Clik here to view.
The Peter O' Connor Photograph Part V
I have been told to expect another sceptical critique of the Peter O'Connor photograph in the weeks ahead. I will leave any comments on that article for next month, but in the meantime, the author...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Photographic Problem
Take a look at the photo montage above. Do you believe all the pictures are of the Loch Ness Monster? If so, you are likely what they call a gullible believer. If you think none of them are of the Loch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Look at a Recent Nessie Video
I thought I would make some comments on a recent video purporting to show the Loch Ness Monster. It is a mobile phone recording of a webcam stream appearing to show a large dark shape moving along the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another Land Sighting from Days of Yore
It was while I was finishing off an article on the Alfred Cruickshank land sighting, I was reminded by someone of another such story related by Mr. Cruickshank himself. It comes from Nicholas...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Unsettling Incident from Loch Ness
It was back in February that I gave a talk on the monster to the SSPR, a society founded by Glasgow University's Emeritus Professor of Astronomy, Archie Roy. Coincidentally, he taught me the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Loch Ness Monster Article from 1967
I have an old copy of the Readers Digest dated February 1967 in my possession which carries an article on the search for the Loch Ness Monster entitled "Closing In on the Loch Ness Monster" authored by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Two Nessie Talks
Firstly, I had a telephone interview with Richard Syrett of the website "Conspiracy Unlimited". You can click on this link to hear our chat on the Loch Ness Monster which covers a range of topics over...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who is Mickey Weatherly?
I now quote an article from the Adventure Club of Europe.This letter from Mickey Weatherly was written in 1940, but was handed over to the members of the Adventure Club of Europe in 1994.Dear friends...
View ArticleClik here to view.
No, Dr Burton!
For your interest, I publish yet another article on the Loch Ness Monster from decades past. This one was published in May 1962 by The Scots Magazine and the author was no less than Alex Campbell,...
View ArticleLoch Ness Monster Filmed from Air?
A reader of my blog just drew my attention to a comment made by a "William Smith" some months back on a Nessie video clip. What he said sounds astounding but I myself have no recollection of such a TV...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Arthur Grant gets his own Plaque
It was with some satisfaction that I read Wednesday's Inverness Courier and a plan by local businessman, Willie Cameron to place plaques around the loch giving information on famous Nessie sightings....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Upcoming Interview on the Loch Ness Monster
I will be a guest on the Paraversal Universe radio show tomorrow discussing you know what. Details are below.Join Paraversal Universe this Friday, July 20th (2018) in North America at 2pm pst/3pm...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Follow up to the Aircraft Monster Film
The mystery concerning the film taken of a possible large creature in Loch Ness has been solved. It was indeed taken in September 1981 by explorer Sydney Wignall but at Loch Morar and not Loch Ness....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nessieland up for Sale
Do you fancy owning your own Loch Ness Monster exhibition at Loch Ness? Then your chance has finally arrived as the Nessieland exhibition in the village of Drumnadrochit goes up for sale. Details of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Should Inverness Airport be renamed Inverness Loch Ness Airport?
Cast your vote at this link! Twitter poll closes today.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tricks of the Sceptics
This blog has been running now for eight years and published over 600 items in that time. During that period I would like to think I have gotten a good handle on the debating tactics of that class of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Diving with the Pisces Submarine (1969 article)
I am currently busy with my next Loch Ness Monster book, so blog postings have been a bit less frequent. But it is time to delve into the archives and surface with one of those interesting articles...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Loch Ness Kelpie in 1856
That age old denizen of the murky Loch Ness waters surfaced again in the newspapers of old as found in the Nairnshire Telegraph of the 13th August 1856. The Loch Ness Kelpie or Each Uisge as the Loch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Loch Ness Monster Sighting Last Week?
I was messaged by a resident local to Loch Ness with a possible sighting made only last week on Wednesday August 16th at about 2pm. The location was the woodlands walk behind the Dores beach and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The "Legend of the Loch" BBC Documentary
I wrote a while back on the various productions made by the BBC over the years that referenced the Loch Ness Monster. Without a doubt the one I would most like to see is their 1958 documentary, "The...
View Article