This week, Chantel takes us to Lake Simcoe – a seemingly peaceful lake, but with a seriously eerie reputation. From sightings of a mysterious cryptid known as “Igopogo” to waves of unexplained UFO activity, this episode dives into the strange, the unsettling, and the downright bizarre.
Lake Simcoe might be one of Canada’s most underrated hotspots for the unexplained.
But is something lurking beneath the surface… or above it?
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