The second episode of The Spoop Files, and the first in a trilogy on water cryptids! Who knew Canada had so many wet bandits?

Supplementary Files:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_lake_monsters 

Ogopogo
http://www.ogopogoquest.com/index.php - Ogopogo Quest main website
https://www.livescience.com/42399-ogopogo.html - LiveScience Ogopogo description
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/ogopogo_the_lake_monster.html - Legend of Ogopogo
https://okanaganokanogan.com/2014/02/22/cryptozoology-is-dead/ - A sociological perspective on Ogopogo
https://mythology.net/monsters/ogopogo/ - Another Ogopogo description
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/monsters-murders-and-myths-canada-s-mysteries-1.809118 CBC Canada myth dump page. Links to other myths and mysteries, as well as more Ogopogo

Champ
http://www.alienlove.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=119 a fun conspiracy theorists page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_Serpent the native legends and more info surrounding the Horned Serpent
http://www.lakechamplainregion.com/outdoors/search-champ The Search for Champ! Champ Tours! ALL that jazz. 
http://www.lakechamplainregion.com/heritage/battle-history the Lake Champlain official tourism website’s history dump about Champy, Samuel de Champlain, and Lake Champlain itself. There are actually some fun pages on the main website itself. (it’s kind of a short history dump tbh)
http://www.native-languages.org/gitaskog.htm more native legends, and related mythological beings to the Gitaskog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_(folklore) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmoPIopT01U A SEA MONSTER DOCUMENTARY!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNFw6Cy15Pk MonsterQuest S01 E01 America’s Loch Ness Monster: The Monster of Lake Champlain (History Channel 2007)

Mishipeshu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_panther
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Dablon the jesuit guy from the story
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mishipeshu/
http://www.native-languages.org/water-panther.htm a great native resource about the legend
http://www.mpm.edu/content/wirp/ICW-141.html#panther an Ojibwe tale of Mishipeshu
http://michigansotherside.com/mishipeshu-guardian-of-the-sacred-copper/ 
http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Mishipeshu a short summary

Case File #2: Lake Monsters

Case File #2: Land of the Lake Monsters

This week, we discuss some critters that may make you think twice about that dip in the creek.

Supplementary Files

Maiden of the Mist
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/niagara.htm - A recounting of the myth including the Evil Spirit of Famine
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/sacrific.htm - A different recounting of the myth featuring Chief Eagle Eye and human sacrifice
http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/09/the_maid_of_the_mist.html - Another version of the myth
http://niagarafallsreporter.com/Stories/2014/DEC16/MaidLegend.html - A 2014 article recounting a version of the myth
https://www.niagarafallscrowneplazahotel.com/blog/2015/01/real-maid-mist-niagaras-famous-legend/ - An article that does a very good job of covering both versions of the myth
https://www.uexpress.com/tell-me-a-story/2012/4/22/the-maiden-of-the-mist-a - Yet another retelling of the myth
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/Legend_Of_The_Maid_Of_The_Mist-Unknown.html - Another retelling of the human sacrifice version of the myth
http://amerinda.org/talkingstick/5-1/whitemyths.html - A discussion of the issues with the human sacrifice version of the myth
http://articles.ghostwalks.com/niagara-falls/ - A retelling of the myth from a Niagara ghostwalks website (also talks about people who went over the Falls!)

Weewillmekq

http://www.native-languages.org/weewillmekq.htm - A brief description of Weewillmekq
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ne/al/al69.htm - A legend featuring Weewillmekq as a river spirit
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ne/al/al70.htm - A different legend featuring Weewillmekq (AND a Wendigo!)
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ne/al/al68.htm - A legend detailing the truly terrifying nature of Weewillmekq
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.ca/2013/09/wiwiliamecq-and-new-england-whale-eater.html - A BlogSpot post describing a battle between two Wabanaki water monsters

Fur-Bearing Trout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fur-bearing_trout - Wikipedia article detailing the phenom
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/furry-trout/ - Snopes.com review of the fur-bearing trout legend (SPOILERS!)
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/23/legend-fur-bearing-trout-fish-wrapped-fur-keep-warm/ - Vintage News article on the fur-bearing trout
http://www.furbearingtrout.com/ - Website dedicated to a splash page about the fur-bearing trout
http://www.fluffyfish.org/about-saprolegnia/ - An informative article about Saprolegnia

Case File #3: Roving River Monsters

On this week's episode of The Spoop Files, we set sail on the trail of two Canadian sea monsters.

Case File #4 - Sizing Up Sea Monsters - Supplementary Files

Cadborosaurus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadborosaurus#First_Nations_accounts
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/baby-sea-serpent-no-more/ - indepth critique of Hagelund’s sighting, and an analysis of a paper
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263458456_A_Baby_Sea-Serpent_No_More_Reinterpreting_Hagelund's_Juvenile_Cadborosaur_Report the paper mentioned above
http://northamericanmonsters.blogspot.ca/2011/03/san-francisco-bay-serpent.html Related creature in sanfrancisco bay
https://orcaspirit.com/2013/12/sea-monsters-of-the-pacific-cadborosaurus-willsi/ concise alternatives for what caddy could be IRL
http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Cadborosaurus_willsi the obligatory Cryptidz wikia article
http://www.bcscc.ca/blog/?p=46 the Canadian Cryptozoological Society’s page on Caddy
http://cadborosaurus.ca/Amphipacifica.pdf academic paper on Caddy

Merhorse

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.ca/2013/01/1855-nova-scotia-sea-serpent-sighting.html - A blog post about an 1855 Nova Scotia sea serpent sighting that sounds like the Merhorse
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.ca/2013/06/merhorse-and-cadborosaurus-again.html - A comparison between Cadborosaurus and Merhorse
https://www.alpfmedical.info/freshwater-monster/merhorse.html - A description of the Merhorse
http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Hippokampoi.html - A description of the Greek Hippocampus, mythological basis for the Merhorse?

The Spoop Files Case File #4: Sizing Up Sea Monsters

Case File #4: Sizing Up Sea Monsters

Alex Kocot and Myia Newton take you on a journey to discover the weird, strange, unexplained and mysterious that Canada and the world has to offer.

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