Comments on: Nessie Caught on Video?

By: Daniel Loxton

Daniel Loxton — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:45:41 +0000

It seems that this is a viral promotional video for The Water Horse, as I wrote in eSkeptic. As posters above have pointed out, the fact that the clip actually includes a url for the film really says it all. Further, the creature design for the leaping plesiosaur is the same as the creature design for the movie, including the distinctive whale-like tail.

(I also contacted Weta Digital, the New Zealand special effects vendor responsible for the film’s creature FX, to ask if their team made the leaping clip. They passed my query on to their client, Sony Pictures, who coyly responded, “We have no comment about the clip you indicated below at this time.” I read that as, “Yes, it’s a viral ad.”)

By: CrimsonFox79

CrimsonFox79 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:13:30 +0000

It’s a very cool video, but the fact that the link at the end brings you to the movie website should be an indication that it’s a promotional video for the movie :-/

By: YourPTR!

YourPTR! — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:26:44 +0000

And it’s not taken at Loch Ness either!

By: YourPTR!

YourPTR! — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:26:03 +0000

I already saw this on another site. It’s the coolest hoax video I’ve ever seen though! The original subject was some kind of whale.

By: dws

dws — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:53:37 +0000

Guys ever seen the WALKING WITH DINOSAURS episode of the Elasmosaurus?

nuff’ said

By: kamoeba

kamoeba — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:51:57 +0000

I don’t know…CGI looks every bit as fake to me as stop-motion animation, guys in costumes and Photoshop.

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:06:47 +0000

Being a fan of Animal Planet, Discovery, et al, the film sequence is nothing more than a great white shark, with a seal (in its final moments of life), securely locked in the shark’s jaws. Rocketing up from the depths to “hit” unwary seals swimming at or near the surface is a typical great white tactic. I might even venture a guess as to where the footage was taken: off the coast of South Africa or in proximity to the Faralone Islands off of San Francisco Bay, California. And, yes, orcas use a similar tactic to nab seals.

By: DARHOP

DARHOP — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:32:05 +0000

Man, you guy’s ruin everything… I was sure I was seeing the biggest Otter ever filmed…

By: Excelsior Comics

Excelsior Comics — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:19:03 +0000

Awful lot of otters….

By: BigfootBiceps

BigfootBiceps — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:36:10 +0000

Surely no one actually considered that this could be real? It was obviously done with tongue firmly in cheek. The idea of nessie leaping out of the water like a great white snatching a seal… pretty neat stuff though…