Recent Loch Ness Monster Sighting

09 Thursday Sep 2021

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1. Screen capture from the August 22, 2021, web camera postings. 2. I’ve circled the water disturbance for you to know where to look.

There have been 13 sightings of Nessie, the famous mythical water creature thought to reside in Loch Ness. New to the official database that collects information on sightings: Webcam footage from the live webcam is divided into a separate category, arranged by year. This allows visitors to the website to view portions of the video footage that is monitored by volunteers. Photographs remain divided by year. So far this year, there have been 8 web camera postings and 5 photographs. However, there still isn’t credible evidence that Nessie actually exists. But that shouldn’t stop you from visiting and searching for yourself!

Click here for the official register of sightings: http://www.lochnesssightings.com/index.asp.

View the most recent sighting on August 22 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoPqMaZJXYo.

Watch adorable sheep munching on the grass on the web camera here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntHCxxkVA7U.

Loch Ness Mystery: Giant Eel?

06 Friday Sep 2019

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Professor Neil Gemmell

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Tune into the Travel Channel on September 15^th for the 2-hour documentary profiling the latest scientific research conducted in search of Nessie. Professor Neil Gemmel, University of Otago (New Zealand), collected 250 samples of DNA from Loch Ness. His team captured, extracted, and sequenced the samples, and the results were announced this week. Gemmel proclaimed, “We’ve used science to add another chapter to Loch Ness’ mystique.”

Turns out the samples support a very large eel swimming in Britain’s largest body of fresh water. Researchers created a comprehensible spectrum of life from the samples. None support a Jurassic-age reptile or unknown sea monster. Instead, the DNA showed that eels were quite plentiful in the loch.

Gemmell concluded that more research is needed. Catch the documentary on your local Travel Channel.

Biodiversity Study of Loch Ness Announcement Set for September

05 Wednesday Jun 2019

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Neil Gemmell

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Biodiversity Study of Loch Ness Announcement Set for September

Professor Neil Gemmell, University of Otago (New Zealand), and his team spent 2018 collecting water samples from Loch Ness in Scotland. Minuscule pieces of urine, feces, skin, scale, and fur were contained in the samples. Gemmell’s team researched and catalogued their findings. Ultimately, the team hoped to compare the results to 4 popular Nessie theories. The announcement on findings has been postponed twice. Now Gemmell is shooting for September.

Cataloguing the results slowed the process. In addition, Gemmell was in negotiations for a documentary to be filmed in tandem. Parties failed to reach an agreement; therefore, there will not be a documentary on the process.

Early reports claim that the team has identified 15 species of fish and 3,000 species of bacteria within the loch. As for Nessie? Three of the theories has reportedly been eliminated. However, one expert not associated with the study predicts that the Nessie myth will endure…no matter the announcement.

Stay tuned.

Snowstorm Goals 2019: Snow Nessie

20 Sunday Jan 2019

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Nessie, Surgeon's Photograph

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Snowstorm Goals 2019: Snow Nessie

Although it will barely break freezing tomorrow, the Atlanta area isn’t projected to get any measurable amount of snow in the coming weeks. That’s too bad since I’ve decided on my 2019 snowstorm goal: Snow Nessie.

A family in Warrensburg, Missouri, created a giant Loch Ness Monster (a.k.a. Nessie) with their recent snowfall. The “Snow Nessie” took 4 days to create and measures 6’ at her highest point. Creator Jessica Nicholson stated that inspiration came from the 2007 film The Water Horse. Snow Nessie is incredibly popular, as people stop to have their picture taken with her.

I’m fascinated in mysterious creatures that financially support towns. (See my articles on Mothman.) Further, Nessie holds a special place in my heart. Even after the 1934 “Surgeon’s Photograph” was deemed a hoax in 1994, hordes of people descend annually on Loch Ness in hopes of capturing an authentic photograph. Now that’s dedication.

Infamous “Surgeon’s Photograph”

Hopefully, one day I, too, will travel to Scotland in search of Nessie. In the meantime, I’ll have to build my own snow version—a very, very small version.