Posted on 04/23/2007 1:40:35 PM PDT by presidio9
AN English holidaymaker thinks he may have taken the first picture of the season of the elusive Loch Ness Monster.
Sidney Wilson was in the city with his wife Janet when they decided on a cruise down the loch to take in the sights.
And it was as they approached Urquhart Castle that he ended up taking this intriguing photograph.
Sidney, who comes from Nottingham, said: "I was just taking pictures of everything as we sailed down the loch.
"As we approached the castle, two power boats appeared and circled us at speed, leaving a large wash in their wake.
"Thinking that it would make a good photograph, I fired off two quick shots and on the second, there appeared to be something in the water."
After enlarging the image, Sidney could swear he could see a head and fin in the boat's wash.
"After showing the image to staff at the National Hotel in Dingwall, they advised us to contact the Highland News," he added.
The sighting took place on Tuesday, March 27.
The earliest claimed reference to Nessie is taken from the history of St Columba in which it is said he saved the life of a Pict who was being attacked by the monster.
The first modern sighting occurred on May 2, 1933. A report in a local newspaper claimed a Mr and Mrs John Mackay saw "an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface".
Most sightings take place between March and September – a coincidence cynics claim coincides with the tourist season.
PING!!
Since the most famous picture of ‘Nessie’ was proven to be a fraud, I no longer have interest in ‘the latest evidence.’ Time to give up on the Loch Ness Monster and devote ourselves to those rascalily crop circles. :)
Looks like a killer whale to me.
As The Bard wrote, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy”.
It’s not big enough to be Teddy.
lol
ROFL!!
I knew Lootie was really a good guy forced to do bad things. It was all Bush’s fault.
You go Lootie!
Plesiosaurs come from hoaxes ... pleasure sores come from ho’s
It’s Janet Reno.
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DNA studies cannot find any DNA in Scotland that may be the Picts. Who-ever th Picts were, they have/had pretty much the same DNA as everyone else there.
I think the testers should have checked the BMPs, JPGs, and GIFs too.
No Ted Kennedy photo-shops? You guys are getting slow.
... who live off of Nessie seeking tourists...
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