View Full Version : Nessie isn't real? Hogwash



Prunepicker
07-05-2013, 08:54 PM
This has to be a joke. The creation of Loch Ness may be concocted
but Nessie is real! I know. I've seen the photos!

From the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/04/loch-ness-monster-seismic-activity_n_3542214.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular)
Legendary beast, or harmless geological activity? That is the question
raised after a scientist's surprising theory about the Loch Ness Monster
resurfaced recently.

Italian geologist Luigi Piccardi first floated his theory in 2001 (http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/UK/06/27/scotland.nessie/), telling a
meeting of colleagues organized by the Geological Society of London
and the Geological Society of America that seismic activity may underlie
the majority of supposed monster sightings around the Scottish lake
from which the fabled creature takes its name.

The first claimed sighting of "Nessie" occurred in the sixth century,
according to Scientific American. Legend has it that the creature
appears along with earth tremors and bubbling from the bottom of
Loch Ness (http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/2013/06/30/the-earth-shattering-loch-ness-monster-that-wasnt/), one of Britain's largest freshwater lakes.

Formed as a result of a long-ago collision between the northern tip
of Scotland and the rest of Britain (http://www.nbcnews.com/science/loch-ness-monster-legend-its-geologys-fault-6C10519234), the loch sits over the 62-mile
Great Glen fault line (http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/investigating-the-great-glen-fault-in-scotland/7415.html). Piccardi argues that this position may have
fueled centuries of Loch Ness Monster rumors.

ctchandler
07-07-2013, 10:40 AM
Prunepicker,
I have no opinion about Nessie, but Lake (loch) Ness is really nice. Inverness is a very nice city and except for the cold, I could live there. If you haven't been, Scotland is a beautiful country. I did visit the Loch Ness Monster Center (Loch Ness Monster Exhibition Centreat the Drumnadrochit Hotel (http://www.lochness.com/loch-ness-monster-exhibition.htm)), but wasn't convinced. It was very nice but they had some of the same old pictures, nothing to sway me one way or the other.
C. T.

ljbab728
07-07-2013, 09:12 PM
Prunepicker,
I have no opinion about Nessie, but Lake (loch) Ness is really nice. Inverness is a very nice city and except for the cold, I could live there. If you haven't been, Scotland is a beautiful country. I did visit the Loch Ness Monster Center (Loch Ness Monster Exhibition Centreat the Drumnadrochit Hotel (http://www.lochness.com/loch-ness-monster-exhibition.htm)), but wasn't convinced. It was very nice but they had some of the same old pictures, nothing to sway me one way or the other.
C. T.
I agree, ct. I have also visited there and is a beautiful area. I took a boat ride on the Loch and, even though I kept my eyes peeled, didn't see Nessie. It is fun though.