tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post5821748425429039424..comments2024-03-20T18:13:07.791-07:00Comments on LOCH NESS MONSTER: Still Blogging Nessie Three Years OnGlasgow Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-74882439168131276722013-08-22T03:51:31.052-07:002013-08-22T03:51:31.052-07:00This is cool!This is cool!Hunghttp://bestellipticalsmachine.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-19036208600342840572013-07-26T02:05:42.780-07:002013-07-26T02:05:42.780-07:00Hugh GrAy, of course, not GrEy. (slinks away wishi...Hugh GrAy, of course, not GrEy. (slinks away wishing there was an edit feature)<br /><br />Hoping you have a lovely holiday,<br /><br />StormStormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-76780840403140128562013-07-25T05:11:02.543-07:002013-07-25T05:11:02.543-07:00Oh wow, you're right, of course; I haven't...Oh wow, you're right, of course; I haven't read Tim's book since I was a girl, and had totally forgotten about his nighthunts! Or was I remembering them semi-consciously, and wondering why no one did it anymore? In any case, I'd bet my bat'leth that she comes out and cruises around at night, fearless of any boats or prying eyes.<br /><br />Also, I forgot to thank you for the absolutely amazing work you've done on the Hugh Grey photo; the amount of detail you were able to achieve astounded me-- how had no one noticed the li'l fish-face before? Because everyone was looking at a super-fuzzy several generations copied version that made it look to some like a dog with a stick, which I never noticed until someone pointed it out, then I couldn't stop seeing it, until I saw your research and report. Any time someone talks down the Grey Photo as a fake, I tell them to read your report and think again.<br /><br />As we say in San Diego; dude, you RULE.<br /><br />Yours in Nessiana,<br /><br />StormStormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-91886968208423803252013-07-24T17:19:16.329-07:002013-07-24T17:19:16.329-07:00Hello.
I've been reading your blog for over a...Hello.<br /><br />I've been reading your blog for over a year now. Keep posting.<br /><br />Just thought I would run by you two new books about Nessie (or have large parts about Nessie in them):<br /><br />"The Monster Triology Guidebook: How ti find a bigfoot, a yeti, and the Loch Ness Monster" by Peter Byrne (Hancockhouse Books, 2013; 176 pages, paperback, but high-clay content paper, and many color photos of Byrne's expeditions to the Pacific Northwest, the Himalaya, and Loch Ness, including what I would term historical imagery from the Himalayas) and<br /><br />"The Man Who Filmed Nessie: Time Dinsdale and the Enigma of Loch Ness" by Angus Dinsdale (Hancockhouse Books, 2013; 256 pages, with a color photo insert section in the middle, with, again, what I would term historical imagery from Loch Ness).<br /><br />I am still in the midst of reading them, but I thought I would give you a heads up on them. The first one I have mostly read, and it's okay, but not as informational (as a "guide") as I was hoping; the second I have only barely begun it, so I can't comment, but is written from Angus' perspective.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-12069846152966449802013-07-21T15:39:03.891-07:002013-07-21T15:39:03.891-07:00Thanks, Storm and others for your kind comments.
...Thanks, Storm and others for your kind comments.<br /><br />Night hunting, yup. I has a certain ring to it. The old LNI did it in the 1960s, just drifting out on a boat at the dead of night. Dinsdale spent many a night alone on is boat from which has psring some strange tales.<br /><br />I like the way they do it in "Finding Bigfoot", Get the FLIR and night vision goggles out and hit the loch at 2am. Would make for great viewing.<br /><br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-1266747795255858022013-07-21T14:08:24.464-07:002013-07-21T14:08:24.464-07:00I suppose the thing that irritates me the most are...I suppose the thing that irritates me the most are the people who were so sure that there was a large unidentified living creature in the loch. They spent a huge amount of time telling us all that the mystery was very much alive and they wrote books, pamphlets, set up tourist locations and bused them around the loch. Now that their bubble has burst due to some evidence not being what they believed and retirement looming in the not too distant future they are only too glad to dismiss anything or anyone who brings forward evidence whether sighting, sonar or photo.............Let people believe in what they choose as they all have the right (as did the majority of skeptics who enjoyed the sixties and seventies hey day)to make rational decisions and keep the legend alive!!<br />Great Blog, I look forward to checking in to see what is new! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-2716847708470676342013-07-21T06:12:40.875-07:002013-07-21T06:12:40.875-07:00Longtime lurker, first-time poster; your anniversa...Longtime lurker, first-time poster; your anniversary has prompted me to write you like I've meant to for some time now. I'm a babbling Yank, so I hope you'll forgive my verbosity.<br /><br />The very first thing I ever looked up in a search engine back in the 90's was "Loch Ness Monster", because I was so hungry for any and all news on Nessie after the whole "Surgeon's Photograph is definitely a hoax because Some Old Guy With An Old Axe To Grind said so on his deathbed" (and of course, people never EVER tell lies on their deathbed, not even for a bit of fame, so it MUST be true. Seriously, what evidence did Spurling have, other than his story?), and there were so few sites about Nessie in a positive yet somewhat skeptical light (i.e., there IS something in Loch Ness, but let's not assume EVERY claim or photo is true until we study it closer), I nearly gave up hope on Nessie after nearly 40 years of belief/love/obsession; in the few I found, everyone either blindly believed (off-puttingly ridiculous, I love her too, but have you NO logic?) or totally dismissed any and all theories (open your mind a bit, it's about to implode). I was bereft; doesn't anyone still believe yet *think*? Then I read your blog just a few months ago, and dude, I gotta tell ya, I fell in love with it the moment that I read that you occasionally do "night hunts" for her. For YEARS now, I have been yelling to the world "WHY does everyone look for her in the broad daylight?! If you were a skittish animal of any kind, especially one that doesn't want to be run over by boats, wouldn't you just kick it somewhere safe and hidden until it got dark, and THEN come out?! WHY DOESN'T ANYONE LOOK FOR HER AT NIGHT?!" So when I read your reports on night hunting, it was with utter joy; THIS guy Gets It! THIS guy, I like! Straight to the "Check Daily/Often" Bookmarks.<br /><br />I call myself a semi-skeptical believer, which IMHO, is the way to go with any High Strangeness; I believe that very likely exists, but I want to examine the evidence/accounts and calculate their likelihood, not automatically assume it's true or false. Growing up in the Strange Seventies (Sea Serpents, Sasquatch, Saucers, Spirits, Satanism, Sorcery-- so many S's!), I ate up every book on everything weird I could find (I blame "In Search Of..."), and blindly believed everything. as a child does. Now that I'm older, I take everything with a baseball-sized grain of salt. My Inner Scully wants to look for/find the Reasonable and Logical Explanation, but my Inner Mulder always has Answers That Ask More Questions, so if you show me evidence I cannot easily dispute, you've got my attention.<br /><br />And Roland (May I call you Roland? It's one of my very favourite names), you most certainly have my attention, along with my appreciation and sincere thanks. You have done more in-depth analysis of All Things Ness than I have ever seen, in print or online. Clearly a labour of love, and of determination. So, if you ever start to let The Haters get you down (and as we all know, they gonna hate, that's what they do), please rest assured that at least one weird but wonderful woman in Southern California thinks you and your blog are awesome. Please, don't ever stop; keep her alive for both the Old Timers and the Newbies. <br /><br />Cheers, thanks a lot,<br /><br />Storm<br /><br />(P.S. The li'l kid in me still thinks she's a dragon. I mean, everybody knows that the last few dragons in the world hid themselves in the deepest waters and the highest mountains, duh. ;)Stormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-71642388245515673562013-07-19T18:40:27.893-07:002013-07-19T18:40:27.893-07:00Belated congratulations on your third year of blog...Belated congratulations on your third year of blogging, Roland! Though we may not agree on the existence of Nessie, your site is absolutely, without question, one of my favorites to read, and I literally check it daily. Here's to another three years and beyond!ekmhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1294794/combinednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-46212197167272170622013-07-19T18:38:26.470-07:002013-07-19T18:38:26.470-07:00Darren:
I stumbled upon the original incarnation ...Darren:<br /><br />I stumbled upon the original incarnation of your article years ago and enjoyed the hell out of it! It was a fun introduction to your site.<br /><br />Consider me a fan!ekmhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1294794/combinednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-8157766923984921692013-07-17T01:33:48.914-07:002013-07-17T01:33:48.914-07:00"Urquhart and Glenmoriston in Olden Times&quo..."Urquhart and Glenmoriston in Olden Times" has the legendary account (page 5) and also muses on whether Ness is named after a goddess.<br /><br />You can see it at:<br /><br />http://archive.org/stream/urquhartglenmori00mack/urquhartglenmori00mack_djvu.txt<br /><br />Loch Nis — Loch Ness. For the legendary origin see pp. 5-7. <br />The word is in Gaelic pronounced " Ne6sh," not Ness. <br />Adamnan wrote it Nim, or ^em; and in the 12th cen- <br />tury, and down to the 16th, the usual spelling is i7«s or <br />Nys. The word is not derived from the Fall of Foyers — <br />an-Eas (pronounced "ess") — as has been imagined. <br />Keeping in view what was said at the beginning of this <br />Appendix as to analysis, Adamnan's Nisa or Nesa must, <br />according to Celtic phonetics, stand for an original Nesta <br />(Nestis?). The st, again, has to be analysed into either <br />ts or ds. Thus we get the root net, or ned , the latter of <br />which suits our case, for it appears in the Sanskrit nadi, <br />a river. There was a Greek Neda ; Nestos or Nessus was <br />the river bounding Macedonia on the east; and Nessonis' <br />was a lake of Thessaly. The German word allied is <br />netzen, to wet. One is tempted to think of the mythic <br />Ness, mother of Conchobar or Conachar Mac Nessa, who <br />is associated with Loch Ness in one of the old hero-tales <br />(see p. 5). She seems to have been a river-goddess, for <br />she gave birth to Conchobar under extraordinary circum- <br />stances by the river Conchobar ("High-foam," Foam- <br />ing), whence he derived his name. The worship of <br />rivers, as we know from Gildas, and from river-names <br />such as Dee (goddess), and Don (Diana), was prevalent <br />among the Celts. Loch Ness is called after the river <br />Ness, as is always the case with loch and river ; but <br />Adamnan insists on it — Niscv fuminis lacum — the lake of <br />the river Ness. <br /><br /><br /><br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-40755900280893392872013-07-16T12:35:52.446-07:002013-07-16T12:35:52.446-07:00GB this seems like a good juncture to bring up a p...GB this seems like a good juncture to bring up a point that's been buggin' me for a while.<br /><br />Why's the Loch called Ness?<br /><br />Supposedly it's an ancient word meaning "roarer" or "roaring" as in one presumes a noisy river.<br /><br />But does the loch roar or is it even particularly noisy?<br /><br />In which case what if it's really derived from the same ancient root nose comes from making it Loch Nose?<br /><br />But since it actually resembles if anything a slitted mouth then mightn't Nose be alluding to a creature with cousins seen round the world variously described as having horse or dog like heads or to put it another way horse or dog like noses?<br /><br />You've probably already touched on this elsewhere in which case I apologise for teaching you to suck eggs.alanborkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333017272673090593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-2550847936198458312013-07-15T07:35:02.407-07:002013-07-15T07:35:02.407-07:00Thanks for a great three years and long may you co...Thanks for a great three years and long may you continue to blog.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-58446846580525958122013-07-13T20:44:34.085-07:002013-07-13T20:44:34.085-07:00I'm a big fan of your blog GB, I think the qua...I'm a big fan of your blog GB, I think the quality of your analytical work and your critical thinking are second-to-none. Looking forward with much interest to years more of this great blog!drunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-19036827767737743892013-07-13T16:31:24.874-07:002013-07-13T16:31:24.874-07:00GB, have you any information on the Dick Jenkyns s...GB, have you any information on the Dick Jenkyns sighting? I've seen exactly two recounts of it: one on a website which favours the idea of a giant 'slug' creature in Loch Ness, and one on Google books... Any idea or insight would be welcomed! Jenny Hanivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-31290601249872341442013-07-13T12:15:54.754-07:002013-07-13T12:15:54.754-07:00Darren, I will post a comment on your website and ...Darren, I will post a comment on your website and I will asking about your theories not mine. To be fair, I had not yet posted my assessment of Burton, so you don't know where I am coming from on that.<br /><br />Good science is good, bad science is bad.<br /><br />Good critical thinking is good, bad critical thinking is bad.<br /><br />I see it all the time from so called critical thinkers.<br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-21875722472723892482013-07-13T11:26:51.224-07:002013-07-13T11:26:51.224-07:00I read this article too. Complete crap! Also, I lo...I read this article too. Complete crap! Also, I loved your book. I tend to favor the "drifting in and out of our reality" when it comes to lake monsters. But, I could be wrong! Keep up the excellent work. This blog rocks!!<br /><br />Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-88383253915200140162013-07-13T05:47:49.572-07:002013-07-13T05:47:49.572-07:00Keep up the good work GB, it certainly stimulates ...Keep up the good work GB, it certainly stimulates both sides of the argument and I think it's fair to say that you have more than begun to bring the LNM back to life. Here's to many more years of your Blog.Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-60776031311855461032013-07-13T04:18:00.165-07:002013-07-13T04:18:00.165-07:00Hi - thanks for writing about my Tetrapod Zoology ...Hi - thanks for writing about my Tetrapod Zoology article. The specifics of your article (e.g., that I should have critiqued Burton's conclusion on the O'Connor photo) are very peculiar since, in all cases concerned, the smackdowns are definitive so far as I can tell and don't leave reasonable room for doubt. Unless, that is, that you want the photos to be real simply because, you know, you <em>want</em> them to be. Indeed, on a more general point, I'm confused as to why you keep implying and saying that critical thinking and scepticism is a bad thing. Seriously, you think that we should endorse stuff just because it's appealing? Feel free to comment at Tetrapod Zoology and I will happily respond to whatever criticisms you have. Something tells me, however, that you won't do this.<br /><br />ps - what's with all the 'Anonymous' comments ahead of mine? Very weird.Darren Naishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324870234525004643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-74871220648317582132013-07-12T14:35:16.351-07:002013-07-12T14:35:16.351-07:00Great work ! This mystery is so compelling, cheers...Great work ! This mystery is so compelling, cheers to you for the best researched and intelligent Nessie blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-61093480842045202242013-07-12T12:44:34.663-07:002013-07-12T12:44:34.663-07:00I truly believe that you are the Constance Whyte o...I truly believe that you are the Constance Whyte of the 21st century.<br /><br />But, in keeping with the subject matter, it's best just to show a glimpse of stocking. Otherwise it would be a bit of a drag for the sceptics.<br /><br />*AnonStg*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-90358364243878064652013-07-12T11:22:32.679-07:002013-07-12T11:22:32.679-07:00Yes, please let me add my "Congrats" to ...Yes, please let me add my "Congrats" to the list. Do keep up the marvelous work. And thanks for another rebuttal of "skeptical" claims :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-49001989125465009362013-07-12T10:08:52.014-07:002013-07-12T10:08:52.014-07:00I'd like to add to my previous 'idiotic di...I'd like to add to my previous 'idiotic dismissal' comment.<br /><br />Since most every DSLR can also shoot high def video, it might behoove such monster hunters to maybe try using a rather simple and inexpensive steadycam type device which uses a simple counterbalance to keep the camera steady while handhold filmingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-464332773870963542013-07-12T09:58:25.606-07:002013-07-12T09:58:25.606-07:00It seems that just because the skeptics and debunk...It seems that just because the skeptics and debunkers provide their own idiotic dismissals of a loch ness monster, it does not necessarily follow that there is such a creatureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-91043268747448628312013-07-11T22:33:00.210-07:002013-07-11T22:33:00.210-07:00Congratulations, Roland.
"Nessie" is th...Congratulations, Roland.<br /><br />"Nessie" is there. It's only a matter of time, someday we will know the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-37329000391073984092013-07-11T19:30:26.156-07:002013-07-11T19:30:26.156-07:00Indeed GB, here's to another 3 years! Congratu...Indeed GB, here's to another 3 years! Congratulations on 1095 days of sharp and thoughtful content. Your blog has been a revelatory pleasure and never ending source of inspiration to follow. Many thanks for your efforts and insights.bfjordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526164970021554937noreply@blogger.com