You’ve heard of the Loch Ness Monster. Now meet his Canadian cousin, Ogopogo, who lives somewhere near the bottom of Lake Okanagan.

“Beware the Jabbersock”….? You know the story: Man hears about “deadly monster”, man slays monster, scoring adulation and appearances on late-night talk shows. Poor Jabbersock – another victim of negative spin in a culture driven by appearances. Yes, his slipstitch seersucker skin is distinctive. His eye of partridge heel might cause a stir. Bu...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…. Part of a deadly sea monster double act, ancient Greek legend has Scylla lying opposite the whirlpool-belching Charybdis across a strait of water that gave sailors no end of trouble. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow’s range of each other- so that sailors attempting to a...

In Greek mythology, Charybdis was a sea monster who belched out water in a menacing and deadly whirlpool. There’s nothing menacing about the toe up construction of these socks or deadly about their simple short row heel, but there are whirlpools- a simple stitch pattern winds its way across each instep and spirals up the leg of each sock.