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Meanwhile at Loch Morar
A while back, I had the pleasure of the company of Tony Healy who was visiting from Australia. He was on a trip around Britain and elsewhere to see not only friends and relatives, but places of...
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Tuesday 24th July 1934
It is now 80 years since the date in the title, but you may ask what is the significance of it? Was there an important sighting on that day, a significant photograph taken or did some personality get...
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Nessie Culture at the Commonwealth Games
It's time for some Nessie culture again as the Commonwealth Games opened in Glasgow last week. It was no surprise that our favourite cryptid made an appearance at the stadium in a serpentine form with...
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Nessie on Land: Morphology and Behaviour
In the next instalment of our occasional series on land sightings of Nessie, it's time to look at what kind of creature was described by witnesses. As stated before, the presumed advantage of a land...
View ArticleNew Photograph of Nessie?
John Gillies, who was at Loch Ness at the same time as me last week, has put up an interesting picture of an object in the loch. It is a still from a piece of footage taken on the 11th August.The brief...
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New Nessie Booklet
John Dykslag, a regular reader here, contacted me about a booklet he has written on long term Nessie hunter, Steve Feltham. As you may know, Steve left a comfortable job down south in England to become...
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I note that some of the books of the great monster hunter, Roy Mackal, are being sold on eBay. You can view them via this link.Â
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Sceptics, Steamships and Nessie
A comment appeared on the Internet recently concerning Victorian steam boats and the Loch Ness Monster. It is not the first time it has appeared, and I think I ought to address this from my side of the...
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Follow Up to Sceptics, Steamships and Nessie
Having published my first thoughts on steamships and Nessie, it was no surprise that the critique came under attack. In the main, I was told I was underestimating the numbers and was told how steamship...
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Those Loch Ness Investigation Bureau Films
Some readers may have read my comments and others on the whereabouts and accessibility of the films taken by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau during the 1960s. Though no one is expecting any of these...
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The Scots, The English and Nessie
So, in nine days the voters of Scotland decide whether to stay in or opt out of the United Kingdom. The main arguments will revolve around currency, tax, oil and so on. It is not likely that Nessie...
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Two Forthcoming Lectures on the Loch Ness Monster
I would like to publicise two talks on Nessie which are coming over the next two months. The first is part of the Scottish Paranormal Festival which runs in Stirling, Scotland from the 30th October to...
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Nessie says "No!"
Scotland's most famous citizen (not Alex Salmond) says "No". Mind you, forming a "Yes" would be an interesting proposition. Good on yer, Nessie! It is easier to believe the Loch Ness Monster exists...
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Tim Dinsdale's Operations Newsletters
Tim Dinsdale spent over 25 years in his quest for the Loch Ness Monster. They were exciting times, frustrating times and challenging times, but something drove him on for a quarter of a century. That...
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Loch Ness Trip Report - August 2014
I must admit that this excursion to Loch Ness proved a bit of a wash out. As it turned out, the remnants of Hurricane Bertha was about to greet me as I made my way up the high road. Going by the...
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Nessie and the Falkirk Kelpies
Our local artist, Jack Rumney, hits the ball out of the park again with another great painting of our favourite lake monster. In his own words, I have seen pictures of the Falkirk Kelpies illuminated...
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Early Depictions Of Nessie
The way men have represented the creatures of Loch Ness has varied over the centuries, be it in oral or visible form. I wrote on the basics of this process in an earlier article. But today, I would...
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The Hugh Gray Picture And Turtles
So this monster starts popping up in Loch Ness and the articles and letter begin to fly off the typewriters (remember them?). By the time the media speculation began to subside in late 1934, just about...
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The Treasure of Urquhart Castle
Strange creatures in Loch Ness are not the only legend to be associated with this dark stretch of water. During my research for "The Water Horses of Loch Ness", I found various stories which, though...
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The Loch Ness Monster and the BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has digitised their perennial publication, the Radio Times from 1923 to 2009. It is now online and searchable which means you can find out what was on TV when...
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