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He writes with infectious enthusiasm for the subject. It's often beautifully poetic and transported me straight to Scotland. There is some unexpectedly wonderful nature writing here. The book was at its best when describing Dinsdale’s first solo expeditions to the Loch. He comes across as friendly and down to earth, and it's one of the highlights. On 24 August 2011, Loch Ness boat captain Marcus Atkinson photographed a sonar image of a 1.5-metre-wide (4.9ft), unidentified object that seemed to follow his boat for two minutes at a depth of 23m (75ft), and ruled out the possibility of a small fish or seal. In April 2012, a scientist from the National Oceanography Centre said that the image is a bloom of algae and zooplankton. [69] George Edwards photograph (2011) Columba died when he was 77 years old, surrounded by his disciples. He died as he stopped before the altar to meditate prior to a midnight service. There's no reason whatsoever to think that Nessie wasn't a spiritual manifestation of supreme evil and that Columba's blessing served as an exorcism banishing him from this plane of existence. On the down side, St. Adamnan's account was written over a hundred years after the alleged events so it's not easy to simply put all of one's trust in the totality of his legendarium.

You may also notice I might be a bit hard on some sceptical minded books, but that's because I am biased (as they are). Also, do not equate sceptical books with critical thinking books because you will find that class of analysis across both genres (to varying degrees). One of the first to systematically investigate the Loch Ness Monster, Gould set off from Inverness on a motorcycle on 14 November, 1938 and circled the Loch twice over a period of days. He interviewed as many witnesses as possible, including the Spicers, and investigated various theories for the sightings, such as the idea that the monster was a prehistoric creature, or perhaps a normal sea animal that had swum into the loch by accident. Burton, Maurice. (1961). Loch Ness Monster: A Burst Bubble? The Illustrated London News. May, 27. p. 896

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The sheer size of Loch Ness, which extends over 23 miles, is over 200 metres deep in places, and can hold more water (7,452 million cubic metres) than all English and Welsh lakes combined, poses a challenge for exploration. educational.rai.it (p. 17)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2018 . Retrieved 11 March 2018. Prehistoric survivors: The plesiosaur theory is especially problematic from a biological standpoint. The notion that a population of ancient reptiles could remain hidden for millions of years in a small, well-studied loch is highly improbable. Annual Report: Loch Ness Investigation" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2021 . Retrieved 8 July 2009.

Alistair, Munro. "Loch Ness Monster: George Edwards 'faked' photo". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015 . Retrieved 5 June 2015. A survey of the literature about other hoaxes, including photographs, published by The Scientific American on 10 July 2013, indicates many others since the 1930s. The most recent photo considered to be "good" appeared in newspapers in August 2012; it was allegedly taken by George Edwards in November 2011 but was "definitely a hoax" according to the science journal. [72] David Elder video (2013) One of the best things about our particular copy of the book is that a previous owner left annotations.Let's be content in accepting this delightful story about an historically-verifiable holy man who labored tirelessly in the Lord's vineyard for the greater part of his life and for the greater glory of God. Though still holding to his invertebrate theory, Holiday began to venture into the paranormal with this book as he explored his theory about long past dragon and disc cults in Britain and their connection. As far as I know, only Holiday called Nessie a dragon (though she was always referred to as a kelpie or similar in the Highlands). In 1975, Boston’s Academy of Applied Science combined sonar and underwater photography in an expedition to Loch Ness. A photo resulted that, after enhancement, appeared to show the giant flipper of a plesiosaur-like creature. Further sonar expeditions in the 1980s and 1990s resulted in more tantalizing, if inconclusive, readings. When Nicholas Witchell, a future BBC correspondent, researched the history of the legend for his 1974 book The Loch Ness Story, he found about a dozen pre-20th-century references to large animals in Loch Ness, gradually shifting in character from these clearly mythical accounts to something more like eyewitness descriptions. Why the Loch Ness Monster is no plesiosaur". New Scientist. 2576: 17. 2006. Archived from the original on 23 February 2007 . Retrieved 8 April 2007.

Campbell, Steuart. (1991). The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence. Aberdeen University Press. pp. 43–44.a b "What is the Loch Ness Monster?". Firstscience.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009 . Retrieved 28 May 2009. Loch Ness Monster may be a giant eel, say scientists". BBC News. BBC. 5 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019 . Retrieved 9 September 2019. Extensive sonar searches of Loch Ness have turned up nothing more than an old movie-prop model of the creature. Alas, Nessie is no more. Spector, Leo (14 September 1967). "The Great Monster Hunt". Machine Design. Cleveland, Ohio: The Penton Publishing Co. The creature disported itself, rolling and plunging for fully a minute, its body resembling that of a whale, and the water cascading and churning like a simmering cauldron. Soon, however, it disappeared in a boiling mass of foam. Both onlookers confessed that there was something uncanny about the whole thing, for they realised that here was no ordinary denizen of the depths, because, apart from its enormous size, the beast, in taking the final plunge, sent out waves that were big enough to have been caused by a passing steamer."

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