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Global Warming KIlled Loch Ness Monster
Daily Record.co.uk ^
| Feb 13 2008
| Bob Dow
Posted on 02/17/2008 4:04:25 PM PST by Beowulf9
LEGENDARY Nessie hunter Robert Rines is giving up his search for the monster after 37 years.
The 85-year-old American will make one last trip in a bid to find the elusive beast.
After almost four decades of fruitless expeditions, he admitted: "Unfortunately, I'm running out of age."
World War II veteran Robert has devoted almost half his life to scouring Loch Ness.
He started in 1971. The following year, he watched a 25ft-long hump with the texture of elephant skin gliding through the water.
His original trip was to help another monster hunter with sonar equipment and quickly identified large moving targets.
He was smitten and returned the next year, which is when, he says: "I had the misfortune of seeing one of these things with my own eyes."
Since then, he has been obsessed with tracking down the creature with a staggering array of hi-tech equipment. It was this gear that took the famous "flipper" picture that year which created a stir around the world.
Despite having hundreds of sonar contacts over the years, the trail has since gone cold and Rines believes that Nessie may be dead, a victim of global warming.
He still wants to check almost 100 contacts on the floor of the loch, believing one may be the monster's remains.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: freepun; globalwarming; lochness
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To: Salamander; monkapotamus
I knew it
I knew it
Godzilla kill Loss Ness Monter LOL!
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:20:23 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: Beowulf9
Many miles away there’s a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake...............
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:21:44 PM PST
by
SHOOT THE MOON bat
("Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords" Teddy Roosevelt)
To: Beowulf9
Rines believes that Nessie may be dead, a victim of global warming.
Despite this tragic news, we are now pleased to announce that it is now safe to go back into the water............
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:22:35 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
( Don’t go messing with Smokey Taylor. He just bought a whole bunch of fresh ammo.)
To: Beowulf9
Extinction is the rule, not the exception. Darwin killed Nessie, 150 million years ago.
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:25:46 PM PST
by
tcostell
(MOLON LABE)
To: Salamander
Well, Nessie may be dead, but
Champ up in Lake Champlain is alive and well....
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:26:07 PM PST
by
Emperor Palpatine
("There is no civility, only politics.")
To: I'm ALL Right!; All
"Bush’s fault!"
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:26:08 PM PST
by
musicman
To: Beowulf9
Adrian Shine is gonna hear about this. And he's gonna be pissed.
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:26:28 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Waterboarding the Left every chance I get.)
To: SevenofNine; shibumi
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:27:59 PM PST
by
Salamander
(And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent......)
To: Beowulf9
My pet rock did it. again
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:29:31 PM PST
by
Waco
To: Beowulf9
Blinky laughs at global warming and says the Loch Ness Monster is a wimp.
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Don’t be foolish. Snipe were killed off by global warming.
To: Beowulf9
And I'm the Queen of England.
And no, you can't come to Buckingham palace with your friends and have tea.
5.56mm
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:31:11 PM PST
by
M Kehoe
To: Salamander
Hey! I was at that party! Things got way out of control! I bailed just before the police arrived!
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:32:52 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Beowulf9
“Global Warming KIlled Loch Ness Monster”
I would have used a harpoon.
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:35:05 PM PST
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: Grizzled Bear
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:37:39 PM PST
by
Salamander
(And don't forget my Dog; fixed and consequent......)
To: Beowulf9
Colorful gentleman not doubt.
Maybe Scottish film director Bill Forsyth (”Local Hero”) could make a whimsical flick about his adventures. He’s probably as beloved as Nessie herself.
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:37:54 PM PST
by
sinanju
To: redpoll
Too bad Nessie’s dead. Would have made a great bbq.
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:37:56 PM PST
by
attiladhun2
(Obama is the anti-Reagan, instead of opposing the world's tyrants, he wants to embrace them)
To: redpoll
I think the LSD has finally worn off.
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:39:41 PM PST
by
Shady
(The Fairness Doctrine is ANYTHING but fair!!!!)
To: randomhero97
Let’s make a list of things that GW has not killed according to these folks.
He didn't kill JFK.
or DID he...
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posted on
02/17/2008 4:40:46 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(www.conservativesgetbonedagain.com)
To: Always Right
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