Manipogo

Manipogo is the name of a sea monster, said to live in the Canadian Manitobasee allegedly.

Description

Usually only a dark brown to black back is spotted with several humps moving through the water quickly. Sometimes, however, there is talk also of a snake-like head. The sighted animals should be between 3 ½ and 10 meters long, which could point to parents and pups.

Sightings

It is not known exactly when the first sighting took place.

In 1975, journalists conducted a semi-official expedition to Lake Manitoba and found a cave that was filled with the remains of countless small animals, even they came upon traces of a snake-like creature.

1962 the two made a hobby fisherman Richard Vincent and John Konefell a photo on the lake, which allegedly shows Manipogo. The photo is very blurry and might as well show a floating tree trunk. Moreover, the two TV presenters claiming that their 10 hp boat was not fast enough to follow the nature.

Possible explanations

It has been suggested, Manipogo was a member of the force to be extinct Zeuglodonten. Against this theory, however, is the fact that the lake completely freezes over in the winter, this could not come up for air at the surface of the whales.

The second theory suggests that it was at Manipogo to a sea serpent, such could leave the lake through the Nelson River in winter and so escape the ice.

Swell

• Corinna Harder, Jens Schumacher, Bernhard Speh: Nessie, Yeti and Co. - mystery creature on the track. Patmos, Dusseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-491-42045-8