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Igopogo
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English
Proper noun
en Canada cryptozoology A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada.
en 1 July 1963 Igopogo, Simcoe Monster, Reported Sighted Again The Globe and Mail 1 The story of Lake Simcoe's monster started 11 years ago, when Wellington Charles, a fishing guide on the lake for many years, first sighted a mysterious marine animal. He described it as having a neck like a stovepipe with a face like a boxer dog. At the time, he named the thing Igopogo.