Ogopogo captured - plesiosaur shaped predator discovered

Ogopogo captured; species identified as Albizia saman

Renowned explorer and photographer E. Svendsen caught the sought after saurischian, Ogopogo, while on one of his recent adventures. This reporter managed to track down the sequestered adventurer and was rewarded with an exclusive interview.  The story that came to light was both fascinating and provocative.
"It all happened by accident," Svendsen admitted.  "We were enjoying a holiday on an isolated stretch of an exotic island when all of a sudden there was a disturbance in the water.  As we were on the beach at the time we thought it might be a whale or perhaps a school of fish avoiding a predator.  Then next thing you know, a leviathan's head breached."
Svendsen indicated that he was perplexed by the exibition; Ogopogo was a legendary monster of  Lake Okanagan in southern British Columbia.  A similar beast had allegedly been sighted in Loch Ness, Scotland.  It's been given a variety of names, Nessie apparently being the most popular.  Both have been thought to have been a previously thought extinct plesiosaur.
What happened next truly amazed this reporter.  Apparently Svendsen had some rope with him and he made a slip knot then coiled the rest of the rope up.  Throwing it out onto the water, he was rewarded with a struggling behemoth.  "The pull was enormous," Svendsen said.
"Fortunately there were some native islanders nearby.  They witnessed the struggle and came to my aide.  It took over an hour to usher the creature into shore.  After the battle we were all exhausted; the great beast lying utterly spent upon the sand.  That's when the strangest thing happened."
It was the next words uttered by Svendsen that startled this reporter the most; never has any news story been so odd.  "It turned into wood.  I wouldn't have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes.  One minute it was a living, breathing example of prehistoria, the next it was merely an enormous curved log.  It startled everyone."
Currently the serpent is on display at Moanalua Gardens in Honolulu.  Svendsen posed with his prize for a photo.  "You would think it was just a branch by looking at it," he stated.  "But we all know it is much more than that."
Legend has it that, if the "branch" is tossed back into the ocean it will revert to its original form.  That is a story this reporter would be interested in witnessing.