Kenton Dampchuk, a cryptozoologist with a resemblance to musician Carl Johnson of Library Voices, has been talking about a swamp monster living in Regina鈥檚 Wascana Lake in the media since a year ago. The Wascana monster, otherwise known as TAB (Toxic Algae Blob), is composed of toxic algae floating on the humanmade lake made in 1883. But ha, ha 鈥搕he joke鈥檚 on us. TAB is part of a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign for Swamp Fest, a three-day music and arts festival in Regina founded in 2016.
However, some in Saskatchewan have made genuine claims about seeing mysterious creatures in this province just as in other parts of Canada and the world. I want to believe in paranormal creatures. Speaking of monsters, I鈥檝e known at least two people who have told me they鈥檝e seen the Ogopogo in the Okanagan Lake. Only the cynical have disdain for this beast lurking undisturbed in the depths of a vacation destination lake filled with motorboats in the summer 鈥搕his is British Columbia鈥檚 genuine Loch Ness version of a tourist trap.
The Turtle Lake Monster 鈥揳ccording to reports 鈥搃s an amphibian creature lacking a dorsal fin and with the head of a horse, pig or dog. This monster swims in Turtle Lake near Livelong and North Battleford in Central-West Saskatchewan. Before you plan a hunt for the Turtle Lake Monster with a boat equipped with sonar beams, you should know the Cree believed people go missing whenever they invaded this mythical beast鈥檚 territory. In other words, forget I mentioned the Turtle Lake Monster.聽聽
Saskatchewan has its own Sasquatch legends too. Since 2009, more than four sightings of the Zoobey have been sighted near Rockglen 鈥揷hiefly on Columbus Hill. The Zoobey, a creature resembling the Sasquatch, Bigfoot, the Yeti 鈥nd so on 鈥tands on the hill and harasses the wildlife. Legendary wild men such as the Zoobey fascinate us, because these 小蓝视频s characterize baser reflections of ourselves. A Fred Flintstone fixation. To this point, Bigfoot researchers, Grover Krantz and Geoffrey H. Bourne, thought the worldwide legend of a half-man, half-ape creature might refer to relic populations of the Gigantiopithecus, an extinct primate with fossilized remains discovered throughout Asia.
Krantz claimed the primate was bipedal, meaning this ape-like 小蓝视频 existing nine million years ago was capable of walking upright. So far, the limited number of Gigantiopithecus fossils haven鈥檛 proven Krantz鈥檚 hypothesis. Although all the Gigantiopithecus fossils were discovered in Asia, Krantz believes his version of the primate walked over the Bering Land Bridge then strolled into North America with big plans. But I鈥檝e also heard from a self-proclaimed expert in Vancouver that Sasquatches and the like are capable of shape-shifting, meaning these creatures could have astral projected over the Bering Land Bridge instead of hiking along the frozen territory from Asia to North America. Interesting note: more than a third of Sasquatch-Bigfoot sightings in North America have occurred along the Pacific Northwestern Coast, but the Zoobey prefers the Burning Hills of Rockglen. Well, good on the Zoobey.
I鈥檇 like to mention Saskatchewan鈥檚 numerous ghost sightings too, but this is another article. Anyways, whether paranormal or explained creatures exist or not, their legends are always interesting to ponder over and add a unique colour to Saskatchewan.
