Lihat sumber Ogopogo

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{{Infobox Paranormalcreatures
|Creature_Name  = Ogopogo
|Image    = OgoPogo crop.jpg
|Image_Size     = 300px
|Image_Caption  = Patung Ogopogo di [[Kelowna, British Columbia]]
|Grouping       = [[Kriptid]]
|Sub_Grouping   = [[Monster danau]]
|AKA            = N'ha·a·itk, Naitaka
|Country        = [[Kanada]]
|Region         = [[Danau Okanagan]], <br />[[British Columbia]]
|Habitat        = Air
|First_Reported = 1860 + legenda lokal sebelumnya
|Last_Sighted   = 2009
|Status         = Belum pasti
}}

'''Ogopogo''' atau '''Naitaka''' ([[bahasa Salish]]: ''n'ha-a-itk'', "setan danau") adalah nama yang diberikan bagi [[kriptid]] [[monster danau|danau]] yang dilaporkan berada di [[Danau Okanagan]], di [[British Columbia]], [[Kanada]]. Sejak abad ke-19, Ogopogo diduga sudah terlihat oleh [[First Nations|orang pribumi]]. Deskripsi yang umum mengenai Ogopogo yakni seekor [[naga laut]] yang panjangnya berkisar antara 40-50 [[kaki (satuan panjang)|kaki]] (12-15 [[meter]]).

[[Kriptozoolog]] asal [[Inggris]] [[Karl Shuker]] mengkategorikan Ogopogo sebagai verietas monster danau 'berpunuk banyak', dan berpendapat bahwa itu mungkin sejenis [[paus (mamalia)|paus]] primitif seperti ''[[Basilosaurus]]''. Bagaimanapun, karena bukti fisik hewan tersebut hanya sebatas foto dan film yang tak jelas, penampakan tersebut dianggap pula sebagai kesalahdugaan terhadap penampakan hewan yang umum, misalnya [[berang-berang]], dan benda mati, misalnya kayu yang terapung.<ref>Nickell, 2006</ref>

== Dugaan penampakan ==
Tahun 1926, suatu penampakan diklaim terjadi di pantai Okanagan Mission. Menurut perkiraan, kejadian ini disaksikan sekitar tiga puluh mobil berpenumpang yang semuanya mengklaim telah melihat sesuatu yang sama.<ref>{{cite web |author=ogopogoquest.com |url=http://www.ogopogoquest.com/sightings.html |title=Ogopogo Quest, The Search for the elusive lake monster known as Ogopogo continues - Have you seen him in Okanagan Lake in British Columbia Canada? |publisher=Ogopogoquest.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-03 |archive-date=2013-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126181333/http://ogopogoquest.com/sightings.html |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Tahun 1968, Art Folden merekam suatu penampakan yang diduga sebagai makhluk misterius tersebut, menampilkan suatu riak air yang besar di permukaan air. Suatu analisis komputer menyimpulkan bahwa rekaman itu menunjukkan suatu objek 3 dimensi yang padat.<ref name=Gaal>{{cite book|last=Gaal|first=Arlene|title=In Search of Ogopogo: Sacred Creature of the Okanagan|year=2001|publisher=Hancock House|isbn=0-88839-482-9}}</ref> Tahun 2011, suatu video telepon genggam merekam dua sosok gelap di air. Ada yang berpendapat bahwa sesungguhnya video tersebut merekam dua batang kayu yang terapung.<ref name="FoxNews">{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/14/canadas-loch-ness-monster-captured-on-video/|title=Canada's Loch Ness Monster Captured on Video?|date=Published November 14, 2011|agency=Discovery News|accessdate=November 15, 2011}}</ref>

== Nama ==
{{Listen
| filename    = Ogopogo Song Paul Whiteman Orchestra.ogg
| title       = "The Ogo-Pogo: The Funny Fox-Trot"
| description = "The Ogo-Pogo: The Funny Fox-Trot"
}}
Nama "ogopogo" berasal dari lagu Inggris tahun 1924 berjudul "[[wikisource:The Ogo-Pogo: The Funny Fox-Trot|The Ogo-Pogo: The Funny Fox-Trot]]", oleh Cumberland Clark dan Mark Strong.

== Catatan kaki ==
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== Referensi ==
* Gaal, Arlene (2001) ''In Search of Ogopogo''. Hancock House, Surrey, B.C.
* Gaal, Arlene (1986) ''Ogopogo: The True Story of The Okanagan Lake Million Dollar Monster''. Hancock House, Surrey, BC.
* Moon, Mary (1977) ''Ogoppogo''. Douglas Ltd., North Vancouver, Canada.
* Nickell, Joe (2006) "Ogopogo: The Lake Okangan Monster". ''Skeptical Inquirer'', 30(1): 16–19.
* Radford, Benjamin (2006) "Ogopogo the Chameleon". ''Skeptical Inquirer'', 30(1): 41–46.
* Salmonson, Jessica Amanda (1992) ''The Mysterious Doom and Other Ghostly Tales of the Pacific Northwest'': 149. Sasquatch Books, Seattle, WA.

== Pranala luar ==
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* [http://www.bcskeptics.com British Columbia Skeptics]
* [http://www.ogopogomonster.com OgogoMonster.com]
* [http://www.csicop.org/si/2006-01/ogopogo.html "Ogopogo the Chameleon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207174703/http://www.csicop.org/si/2006-01/ogopogo.html |date=2006-12-07 }} article about Ogopogo in the ''[[Skeptical Inquirer]]'' {{nb10}}
* [http://www.monsterssightings.com/sea-monster-sightings/ogopogo.html Ogopogo – The Canadian Lake Monster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206125813/http://www.monsterssightings.com/sea-monster-sightings/ogopogo.html |date=2011-02-06 }}
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* [http://www.mysterycasebook.com/lakemonsterphotographs.html Lake Monster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508214608/http://www.mysterycasebook.com/lakemonsterphotographs.html |date=2014-05-08 }}
* [http://www.mysterycasebook.com/mv57.html Art Folden footage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211055831/http://www.mysterycasebook.com/mv57.html |date=2011-12-11 }} {{nb5}}
* [http://www.mysterycasebook.com/mv58.html Thal footage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322112350/http://www.mysterycasebook.com/mv58.html |date=2012-03-22 }}
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* [http://www.mysterycasebook.com/mv59.html Ken Chaplin footage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322112400/http://www.mysterycasebook.com/mv59.html |date=2012-03-22 }}
* [http://www.mysterycasebook.com/mv39.html Video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322112403/http://www.mysterycasebook.com/mv39.html |date=2012-03-22 }}
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