The Loch Ness Mystery Reloaded

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Scott, Peter; Rines, Robert (1975). "Naming the Loch Ness monster". Nature. 258 (5535): 466. Bibcode: 1975Natur.258..466S. doi: 10.1038/258466a0. Speaking about the latest sighting, Eoin said: "It was excellent surface conditions when the sighting took place. Read More Related Articles If creatures similar to plesiosaurs lived in Loch Ness they would be seen frequently, since they would have to surface several times a day to breathe. [111] Report of strange spectacle on Loch Ness in 1933 leaves unanswered question - what was it?". The Inverness Courier. 11 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. He added that the only other object on the water was a cruiser but that it was 300 metres from where the object first emerged.

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We receive hundreds of sightings through the year of unexplained things in Loch Ness. But it does go through a verification process. However, one should not assume that the shadow is a perfect representation of the creature's dimension but it can help us determine some factors (hence the title of the post). Firstly, shadows lenghten and shorten according to the sun's position. How high up was the sun on this occasion? We know the date, time, latitude and longitude so it is not difficult to come up with the altitude of the sun - it was about 11 degrees. This gives us the rough hand drawn diagram below. Lehn, W. H.; Schroeder, I. (1981). "The Norse merman as an optical phenomenon". Nature. 289 (5796): 362. Bibcode: 1981Natur.289..362L. doi: 10.1038/289362a0. S2CID 4280555.

Could a plesiosaur negotiate it? Now you're asking a question. Are you talking about the ones preserved in the fossil record or the evolved one popular in the 1970s? When a plesiosaur is proposed to have evolved, there is no end to the adaptive qualities one may add to achieve ones ends. Well, I see no reason why it couldn't, but I am not being authoritative on that matter. And so we may go through the list of candidates. Lots of children and parents who Home Educate love CSI investigations. They are all based on real-life mysteries which instantly inspire and intrigue children of all ages. There’s also the sense of ownership that children get from being in charge of investigating the evidence and drawing their own conclusions. It has been claimed that sightings of the monster increased after a road was built along the loch in early 1933, bringing workers and tourists to the formerly isolated area. [32] However, Binns has described this as "the myth of the lonely loch", as it was far from isolated before then, due to the construction of the Caledonian Canal. In the 1930s, the existing road by the side of the loch was given a serious upgrade. [14] Hugh Gray (1933) Look" he said "I've known all along there was a monster in the loch. I've even got pictures four times before - but - this time they're the best yet."