OGOPOGO our Pond Monster

According to Wikipedia, Ogopogo is a cryptid lake monster which is rumored to dwell in Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, Canada. Our cement pond monster was inspired by Ogopogo. He is our newest addition of cement animals we collect for our pond area.

We had the cement maker put holes in the bottom of each piece when he cast our monster so that we could put rebar in each piece. The hole under the head is a little bit larger so that his head bobbles! Then we cut the rebar length to match the depth of our pond and cemented the bottom end into a rubbermaid container so each piece wouldn't fall over. The rounded rubbermaid also will protect the pondliner from getting punctured. In this picture Laurie is shaving off the top of the rebar with our metal grinder so that that bottom edge of each piece of the monster will be just below the surface of the water. This way if the water level drops due to evaporation, etc each piece will still be in the water.


Being rather facinated with the subject of cryptozoology, we couldn't resist this guy for our collection. He makes a great addition to the pond and looks very much at home among the lilypads!