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Article: Loch Ness Monster 'spotted' by walker as new pics spark Nessie debate

They're clever, these prehistoric survivalists. They spend a lot of time on websites like 'what camera' and studying the specs of the latest smart phones and then make sure never, ever to make an appearance before someone who has half decent recording kit.

As grandfather Nessie once said, "Only approach those that are filming on a potato"
 
Ok it's clearly not nessie but that's a huge fish! Do they make good eating...?
 
I know! It's hard to believe that a person or group of people would do this and still end up believing in Nessie. I know it's only one incident and cognitive dissonance is a strong force, but to be willing to dig this deep to come up with an answer, and yet still believe...

As you say, remarkable.

Ward
 
wardenclyffe said:
I know! It's hard to believe that a person or group of people would do this and still end up believing in Nessie. I know it's only one incident and cognitive dissonance is a strong force, but to be willing to dig this deep to come up with an answer, and yet still believe...
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It reminds me of a fictional UFO group that appeared in the Delta Green setting for Call of Cthulhu. They believe in alien spacecraft visiting the Earth and want to find evidence that they exist, but they're also scientists who carefully examine evidence and don't hesitate to classify sightings as hoaxes or misidentifications. Given the setting, they're lucky that they haven't encountered any real aliens.
 
wardenclyffe said:
I know! It's hard to believe that a person or group of people would do this and still end up believing in Nessie. I know it's only one incident and cognitive dissonance is a strong force, but to be willing to dig this deep to come up with an answer, and yet still believe...

As you say, remarkable.

Ward
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Especially when you read his article on why arguments that there is insufficient food mass for a colony of apex predators and one of the options he says have been prematurely ruled out is that Nessies are non corporeal and don't eat. To be fair he doesn't seem to persue that line of thinking but it's still listed as an option.
 
P.J. Denyer said:
Especially when you read his article on why arguments that there is insufficient food mass for a colony of apex predators and one of the options he says have been prematurely ruled out is that Nessies are non corporeal and don't eat. To be fair he doesn't seem to persue that line of thinking but it's still listed as an option.
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Of course they aren't and they don't! They are imaginary, with no corporeal existence and thus no need to eat. QED.
 
Nessie's one of those things that doesn't even need an explanation, because there's just so many.

It's never been any one thing, it's always been a confused mess of different explanations all rolled into one ball of supposed mystery.
 
Jack by the hedge said:
That's a pretty remarkable debunking. I mean, to actually identify the photo of a catfish which has been snipped and pasted into the "Nessie" photo, using the pattern of speckles on the fish as a fingerprint. That's quite something.
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It's not like they're busy with any actual Nessie sightings or anything, though, lol. It's nice that they took the time to show their reasoning.

The Nessie myth will always be here, because people want it to be here. Same goes for Bigfoot, etc.
 
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