Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Banjax]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8643817.stm

In 1938, the chief constable of Inverness-shire raised concerns about protecting Nessie from hunters.
In a letter he wrote: "That there is some strange creature in Loch Ness now seems beyond doubt."


I'll assume the chief constable was also responsible for tourism in the 30's 

[Xplicit 2.0]

...seems he could have done with stronger meds rather than me

[Banjax]

...seems he could have done with stronger meds rather than me

[Welung666]

We were up there last summer, spent many a nice hour sitting on the shore near Castle Urqhart Nessie spotting

[Banjax]

We were up there last summer, spent many a nice hour sitting on the shore near Castle Urqhart Nessie spotting

it's beautiful up there - in the early morning mist with a calm, clear Loch it's pretty spooky waiting for Nessie to rise up out of the depths  :-? :-?

[cem_devecioglu]

from wikipedia..

The LNPIB sonar study (1967-1968)

Professor DG Tucker, chairman of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Birmingham, England, volunteered his services as a sonar developer and expert at Loch Ness in 1968. The gesture was part of a larger effort helmed by the LNPIB from 1967–1968 and involved collaboration between volunteers and professionals in various fields. Tucker had chosen Loch Ness as the test site for a prototype sonar transducer with a maximum range of 800 m (2,600 ft). The device was fixed underwater at Temple Pier in Urquhart Bay and directed towards the opposite shore, effectively drawing an acoustic 'net' across the width of Ness through which no moving object could pass undetected. During the two-week trial in August, multiple animate targets 6 m (20 ft) in length were identified ascending from and diving to the loch bottom. Analysis of diving profiles ruled out air-breathers because the targets never surfaced or moved shallower than midwater. A brief press release by LNPIB and associates touched on the sonar data and drew to a close the 1968 effort:

“ The answer to the question of whether or not unusual phenomena exist in Loch Ness, Scotland, and if so, what their nature might be, was advanced a step forward during 1968, as a result of sonar experiments conducted by a team of scientists under the direction of D. Gordon Tucker... Professor Tucker reported that his fixed beam sonar made contact with large moving objects sometimes reaching speeds of at least 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). He concluded that the objects are clearly animals and ruled out the possibility that they could be ordinary fish. He stated: "The high rate of ascent and descent makes it seem very unlikely that they could be fish, and fishery biologists we have consulted cannot suggest what fish they might be. It is a temptation to suppose they might be the fabulous Loch Ness monsters, now observed for the first time in their underwater activities!"

 :-? :-?

[Banjax]

i feel a new poll coming on..........

[mudflap]

The theory of a large animal in Loch Ness has been disproved by naturalists for years - there is not much for it to live on except eels, maybe the odd giant eel materialises, like some kind of freak?  :-/

I Spent 2 weeks navigating the Loch in 1989, walking by Castle Urquart is really creepy at night, especially when you are aware of its history...


...met one or two angry Scotsmen but no "monsters"

[Banjax]

The theory of a large animal in Loch Ness has been disproved by naturalists for years - there is not much for it to live on except eels, maybe the odd giant eel materialises, like some kind of freak?  :-/

I Spent 2 weeks navigating the Loch in 1989, walking by Castle Urquart is really creepy at night, especially when you are aware of its history...


...met one or two angry Scotsmen but no "monsters"

they werent angry - thats just the way they talk up that way 

[Tony H]

I've noticed a pattern emerge over the years. When the scottish tourist industry needs stoking out comes another story about nessie. :-?

[mudflap]

The theory of a large animal in Loch Ness has been disproved by naturalists for years - there is not much for it to live on except eels, maybe the odd giant eel materialises, like some kind of freak?  :-/

I Spent 2 weeks navigating the Loch in 1989, walking by Castle Urquart is really creepy at night, especially when you are aware of its history...


...met one or two angry Scotsmen but no "monsters"

they werent angry - thats just the way they talk up that way 

...not when you've just crashed into their boat...

[Banjax]

The theory of a large animal in Loch Ness has been disproved by naturalists for years - there is not much for it to live on except eels, maybe the odd giant eel materialises, like some kind of freak?  :-/

I Spent 2 weeks navigating the Loch in 1989, walking by Castle Urquart is really creepy at night, especially when you are aware of its history...


...met one or two angry Scotsmen but no "monsters"

they werent angry - thats just the way they talk up that way 

...not when you've just crashed into their boat...

oops