Loch Ness monster - The Art of the Prank

Is Nessie an Expat?

by W.J. Elvin III
Filed under: Urban Legends

From W.J. Elvin III: With Scotland about to vote on independence, the Loch Ness monster has fled to a more monster-friendly environment

Hi-tech camera spots sea creature in English lake, and it looks a lot like Nessie

Nessie in England? Photo by Ellie Williams

Scotland will decide on independence next week, but it seems one of the country’s most famous animals might have already made up its mind.

A creature, looking similar to the Loch Ness monster, has been spotted taking a dip in the Lake District.

The image was snapped on a hi-tech Autographer life camera, which automatically takes snaps throughout the day. Read the rest of this article here.

Posted: September 12th, 2014

From Joe King:

‘My Nessie picture IS a hoax!’
by Lizzie Edmunds
Dailymail.co.uk
October 5, 2013

Cruise boat skipper who took ‘the most convincing Loch Ness Monster photo ever’ admits he faked the image with a fibre-glass hump

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Boat tour guide George Edwards, 61, published image in August last year

Skipper re-photographed a fake hump that featured in a National Geographic documentary in 2011

Mr Edwards admitted yesterday he’d created fake for ‘just a bit of fun’

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Expert Steve Feltham says skipper is ‘nothing more than a faker and a liar’

Image will join host of phoney pictures of the monster, including the famous ‘Surgeon’s Photograph’ taken by Dr Robert Kenneth Wilson in 1934

Read the whole story here.

Posted: October 6th, 2013