[1] The creature's name is ostensibly based on the Ogopogo, of Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, and also the title of the 1952 book I Go Pogo, a slogan often mentioned in the comic.

[4] E. J. Delaney, described it as a creature with two long antennae, four octopus-like arms, three pairs of legs, and six gill-like appendages with feathers.

While tending sheep, Soules reportedly saw a long creature leaving a wake in the water and a trail in the mud.

Another major sighting took place in 1952 by four witnesses including Wellington Charles, chief of the Georgina Island First Nation.

[1] In 1983, sonar operator William W. Skrypetz reported spotting a large animal with a long neck,[1] although some have disputed this account, claiming the reading could have instead been a school of fish.