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The Loch Ness Monster

Beresford said:
Love the fact that Nessie was discussed in Parliament.
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Nessie was most recently mentioned in parliament in 2018 when an MP mentioned that his uncle had seen her but admitted on his deathbed that he had faked the sighting. Also in 1975 various Loch Ness researchers made a presentation to both the Commons and the Lords.
 
Well, I took one look at the cover illustration and immediately identified this as a dry academic study of the subject.

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"most likely descended from an ancient group of serpentine whales"

The idea that "Nessie" is a mammal (not to mention an undocumented one or a "prehistoric survivor") is a non-starter. In fact, the idea of Nessie as any one thing is bogus. It would be great if cryptozoologists would actually consider the zoology part.
 
Sharon Hill said:
"most likely descended from an ancient group of serpentine whales"

The idea that "Nessie" is a mammal (not to mention an undocumented one or a "prehistoric survivor") is a non-starter. In fact, the idea of Nessie as any one thing is bogus. It would be great if cryptozoologists would actually consider the zoology part.
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The basilosaur theory holds hardly any more water than the plesiosaur one. Both are air breathers and both extinct. Huge eels,, huge catfish, huge sturgeon, boat wakes, seiche waves, seals, water fowl and debris being pulled by undercurrents are the Loch Ness Monster and long may it live.
 
lordmongrove said:
The basilosaur theory holds hardly any more water than the plesiosaur one. Both are air breathers and both extinct. Huge eels,, huge catfish, huge sturgeon, boat wakes, seiche waves, seals, water fowl and debris being pulled by undercurrents are the Loch Ness Monster and long may it live.
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For many years Peter Costello's theory expounded in "In search of Lake Monsters" that the Loch Ness and other lake/sea monsters were giant long necked seals filling the same ecological niche in the north that the Leopard Seal fills in the south swayed me.

The DNA trawl of the Loch has changed my mind, I agree with Lordmongrove, rafts of vegetation et al. I'd love there to be a large unknown creature but not in Loch Ness in my opinion. Other lake s and oceans we shouldn't discount until similar research has been carried out.
 
Mouldy13 said:
For many years Peter Costello's theory expounded in "In search of Lake Monsters" that the Loch Ness and other lake/sea monsters were giant long necked seals filling the same ecological niche in the north that the Leopard Seal fills in the south swayed me.

The DNA trawl of the Loch has changed my mind, I agree with Lordmongrove, rafts of vegetation et al. I'd love there to be a large unknown creature but not in Loch Ness in my opinion. Other lake s and oceans we shouldn't discount until similar research has been carried out.
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The open ocean holds monsters i think, as in huge unknown animals.. Lakes may hold really big fish, which you may call monsters, depends on your point of view
 
Mouldy13 said:
For many years Peter Costello's theory expounded in "In search of Lake Monsters" that the Loch Ness and other lake/sea monsters were giant long necked seals filling the same ecological niche in the north that the Leopard Seal fills in the south swayed me.

The DNA trawl of the Loch has changed my mind, I agree with Lordmongrove, rafts of vegetation et al. I'd love there to be a large unknown creature but not in Loch Ness in my opinion. Other lake s and oceans we shouldn't discount until similar research has been carried out.
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There may be giant eels in there and they would be monsters in every sense of the word.
 

Loch Ness Monster register keeper says sightings are 'getting more credible all the time'​

Gary Campbell has recorded more than 1130 alleged sightings of Nessie over 25 years, with six added to the books this year.



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Mike Merritt
  • 04:30, 24 MAY 2021
  • UPDATED04:32, 24 MAY 2021


After recording more than 1130 alleged sightings, the man who keeps a log on Nessie is celebrating 25 years of monster chasing – but admits the mystery may never be solved.
Gary Campbell, keeper of the Official Loch Ness Monster Register claims “the sightings are getting more credible all the time”.
He also said the fascination of Nessie is as strong as ever. The chartered accountant, 56, from Inverness, has already accepted six sightings this year – following 13 last year.
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https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/loch-ness-monster-register-keeper-24168407
 
Remember catching a monster of an eel once. I was sea fishing ~ I think it was in Hastings. Had a strong tug on my fishing rod from the shoreline, and after a long tug-of-war, this ugly looking Jet Black Conger stuck it's head up out of the water with eyes glaring right at me, and gills flaring like a demon from the deep. Decided that it was far too much for me to tangle with - both to pull in from the sea, and to tackle it on-shore, so decided to cut the line, way to much to handle.
 
Sid said:
Remember catching a monster of an eel once. I was sea fishing ~ I think it was in Hastings. Had a strong tug on my fishing rod from the shoreline, and after a long tug-of-war, this ugly looking Jet Black Conger stuck it's head up out of the water with eyes glaring right at me, and gills flaring like a demon from the deep. Decided that it was far too much for me to tangle with - both to pull in from the sea, and to tackle it on-shore, so decided to cut the line, way to much to handle.
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How big was it?
 
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