Cryptids and UFOs in Ontario

Creatures reported in Ontario

Bessieaka South Bay Bessie, Lake Erie MonsterLake Erie's serpent, reported by sailors since the 1790s.Igopogoaka Kempenfelt Kelly, Beaverton BessieA seal-faced lake animal said to live in Ontario's Lake Simcoe.Old Yellow Topaka Yellow Top, Cobalt sasquatchA Bigfoot with a pale blond mane, reported around Ontario's silver mines.Mussieaka Hapyxelor, HapaxelorA friendly lake monster of Muskrat Lake, Ontario, sometimes said to have three eyes.Mugwumpaka Old Tessie, Monster of Lake TemiscamingueA big, sturgeon-like monster said to live in Lake Timiskaming, the deep lake on the Ontario and Quebec border.

Famous cases

1. 17931793 sloop captain's sighting
   Bessie · Middle Island, Lake Erie
2. 1823Soules sighting
   Igopogo · Lake Simcoe, Ontario
3. 1906First reported sighting
   Old Yellow Top · Cobalt, Ontario
4. 1916First anecdotes of the lake creature
   Mussie · Cobden, Ontario
5. 1923Blueberry patch encounter
   Old Yellow Top · Near Cobalt, Ontario
6. 1952Chief Wellington Charles sighting
   Igopogo · Lake Simcoe, Ontario
7. 1978A couple see it swimming
   Mugwump · Lake Timiskaming, New Liskeard, Ontario
8. 1979The mayor's newspaper story
   Mugwump · Lake Timiskaming, New Liskeard, Ontario
9. 1982Ice fishers meet its eye
   Mugwump · Lake Timiskaming, New Liskeard, Ontario
10. 1983Sonar contact
    Igopogo · Lake Simcoe, Ontario
11. 1991Seal-like animal video
    Igopogo · Lake Simcoe, Ontario

UFO files

• 3,995 UFO reports from Ontario since 1989, mapped town by town (Canadian UFO Survey)
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Encounters and mysteries

• Kinross incidentLake Superior, near Kinross AFB, Michigan, 1953An F-89C Scorpion jet was sent to intercept an unidentified radar target over Lake Superior. Ground radar watched the jet's blip merge with the target, then bot...

Places to visit

• The Sea Serpent (Igopogo)BarrieBarrie's waterfront sculpture of Igopogo, aka Kempenfelt Kelly, the Lake Simcoe monster reported since the 1800s.

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