Arlene Gaal
Author/Researcher Arlene Gaal is clearly passionate and dedicated
to tracking the many sightings of the famous cryptid lake monster
Ogopogo of British Columbia and to being a supporting voice for
those individuals who have by most accounts, inadvertently had the
experience of encountering this largely elusive aquatic
monster.
In her sincere efforts to help substantiate the claims of folks who
come to her with their reports, she has accumulated an amazing
amount of data over the past several decades in which she has
exhaustively spent researching, documenting, interviewing witnesses
and archiving records, photos and films.
Though she has penned a couple books prior to In Search of Ogopogo:
Sacred Creature of the Okanagan Waters concerning the monstrous
animal of gigantic proportions that purportedly inhabits Okanagan
Lake, this particular book is the last one to date and plainly
demonstrates why Miss Gaal is the unofficial expert and consultant
on Ogopogo.
Noted cryptozoologist John Kirk of the British Columbia Scientific
Cryptozoology Club said that "The catalogue of films and video of
Ogopogo are more numerous and of better quality than anything I
have personally seen at Loch Ness and I believe that several of
them are very persuasive that there is a large living unknown
creature inhabiting the lake" (2005) and therefore, it is surmised
that the Ogopogos could be some of the most credible of the world's
lake monsters.
Arlene Gaal has certainly put together a comprehensive volume rich
with numerous accounts of the search for Canada's most famous lake
cryptid including fascinating sightings from convincing witnesses
that I had never heard of.
Gaal's writing style is a bit unconventional in that it's casual,
though I attribute that to her exuberance for her subject. In
Search also contains many eyewitness submitted illustrations of
what they saw along with an introduction to the creature's history
and lore known in Indian traditions in which the beast is referred
to as N'ha-a-itk meaning "water demon" or "lake monster", so
readers particularly interested in folklore and mythology will
especially enjoy that section. -- Amazon Reviewer There are not
many books this well written about this subject. Filled with first
hand accounts and up close details of this elusive lake dweller. I
bought this book due to have my own sighting of this animal in 1992
....I'm a believer. But make up your own mind and read this great
book. -- Amazon Reviewer
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