The Podcast: Sea Monsters (Part 2)

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SEA MONSTERS (PART 2)

OR… BELLINGHAMSTERS V. GLOBSTERS (PART 2)

Summary

Calling all Belling-Globsters! In this episode we continue our exploration of monsters of the deep.  We’ll dish on the sea-monster stars of the 20th century, creepy carcasses and cryptids sighted in and around Bellingham Bay and the waters of the Salish Sea. 

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Ephemera

Sheet music cover for "The Ogo-Pogo, The Funny Fox-Trot"

A British Music Hall hit from 1924 with words by Cumberland Clark and music by Mark Strong. This sheet music is for “Lareine’s 6th Edition” sung, broadcast and recorded by the Savoy Bands.

Defunct Shark, 1934

Found at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and identified by Dr. W.A. Clemens as the remains of a basking shark.

The Naden Harbour carcass, 1937

Whalers at Naden Harbor, Canada found a snake-like carcass inside the stomach of a sperm whale.

The Effingham Carcass, Vancouver Island, 1947

Billed at the time as supposed remains of 'Caddy'

1963 Sea Monster Photo

Published in the Herald June 7, 1963. Photograph taken by Nettie Ross, a Massachusetts woman visiting at Mill Bay, British Columbia. The photo was taken in May and soon revealed to be a hoax.

1963 photo of "Caddy"

Photograph taken in May of 1963 by Nettie Ross, a Massachusetts woman visiting at Mill Bay, British Columbia.

1963 Hoax uncovered

The Times Colonist revealed that a rubber and driftwood “monster” was found in a Mill Bay boathouse.

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References and Resources

Battle with Devil Fish. The Bellingham Herald, October 16, 1905.

Sea Serpent’s Tale is Afloat Early in Season.  The Bellingham Herald, February 20, 1910.

Flock of Whales and Sea Serpent Seen by Fishermen.  The Bellingham Herald, May 30, 1910.

Ogopogo.  Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, July 20, 2023.

Paul Whiteman Orchestra - The Ogo Pogo (1924) [Video] Czbikerguy. YouTube, December 8, 2010. 

When Ogopogo Was Going For A Song! Shukernature [blog] Shuker, Karl.  December 9, 2010.  

Sea Serpent Hides:  Former Local Man Fails to Locate Monster.  The Bellingham Herald Sep 3, 1926.

Baptism Halted by Sea Serpent. The Bellingham Herald, November 26, 1926.

Canadian Sea Serpent is Sighted Once More. The Bellingham Herald, Sep 11, 1926.

Camel-Faced Monster Bigger than Old Ogopogo, Declare Victoria Witnesses; Serpent Seen on Rocks Near Cadboro. The Bellingham Herald, October 6, 1933.

Old Hiaschucoluk, British Columbia’s Camel-Faced Sea Serpent, May Be Giant Conger Eel, Northwest Scientists Admit. The Bellingham Herald,  October 16, 1933. 

B.C.’s Sea Serpent ‘Conger Eel?’ ‘Certainly Not’ Says Victoria.  The Vancouver Sun, October 18, 1933.

B.C. Serpent Gaining in Fame; Now Called Amy.  The Bellingham Herald, October 18, 1933.

‘Caddy’ No Conger, Discoverers Say.  Nanaimo Daily News, October 18, 1933. 

‘Hiaschuckaluck’ Is Not Favored; ‘Amy’ is Popular Name of Sea Monster of Victoria Region.  Calgary Albertan, October 18, 1933.

‘Hiaschuckoluk’ Must Lay an Egg to Settle Controversy As To Its Sex. The Bellingham Herald, October 19, 1933.

Sex of Sea Monster Arouses Controversy.  The Cornell Daily Sun (Ithaca, NY) October 19, 1933.

Mysterious Amy Is Not That Old Rascal Ogopogo Traveling Incognito, All Agree, But Could It Be a Prehistoric Something?  The Bellingham Herald, October 21, 1933.

Old Cadborosaurus In Print Again;  Serpent Now Has Press Agent.  The Bellingham Herald, November 4, 1933.

Seattle Hunter ‘Sees’ Serpent.  The Bellingham Herald, November 30, 1933.

‘Sea Serpent’ Just Defunct Shark. The Bellingham Herald, December 7, 1934.

‘Old Hi’ Reported Browing in B.C. Territory Again.  The Bellingham Herald, April 6, 1935. 

Serpent Sighted.  The Bellingham Herald, April 16, 1935.

Tugboat Crew Sees Caddy Near Lummi.  The Province (Vancouver, B.C.).  April 18, 1936.

Tug Crew Sees Serpent.  The Times Colonist (Vancouver, B.C.).  April 18, 1936.

Sea Serpent Near?  Canadian Tug Crew Envied by Local Harbor Men.  The Bellingham Herald, April 18, 1936.

‘Caddy Junior’ Is Discovered Inside Whale. The Province (Vancouver B.C.) July 10, 1937.

Loch Ness Monster. Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, July 2023. 

Cadborosaurus. Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation,  July 19, 2023.

Without a Specimen, Cadborosaurus Remains a Myth, Scientists Say.  Michael D Reid.  The Times Colonist, Vancouver B.C., March 27, 2016. 

Cadborosaurus, Cement Sea Serpent.  Cadboro Bay, British Columbia, Canada: RoadsideAmerica.com

Caddyscan

Loch Ness Monster-Like Animal Videotaped in Alaska.  Viegas, Jennifer. NBCNews.com July 18, 2011.

The Case of the Cadborosaurus Carcass: A Review.  Tetrapod Zoology Podcast. 

Is Cadborosaurus for Real?  The British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club Thinks So. Anne Shibata Casselman.   The Walrus.  Jul 17, 2019. 

Cadborosaurus: Explaining the Pacific Northwest’s Infamous Sea Serpents.  Travis Smola. Wide Open Space. August, 1, 2022.

Skeleton of Strange Creature Found In River Near Marietta. The Bellingham Herald, May 22, 1936. 

Fishermen Claim They Saw Big Sea Serpent Off Lummi Island.  The Bellingham Herald, September 6, 1951.

Caddy Hoax Exposed in Boathouse Lair. Ab Kent, The Times Colonist (Vancouver B.C.) May 30, 1963.

True or False? Bellingham Herald, June 7, 1963.

Strange Animal Cavorts Around In Birch Bay.  The Bellingham Herald, March 18, 1968.

That Something Shows Up Again At Birch Bay.  The Bellingham Herald, March 19, 1968.

Thinks Birch Bay Creature is Oarfish.  Don Larson, Letter to the Editor.  The Bellingham Herald, March 20, 1968.

Globster.  Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, August 13, 2023.

Sea Monsters.  American Museum of Natural History.  Mythic Creatures Exhibition. 

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