loch ness monster....here's proof

[Rolfe]

Yeah, well, if you find a source which is reliably dated earlier than 1930 saying that St Columba allegedly saw the Loch Ness monster, it might not prove that he actually saw it, but it does rather prove that there was a legend about a monster in Loch Ness before 1930.

Rolfe.

 

[Dcdrac]

Would an Anti Submarine Warfare Plane with its sonar set to maximum be any good at picking up any sign of a large creature in Loch Ness?

 

[Nucular]

Yeah, well, if you find a source which is reliably dated earlier than 1930 saying that St Columba allegedly saw the Loch Ness monster, it might not prove that he actually saw it, but it does rather prove that there was a legend about a monster in Loch Ness before 1930.

Rolfe.

Hmmm. Well it proves there is at least one tale, because here it is. To translate to the status of legend is a leap, though. Did you look through the Vita Columbae? It's so chock full of tall stories, of course there's bound to be one about a monster; but whether that reflects an existing local legend, the author's imagination, or just the Holy fashion (like virgin births were around 0AD), is up for grabs, I'd say.

It'd be interesting to know if there's any other documentary evidence prior to the 30s apart from this - if there is, fine; if not, it's likely this is just an isolated, random example of the common Georgesque monster story, no more tied to Loch Ness than the angels Columba saw too.

 

[Correa Neto]

Would an Anti Submarine Warfare Plane with its sonar set to maximum be any good at picking up any sign of a large creature in Loch Ness?

There have already been scans of Loch Ness, with boats tugging (non-millitary) sonars all along the lake. Even standard commercial sonars avaliable for fishing would be able to detect such beasts if they actually lingered at the lake's depths.

Guess what they found?

Yep, nothing.

 

[Nucular]

There have already been scans of Loch Ness, with boats tugging (non-millitary) sonars all along the lake. Even standard commercial sonars avaliable for fishing would be able to detect such beasts if they actually lingered at the lake's depths.

Guess what they found?

Yep, nothing.

Well, I seem to remember they didn't find literally nothing - at one point there was an unexplained, large signal but there seemed to be more reason to think it was a school of fish than a prehistoric monster. Can't remember much more than that, but I can look it up.

 

[Shaun from Scotland]

There have already been scans of Loch Ness, with boats tugging (non-millitary) sonars all along the lake. Even standard commercial sonars avaliable for fishing would be able to detect such beasts if they actually lingered at the lake's depths.

Guess what they found?

Yep, nothing.

They did find Nessie. It really exists. So shut up and bring your money. Nessie is real. No, honest it is.

 

[HeyLeroy]

Maybe it was Dumbo.

 

[Dr Adequate]

There was a riudiculous comment on the radio today,I think Talksport,that you could fit the world's population into Loch Ness!

You could.

The loch is 23 miles long, 1 mile wide, 750 feet deep. If we take it to be triangular in cross-section, that's 240451200000 cubic feet, or a little over forty cubic feet per person (taking the population to be six billion).

 

[CurtC]

Would an Anti Submarine Warfare Plane with its sonar set to maximum be any good at picking up any sign of a large creature in Loch Ness?

Those planes don't use sonar, they detect distortions to the Earth's magnetic field, caused by large metallic objects nearby. For example, submarines. Maybe if Nessie exists and is made of metal.

 

[Arkan_Wolfshade]

re: The sonar scans: Tied to that, didn't they determine that the Loch didn't contain enough aquatic life (fish, plants, etc) to support a reproducing populatio n of a creature that size?

re: Elephants: Maybe they escaped and went aquatic on us. Think of it, a herd of aquatic elephants! aquatephants? Lochephants? If we could breed them smaller they would be EXCELLENT for home aquariums.

Okay... I seriously need more coffee. brb

 

[Correa Neto]

Those planes don't use sonar, they detect distortions to the Earth's magnetic field, caused by large metallic objects nearby. For example, submarines. Maybe if Nessie exists and is made of metal.

ASW aircraft use MADs, but they also drop sonobuoys.

 

[Blue Bubble]

re: Elephants: Maybe they escaped and went aquatic on us. Think of it, a herd of aquatic elephants! aquatephants? Lochephants? If we could breed them smaller they would be EXCELLENT for home aquariums.

Bums to the home aquariums ... breed them small enough and we could have them deep-fried in batter. Salt 'n soss wi that, Jimmae ?

 

[Jaggy Bunnet]

Bums to the home aquariums ... breed them small enough and we could have them deep-fried in batter. Salt 'n soss wi that, Jimmae ?

Soss? Heathen! Salt n vinegar wi elephants.