She's been scunnered by the sceptics, dumped by the debunkers and disputed by the doubters. You would have thought Nessie would have disappeared a long time ago. But the Loch Ness Monster just keeps motoring along as this graph from a Mirror article shows. The article author consulted the number of mentions of the famous monster in the print media since 1984 and came up with the graph above.
I won't attempt to critique the graph or search for cryptozoological and sociological reasons for this surge. It seems that people just like to read Nessie stories. Note the graph takes off in 2012. This blog started in July 2010 and so has nicely caught a ride on this wave, arguing the case for the Loch Ness Monster and making a regular appearance on the first page of Google hits.
Long may the ride continue!
P.S.
As a comparison, here's the Google Ngrams plot of printed matter references since 1933.
P.P.S.
BBC4 will be televising a programme on the giant Amazon Otter tomorrow at 2200 GMT from the series "Natural World". Those interested in the master otter theory may like to watch this.
P.S.
As a comparison, here's the Google Ngrams plot of printed matter references since 1933.
P.P.S.
BBC4 will be televising a programme on the giant Amazon Otter tomorrow at 2200 GMT from the series "Natural World". Those interested in the master otter theory may like to watch this.
The author can be contacted at lochnesskelpie@gmail.com
