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Post by Red Rackham on Sept 8, 2023 0:22:34 GMT
Loch Ness monster enthusiasts gear up for biggest search in 50 yearsUsing drones and acoustic equipment, hundreds of volunteers from around the world took part in the surface watch because 90 years ago Aldie Mackay, manager of the Drumnadrochit hotel, after a dram or two, burst into the bar one evening to tell dumbfounded patrons she had just witnessed a “water beast” in Loch Ness. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/21/loch-ness-monster-enthusiasts-gear-up-for-biggest-search-in-50-yearsOK it great for tourism, but honestly, "hundreds of people from around the world" came to search for the Loch Ness monster. I'm thinking, some people obviously have more money than sense.
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Post by Ripley on Sept 8, 2023 4:51:12 GMT
Loch Ness monster enthusiasts gear up for biggest search in 50 yearsUsing drones and acoustic equipment, hundreds of volunteers from around the world took part in the surface watch because 90 years ago Aldie Mackay, manager of the Drumnadrochit hotel, after a dram or two, burst into the bar one evening to tell dumbfounded patrons she had just witnessed a “water beast” in Loch Ness. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/21/loch-ness-monster-enthusiasts-gear-up-for-biggest-search-in-50-yearsOK it great for tourism, but honestly, "hundreds of people from around the world" came to search for the Loch Ness monster. I'm thinking, some people obviously have more money than sense. Aldie MacKay’s sighting of the Loch Ness monster may have occurred 90 years ago, but the monster myth predates MacKay’s account by centuries. The first recorded encounter with the monster is said to have occurred 1458 years ago and is described in a 7th-century biography of St. Columba (aka Columcille) written a hundred years after his time by St. Adamnan, an abbott of Iona. According to the abbott’s account, in 565 AD the monster, depicted in Pictish stone carvings as a mysterious beast with flippers, bit a swimmer and was about to attack another man when Columba intervened, ordering the monster to “go back.” It turned back, and over the centuries has been sighted only rarely. |
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Post by Orac on Sept 8, 2023 7:47:43 GMT
Think of it like cricket. People claim they are watching cricket, but are they really?
I can't think of nicer pastime then rambling around stunning countryside armed with an excuse for doing it.
In this day and age people need an excuse to do things and meet people and i find all such excuses legitimate and worthy.
Loch Ness is slightly odd and its mythology goes back further than the modern knowledge of its dimensions. It is over 200 meters deep in places
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Post by besoeker3 on Sept 8, 2023 9:24:47 GMT
We near to Loch Ness. My father used to tease us about it and we kids thought it was real. Not that it ever was.
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Post by Red Rackham on Sept 9, 2023 9:42:02 GMT
Loch Ness monster enthusiasts gear up for biggest search in 50 yearsUsing drones and acoustic equipment, hundreds of volunteers from around the world took part in the surface watch because 90 years ago Aldie Mackay, manager of the Drumnadrochit hotel, after a dram or two, burst into the bar one evening to tell dumbfounded patrons she had just witnessed a “water beast” in Loch Ness. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/21/loch-ness-monster-enthusiasts-gear-up-for-biggest-search-in-50-yearsOK it great for tourism, but honestly, "hundreds of people from around the world" came to search for the Loch Ness monster. I'm thinking, some people obviously have more money than sense. Aldie MacKay’s sighting of the Loch Ness monster may have occurred 90 years ago, but the monster myth predates MacKay’s account by centuries. The first recorded encounter with the monster is said to have occurred 1458 years ago and is described in a 7th-century biography of St. Columba (aka Columcille) written a hundred years after his time by St. Adamnan, an abbott of Iona. According to the abbott’s account, in 565 AD the monster, depicted in Pictish stone carvings as a mysterious beast with flippers, bit a swimmer and was about to attack another man when Columba intervened, ordering the monster to “go back.” It turned back, and over the centuries has been sighted only rarely. For me the most interesting thig about Loch Ness is it's geography, roughly 22 miles long, 800ft deep with steep sides and flat bottom, it's like a huge bathtub. |
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Post by besoeker3 on Sept 9, 2023 13:56:45 GMT
Aldie MacKay’s sighting of the Loch Ness monster may have occurred 90 years ago, but the monster myth predates MacKay’s account by centuries. The first recorded encounter with the monster is said to have occurred 1458 years ago and is described in a 7th-century biography of St. Columba (aka Columcille) written a hundred years after his time by St. Adamnan, an abbott of Iona. According to the abbott’s account, in 565 AD the monster, depicted in Pictish stone carvings as a mysterious beast with flippers, bit a swimmer and was about to attack another man when Columba intervened, ordering the monster to “go back.” It turned back, and over the centuries has been sighted only rarely. For me the most interesting thig about Loch Ness is it's geography, roughly 22 miles long, 800ft deep with steep sides and flat bottom, it's like a huge bathtub. And no solid evidence................. |
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Post by Ripley on Sept 9, 2023 15:01:27 GMT
Aldie MacKay’s sighting of the Loch Ness monster may have occurred 90 years ago, but the monster myth predates MacKay’s account by centuries. The first recorded encounter with the monster is said to have occurred 1458 years ago and is described in a 7th-century biography of St. Columba (aka Columcille) written a hundred years after his time by St. Adamnan, an abbott of Iona. According to the abbott’s account, in 565 AD the monster, depicted in Pictish stone carvings as a mysterious beast with flippers, bit a swimmer and was about to attack another man when Columba intervened, ordering the monster to “go back.” It turned back, and over the centuries has been sighted only rarely. For me the most interesting thig about Loch Ness is it's geography, roughly 22 miles long, 800ft deep with steep sides and flat bottom, it's like a huge bathtub. Loch Ness contains more water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined, but it is not even Scotland's deepest lake. That would be Loch Morar, at over 1000 ft deep. |
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