Loch Ness monster sightings down

Associated Press ^ | October 2, 2007

[presidio9]

Fewer people are reporting sightings of the legendary Loch Ness monster in Scotland, prompting concerns that skepticism about its existence could threaten tourism in the region.

There have only been two reports of sightings this year, compared to three in 2006 and much lower than a decade ago, when the annual number sightings was consistently in the double digits, The Times newspaper said Saturday.

"It's becoming a potential crisis," said Mikko Takala, 39, a founding member of the Loch Ness Monster Fan Club who runs four webcams on the lake's north shore.

[ZeitgeistSurfer]

Nessie got sick of waiting for 50 years in the Loch for fin enhancement surgery from the National Monster Health Service and moved to Hyannisport and now plays a Ted Kennedy look-alike in the local comedy club.

[IronJack]

Fer a hundred quid, I’ll testify that I saw Nessie tap-dancin’ to “I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch o’ Coconuts.”

[AngelesCrestHighway]

“Loch Ness sightings down”.....the hell you say!...I just saw nessie debating Obama!

[KarlInOhio]

The nitrogen levels of the loch became too high because of all of the unicorns pooping near its shore.

[LukeL]

Apparently this guy must have died because he has seen Nessie and the monster asked him for tree fiddy

[hophead]

The Loch Ness monsta come knockin on my door the other day. I axed him, “what you want Loch Ness monsta?” He said, “tree fiddy”. I said, “get outa here monsta. I ain’t givin you tree fiddy”

[OSHA]

Funny you should post this. I was just looking at a photo I took at Loch Ness last month. There is a strange dark object which I can't identify (marked with red arrow).

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Ah yes!...you can’t beat the life of a fat ass democrat. He should be arrested for blinding everyone.

[aShepard]

THAT’S GREAT!!!

[kinoxi]

That there woman just gave the mosta tree fitty last week!

[popdonnelly]

Folks have moved on to being 9/11 Truthers.

[OSHA]

I did this first to put in my album just to get peoples attention..

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-6/757654/lochness049.JPG

It went crazy from there. :^)

[jdub]

I think it moved to Texas. One day, Mr. M and I were sitting out on the dock when something poked it’s head out of the water and looked at us.

Fresh water or salt? What part of the state?

[mowowie]

I’ll help these chaps out a bit....I SAW IT LAST WEEK!!!!

[mtbopfuyn]

Fresh.

[jdub]

Perhaps it was a bowfin (called a grinnel in TX). I caught one in the San Jacinto River once. I cut this out from the link below: "The ability to breathe air is attained early in life and is used most frequently at night and when water temperature is high, coinciding with periods of greatest activity. The bowfin is able to survive prolonged air breathing periods. Young bowfin have been observed surviving for 21 days in a pond with no standing water. "

http://www.vernonweb.com/bowfin.htm

Read the comments section by people that have caught them and you'll see a lot of them are in TX, and they also relate their tendancy to come up out of the water. Neat fish, over 150 million years old.

[pcottraux]

Thanks. I’m unavailable to do the ping right now, but will try to get to it tomorrow evening.

[racnpartsales4u]

L M A O

[festus]

Get the Clintons back in the white house and the Loch Ness Monster will come out of hiding quite frequently.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, the next day was over a week ago. Are you okay?