Comments on: Loch Ness Monster Sightings: 2006

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:58:36 +0000

It is an oft-stated factoid that there is enough water in Loch Ness to bury every human being on Earth under 6 ft of water.

By: zogarma

zogarma — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:57:58 +0000

Just finished re-reading In search of Lake Monsters by Peter Costello 1975.

His theory is that these creatures are a type of long necked seal the same as or related to the long necked sea serpents.

It’s seems to be a sound idea when you consider the sighting of these creatures ashore.

By: Davilance

Davilance — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:55:41 +0000

I’m not certain a lot of people outside Scotland appreciate the SIZE of Loch Ness. When I worked at a public library years ago, I prepared a documentary for kids on Nessie, and made a scale drawing of a cross-section of the lake. To give the idea of size, I put in a scale drawing of the Eiffel Tower, which stood on the bottom and did not break the surface. At the scale of my drawing, which was maybe two feet wide, the LENGTH of the loch would have gone out of the library room. A fifty-foot monster at the same scale was about a quarter inch speck. There’s a lot of room in there for monsters, and a lot of miles of uninhabited loch.

By: mememe

mememe — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:30:50 +0000

lol It’s been many a year since I went to Loch Ness. The Trees were younger and the grass was not so old and the hair on my head had not grown so thin.

I have photos taken of the shore line and when standing at the plaque for the Plane in the Loch.

My treasured photos where taken near the White building, when i heard a noise in the Water and I hurried to take two photos.

They was taken with a polaroid instant camera and Time as not done them well, the colours not so crisp and picture not so pin sharp. But they aint no Blobsquatch pictures.

I have a photo of the Beast on the shore that was put there by someone who likes to laught. The beast was made of Tyres and twigs and brought a smile to the face.

I often laught at the thought of some poor tourist seeing the Beast from afar through a spy Glass and rushing over with beating heart to get the Killer Shot and moment of fame.

I ponderd to myself what would I do If I had the Knowledge and the means to share it. Would I take the money or fame and run or would I leave the Beast to its Life..

I now know what I would do, but do you know what you would do ?

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:44:10 +0000

The idea that there are enough people around to catch a glimpse of Nessie every time she surfaces is one of the constant myths that hard core skeptics always throw out, but it is a false assumption.

If you look at Loch Ness there is 24 miles of coast line up and down on either side. While there are a number of people living in the area, and a road running the length of the southern side, that still leaves a lot of area that is not inhabited. Further, the square footage of water covered by Loch Ness is thousands of square feet of water to keep your eyes on.

Even with cameras and eyes on the loch, it is no where even close to impossible for a large underwater critter to stay hidden.

By: Rillo777

Rillo777 — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 02:19:28 +0000

I agree with “Mystery..”. Most probably don’t report sightings.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 16:05:59 +0000

I think there could very well be more sightings, but a lot of people just want to go about their own business and not make a scene or be ridiculed. There was a post here awile back and some of the comments delved into the fact that some people see something strange and rather than make big claims, neatly fit it into something normal that they can cope with. They tell themselves that they couldn’t have seen what they think they saw and they just write it off. A lot of people have jobs and families and lives and aren’t cryptozoologists out looking for a find. These are the people that might not want to draw attention to themselves, especiallly unwanted negative attention.

By: busterggi

busterggi — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 15:24:09 +0000

Now the dearth of sightings is why I don’t give Nessie much chance of existing. Certainly not as an air breather at least. Its not as though Loch Ness is some desolate uninhabited wilderness, there are enough folks around so that sightings should be more common, again if Nessies are air breathers.