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[Hans Blaster]

Well, I was basing my line of questioning on that famous picture, but now I see it was a hoax.

HOWEVER, that doesn't account for the sightings that some have reported seeing.

People are willing to convince themselves they've seen or experienced any number of impossible things.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Well, I was basing my line of questioning on that famous picture, but now I see it was a hoax.

HOWEVER, that doesn't account for the sightings that some have reported seeing.

And yet no-one else apart from those people have ever seen a creature at Loch Ness.

It's a big lake, aye, but not massive. It's only 230 metres deep at its deepest, and no analysis for the lake has turned up anything more exotic than catfish or sturgeon. Though it does eventually flow out to the North Sea via the River Ness out the Moray Firth.

 

[AV1611VET]

People are willing to convince themselves they've seen or experienced any number of impossible things.

And yet no-one else apart from those people have ever seen a creature at Loch Ness.

It's a big lake, aye, but not massive. It's only 230 metres deep at its deepest, and no analysis for the lake has turned up anything more exotic than catfish or sturgeon. Though it does eventually flow out to the North Sea via the River Ness out the Moray Firth.

Okay.

Thanks for the replies.

 

[sjastro]

The Loch Ness monster is a [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] cat compared to Australia's Bunyip.

 

[AV1611VET]

The Loch Ness monster is a [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] cat compared to Australia's Bunyip.

Just say "tom cat".

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

The Loch Ness monster is a [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] cat compared to Australia's Bunyip.

And both pale in comparison to the dreaded Dropbear.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

About as unlikely as crop circles?

What I'm proposing is a theory that either some college kids are behind this.

That's not what you said in the post (#41) that I quoted. But, yes, people have certainly hoaxed appearances of Nessie.

Either by capturing one and transporting it to Loch Ness, where it would soon die, and photographing it.

Or possible a major flood in the area that "beached" one into the loch.



From wherever it was.



That doesn't mean you can't put a saltwater animal in it and photograph it before it dies.

Well, sure - that's possible, but also unlikely, IMO.

 

[FrumiousBandersnatch]

People are willing to convince themselves they've seen or experienced any number of impossible things.

Like the White Queen in 'Alice in Wonderland':

“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.'​

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I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. There goes the shawl again!”​