RECENT REPORTS OF SIGHTINGS
Sighting reported to The Legend Hunters which took place on August 9, 2004 and which was also reported in the Kelowna local newspaper, The Daily Courier.

John Casorso and his family were sleeping on a houseboat on Lake Okanagan on August 9, 2004, when suddenly, at 7:30am, the houseboat began rocking violently, waking everyone. As John reached the deck, he was amazed to see something very large swimming away so he ran to get his video camera and was able to shoot some incredible footage.

John has allowed The Legend Hunters to reproduce stills created from his video footage here on this website and to tell the details of his story. The Casorso family have been long-established in the Kelowna area and are well known by many of the City's residents.

John shot video footage of the object for approximately 15 minutes. The lake was calm, there were no boats in the vicinity and the family could see a long dark hump rising out of the water. John believes that the object was about 15 meters long and there could have been more than one, which tallies with several other reported sightings of more than one "creature". John feels certain that it could not have been a wave because it wasn't dissipating, again a description told by several others who have reportedly seen such a creature in Lake Okanagan.

In an interview with Bill Steciuk of The Legend Hunters, the following technical data was established:

  • sighting time and date: 07:30 August 9, 2004
  • weather conditions: sunny, 18°C
  • lake conditions: calm
  • distance to object: approximately 125 meters
  • length of viewing time: approximately 15 minutes
  • position of sighting: 49°52.10N   119°31.19W
  • position of object: due east of viewing

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