I Saw And Photographed The Loch Ness Monster In 2006
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I was very honest about my lack of responsibility on the day in question. I had been drinking, and I was driving on a narrow road with a lot of fast crazy drivers. I was a tourist on the wrong side of the car on the wrong side of the road, if you know what I mean. Then the next thing I know, there’s The Loch Ness Monster. It was kind of an overwhelming psychological experience as I described all the way back in my first post.
if you asked me to swear in a court of law that my account is accurate, I would say it’s as accurate as it can be with everything else being as it is. If there is an error in what I’m telling, I don’t know it, but anything is possible. All I know is we were right by the Clansman Hotel (hard name to forget being American) and that area is where I pulled off.
if you asked me to swear in a court of law that my account is accurate, I would say it’s as accurate as it can be with everything else being as it is. If there is an error in what I’m telling, I don’t know it, but anything is possible. All I know is we were right by the Clansman Hotel (hard name to forget being American) and that area is where I pulled off.
To be fair, there's a reasonably plausible explanation for the apparent discrepancies in identifying the location from which the photo was taken.
Justin was driving south from Inverness toward Urquhart Castle on the northern shore of the loch. The sighting occurred in close proximity to the Clansman Hotel, to which Justin and his ladyfriend went following the sighting and picture-taking.
If you check Google Maps (satellite view) and Street View (on the A82) ...
The Loch Ness Lodge (site on which the cottage identified as the photographer's location in 2018 stands) sits in an elevated position on the north shore. The Loch Ness Lodge's main entrance is a driveway off the A82 circa 100 feet beyond (southward of) the Clansman Hotel (which sits at highway level). This driveway clearly leads upward to the Lodge's elevated position.
If the object was first sighted around the time Justin was driving past the Clansman Hotel, the Loch Ness Lodge's driveway would represent an immediate and convenient place to pull off the highway. It would have taken only a few seconds to drive up the driveway to the vicinity of the cottage and obtain an elevated vantage point for taking the photo.
If the photo had been taken as described (from inside the car; in the vicinity of the detached cottage) the car would not have traveled all the way along the driveway to the Loch Ness Lodge's main building. Simply turning around at / near the cottage and descending the driveway back down to the highway would place Justin and friend within circa 100 feet of the Clansman Hotel, which they subsequently visited.
The minutiae upon which the alleged 2018 location specification was based could well have resulted from differences between cameras / lenses (Justin's ladyfriend's camera versus the 2018 author's tablet) combined with on-scene changes resulting from 12 years' additional growth in the surrounding vegetation.
Justin was driving south from Inverness toward Urquhart Castle on the northern shore of the loch. The sighting occurred in close proximity to the Clansman Hotel, to which Justin and his ladyfriend went following the sighting and picture-taking.
If you check Google Maps (satellite view) and Street View (on the A82) ...
The Loch Ness Lodge (site on which the cottage identified as the photographer's location in 2018 stands) sits in an elevated position on the north shore. The Loch Ness Lodge's main entrance is a driveway off the A82 circa 100 feet beyond (southward of) the Clansman Hotel (which sits at highway level). This driveway clearly leads upward to the Lodge's elevated position.
If the object was first sighted around the time Justin was driving past the Clansman Hotel, the Loch Ness Lodge's driveway would represent an immediate and convenient place to pull off the highway. It would have taken only a few seconds to drive up the driveway to the vicinity of the cottage and obtain an elevated vantage point for taking the photo.
If the photo had been taken as described (from inside the car; in the vicinity of the detached cottage) the car would not have traveled all the way along the driveway to the Loch Ness Lodge's main building. Simply turning around at / near the cottage and descending the driveway back down to the highway would place Justin and friend within circa 100 feet of the Clansman Hotel, which they subsequently visited.
The minutiae upon which the alleged 2018 location specification was based could well have resulted from differences between cameras / lenses (Justin's ladyfriend's camera versus the 2018 author's tablet) combined with on-scene changes resulting from 12 years' additional growth in the surrounding vegetation.
Hi, I'm a relatively new member on this forum and I'm really enjoying being part of an open minded community but after reading the exchanges between Justin Case and others, I must admit to feeling a bit taken aback at the amount of hostility being directed at him. It's none of my business but surely that's not what this forum is about?
Hostility begets hostility.
'The forum' is the union of the database and the active membership: the former is deep yet harmless, but the latter will have your arm off if you wade in hugger mugger and start casting unwarranted aspersions. The reason is simply that we do tend to approach most things with an open mind (more open towards the odd than you'll find most places), but if that openness of spirit is abused by dissimulation, obfuscation or deceit, many will feel as if they have had their time deliberately wasted.
Mr Case returned for a second bite of the cherry and picked up more or less where he left off.
I personally feel convinced by the evidence presented here:
HERE
And don't think the case worth pursuing as a result. Other members may feel otherwise.
'The forum' is the union of the database and the active membership: the former is deep yet harmless, but the latter will have your arm off if you wade in hugger mugger and start casting unwarranted aspersions. The reason is simply that we do tend to approach most things with an open mind (more open towards the odd than you'll find most places), but if that openness of spirit is abused by dissimulation, obfuscation or deceit, many will feel as if they have had their time deliberately wasted.
Mr Case returned for a second bite of the cherry and picked up more or less where he left off.
I personally feel convinced by the evidence presented here:
HERE
And don't think the case worth pursuing as a result. Other members may feel otherwise.
This is where I am. It's only the controversy around the use of the photo that's kept this thread going so long. The photo itself is poor as evidence of any monster and the debunking of where it was taken pretty much finishes it off. I know we often can't help ourselves picking over the bones of these things, but speaking for myself, I still await credible evidence of Nessie.
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Goodness, if that isn't the most thorough bit of investigation - the finding of the view itself must surely involve some sort of fortean award 
If you can't reliably remember whether you took a picture from a car or inside a house, then what's the standard of the rest of your story? And respect to the Helper from Hull. Fibbing isn't likely to go down well round here. Sincere accounts of things that might actually be misperceptions are another thing entirely.
If you can't reliably remember whether you took a picture from a car or inside a house, then what's the standard of the rest of your story? And respect to the Helper from Hull. Fibbing isn't likely to go down well round here. Sincere accounts of things that might actually be misperceptions are another thing entirely.