Cryptids and UFOs in Manitoba

Creatures reported in Manitoba

Manipogoaka Winnipogo, Lake Manitoba monsterManitoba's humped lake serpent, with its own provincial park and festival.Flying sauceraka Disc, Flying discThe classic disc-shaped UFO that launched the modern era of sightings.

Famous cases

1. 1909McKay sighting
   Manipogo · Lake Manitoba
2. 1960Name coined after a wave of sightings
   Manipogo · Lake Manitoba
3. 1962Vincent and Konefell photo
   Manipogo · Lake Manitoba
4. 1967Falcon Lake incident
   Flying saucer · Falcon Lake, Manitoba

UFO files

• 1,247 UFO reports from Manitoba since 1989, mapped town by town (Canadian UFO Survey)
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Encounters and mysteries

• The Falcon Lake incidentFalcon Lake, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada, 1967A Winnipeg prospector said a landed craft burned his chest in a grid pattern; CBC has called it Canada's best-documented UFO case.

Places to visit

• Manipogo FestivalSt. LaurentSt. Laurent on Lake Manitoba celebrates Manipogo, the humped lake monster named in 1960, with a winter festival.
• Falcon Lake Incident SiteFalcon LakeIn May 1967 prospector Stefan Michalak said a landed craft burned his chest here. Parks Manitoba has run anniversary hikes to the site.

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