as a serpentine creature, has been a staple of Okanagan folklore for many years.
