Loch Ness Monster

[Faustus]

Inspired by Paddy Berger's thread on Atlantis.

 

Anyways, what do you reckon about it? Does it exist? Is it an elaborate hoax? Does anybody care?

 

[Anubis]

When people started using powerboats on Loch Ness it became too noisy and it emigrated to Atlantis.

[dave u]

Nessy is momo

[RJ Fan club]

Its real, I know cos I have a thistle whistle.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

When people started using powerboats on Loch Ness it became too noisy and it emigrated to Atlantis.

 

This could have been a fascinating discussion, but I fear Colombo has cracked the case with the first reply.

[Juniper]

I had a cup of tea with nessy once

 

Charming lady

[Monkeywool]

It keeps coming up to me and asking me for a tree fiddey.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

Inspired by Paddy Berger's thread on Atlantis.

 

Anyways, what do you reckon about it? Does it exist? Is it an elaborate hoax? Does anybody care?

 

 

Another fascinating subject, along with Atlantis, where is Lord Lucan and UFOlogy and one I could talk all day about....but the answer in short is that as much as I and I guess we would all love this to be true, there simply isn't a family of Plesiosaur's left over from the prehistoric age living in Loch Ness. Its a case of people seeing what they want to see, or misinterpreting what they actually have seen on the surface of the lake.

I don't think its an elaborate hoax. That picture you included Faustus certainly was an elaborate hoax, done for a specific reason, but I think that most of the 'sightings' have been from honest, well meaning people who just don't understand what they are witnessing.

[Juniper]

Another fascinating subject, along with Atlantis, where is Lord Lucan and UFOlogy and one I could talk all day about....but the answer in short is that as much as I and I guess we would all love this to be true, there simply isn't a family of Plesiosaur's left over from the prehistoric age living in Loch Ness. Its a case of people seeing what they want to see, or misinterpreting what they actually have seen on the surface of the lake.

I don't think its an elaborate hoax. That picture you included Faustus certainly was an elaborate hoax, done for a specific reason, but I think that most of the 'sightings' have been from honest, well meaning people who just don't understand what they are witnessing.

 

What he said

[Guest davelfc]

Why on earth would anyone travel to Scotland otherwise? Surely a story started to get tourists to visit a quite boring lake in a cold country that offers little else.

[RedBrian84]

Those in the know reckon that because the loch water is so dark, with very little sunlight penetrating through it, that there are relatively few fish there meaning that there isn't enough food for something the size of the Loch Ness Monster to survive. Or something.

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I'm not sure, I was brought up on a cartoon though that drilled into me that I would never find one in a zoo, All I can say is, 26 years on, they where right.

[Anny Road]

Why on earth would anyone travel to Scotland otherwise? Surely a story started to get tourists to visit a quite boring lake in a cold country that offers little else.

 

Aye its a shithole

 

 

Bellend.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

Loch Ness is breathtaking in its scenic finery.

If I was a multi, multi Millionaire, I would buy Urqhuart Castle, do it up and live in it.

[Monkeywool]

Touchy about that place aint you Anny?

 

He wasn't saying it was a shithole, just that it has nothing in the way of touristy things, other than coldness, lakes, and hills.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

Those in the know reckon that because the loch water is so dark, with very little sunlight penetrating through it, that there are relatively few fish there meaning that there isn't enough food for something the size of the Loch Ness Monster to survive. Or something.

 

Aye, thats a pretty compelling argument against the existence of one or a family of 'monsters'. There simply isn't the food chain in there to sustain a large predator. The Loch is very dark and peaty, the sunlight penetration is insufficient for something that size to thrive, never mind support generations of them.

Most of the 'sightings' will have been Seals, migrating Sturgeon, Birds on the surface and underwater torrents causing effects that people don't understand but which could look like a large, humped 'monster' rolling around on the top of the Loch.

[Anubis]

If any of you get up to Loch Ness you simply have to visit the monster exhibition. Unless they've improved it drastically over the last 5 years, it's stuck in the 70s. Hilarious.

[JohnnyH]

Aye, thats a pretty compelling argument against the existence of one or a family of 'monsters'. There simply isn't the food chain in there to sustain a large predator. The Loch is very dark and peaty, the sunlight penetration is insufficient for something that size to thrive, never mind support generations of them.

Most of the 'sightings' will have been Seals, migrating Sturgeon, Birds on the surface and underwater torrents causing effects that people don't understand but which could look like a large, humped 'monster' rolling around on the top of the Loch.

 

That's all fine and dandy, but nessie is majic and therefore can live there.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

That's all fine and dandy, but nessie is majic and therefore can live there.

 

True. I'm not that arsed what Biologists say, because I saw the cartoon series as a kid and that sealed it for me.

[RedKnight]

The family Ness was right all along.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

The family Ness was right all along.

 

Is right. There were some seriously dysfunctional bastards in that family though.

[Tom R]

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I'm not sure, I was brought up on a cartoon though that drilled into me that I would never find one in a zoo, All I can say is, 26 years on, they where right.

 

 

Its as if my post never existed, jeez.

[Kopite]

Is right. There were some seriously dysfunctional bastards in that family though.

 

They must exist.

 

I heard you've been known to frequent with a monster or two. Hehehe.

[Guest PaddyBerger15]

They must exist.

 

I heard you've been known to frequent with a monster or two. Hehehe.

 

Aye, more than two I'd say.