{"id":18101,"date":"2016-08-03T07:14:10","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T14:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=18101"},"modified":"2016-08-24T08:22:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:22:23","slug":"ogopogo-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=18101","title":{"rendered":"Ogopogo talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ogopogo is one of my favourite animals &#8212; each sighting is a thrill.<\/p>\n<p>This posting is a shameless promotion of my forthcoming presentation about Ogopogo.<\/p>\n<p>Seen around BC, this relative of Nessie is always described as a large serpentine lake monster. One mustn&#8217;t be swayed by the proprietorial posturing of the Okanagan tourism industry because Ogopogo sightings in Kootenay Lake extend back over a century. Indeed, on two recent occasions it was photographed in the waters adjacent to Kokanee Creek Park.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 2px 2px 4px 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: -40px; margin-left: 8px; width: 200px; float: right; clear: left; color: #555555; background-color: #eeeeee; border: #dddddd 2px solid;\">\n <b>Title:<\/b> Ogopogo Gait<br \/>\n <b>Speaker:<\/b> Alistair Fraser<br \/>\n <b>Location:<\/b> Nature Centre, <br \/>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Kokanee Creek Park<br \/>\n <b>Date:<\/b> Tues., 16 Aug. 2016<br \/>\n <b>Time:<\/b> 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\n <b>Sponsor:<\/b> Eco Society<br \/>\n <b>Donation:<\/b> toonie sought<\/p>\n<p>It is at this park on August 16<sup>th<\/sup> that our favourite lake monster is featured in a presentation entitled:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Ogopogo Gait<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0a naturalist explains<\/p>\n<p>Come and discover the leviathan that shares our waters. Learn what kind of animal is Ogopogo; Understand its seemingly erratic behaviour; Find out what are the most likely places and times for a sighting.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, this highly illustrated\u00a0talk will romp over history, comparative anatomy, human perception, animal behaviour, the physics of swimming, marketing and even political posturing.<\/p>\n<p>This stylized statue of Ogopogo in Kelowna has errors, but it is a passable representation of the lake monster seen around BC.<br \/>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18103\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/ogopogoKelowna140627s.jpg\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18103\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/hand.gif\" alt=\"\" onclick=\"return false\" onmousedown=\"return false\" width=\"33\" height=\"15\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Second shameless promotion: Have Ogopogo talk, will travel.<\/p>\n<p> &nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Ogopogo is one of my favourite animals &#8212; each sighting is a thrill. This posting is a shameless promotion of my forthcoming presentation about Ogopogo. 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