Uncover the Truth with The Loch Simcoe Monster Quest

(The following is a follow-up to my article in the 10th anniversary edition of Lake Simcoe Living, published the summer of 2018. That article, which is on the magazine's website, has also reached far and wide, being posted on many Social Media sites, resulting in many sightings being reported to this author.)

  By Rod Urquhart                                                                                                                                                                 Kempenfelt Kelly, Beaverton Bessie, Innisfil Issie, Igopogo or the Loch Simcoe Monster, whichever you prefer has had a number of more sightings - and one as recent as 2020. It was originally written that the Loch Simcoe Monster had not been seen in the last 20 years, but you'll see, there are still recent sightings! But before I get to the 2020 sighting, below are a few more: The first is from the early '80s, from Trudy Levasseur, who now lives with her husband in Gravenhurst :                                                                                                                                                          

"The reason I remember this sighting was in June of 1983, is because my daughter was only 6 months old at the time. We were visiting parents that day on McPhee Bay, Ramara on Lake Simcoe. My mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table facing the lake. I spotted something at the water, just standing straight up about 5 ft. out of the water with no effort or splashing, shiny and black like a seal. My mom said it looked like a kid in a wet suit, but I said it didn't have any arms. We went outside for a closer look. I couldn't understand how this could stand straight up like that in 4-5 ft. of water, and wondering how much was underwater and along the bottom of the lake. It looked like a long neck of something much larger. I did not see the camel humps that have been previously depicted, but those could have been underwater too, like it was just lying on the bottom somehow and just sticking its neck out above water. Its mouth was facing up to the sky opening and closing like a duck's bill. our neighbor and her children showed up for a swim, but we all just stood there and watched this show which lasted for maybe 20-30 minutes, then it was gone."

Man-on-the-scene, Rod Urquhart, who has been covering a beastie in Lake Simcoe since 1979, when he pegged it the Loch Simcoe Monster, gives a spirited, entertaining, informative and educational talk to the prestigious Georgina Paranormal Society at Forrest & Taylor Funeral Home in Sutton May 25, 2023 to more than 100 avid listeners of all ages. If you think you have seen something strange, maybe even mythical, in Lake Simcoe, like some sort of monster -- which has also been labelled Kempenfelt Kelly, Beaverton Bessie and simply Simcoe Sam, clearly you need to watch this video. Even non-believers will soon believe if they tune into and listen to what Rod has to say!!!!! With more than 40 years as a journalist, Rod knows his stuff!! And not only that, but he's one heck of a speaker, being called a 'knowledgeable eccentric'!

Just click on the Part 1 link below, then follow with Part 2 -- the whole talk is only 40 minutes and you'll come away with a better understanding of just what may be swimming in Lake Simcoe!. Enjoy! 

Part 1    https://youtu.be/9v5k4nhrgxk 

Part 2    https://youtu.be/3QDcsnGW22U