tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post9202317604847712813..comments2024-03-20T18:13:07.791-07:00Comments on LOCH NESS MONSTER: The Sometimes Unloveable MediaGlasgow Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-39973923566142291782019-06-14T00:12:23.136-07:002019-06-14T00:12:23.136-07:00Did King Kong have professor Tucker's elasmosa...Did King Kong have professor Tucker's elasmosaurus in it?<br />You know,the one he saw in loch Ness?johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948846515909819569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-38385464532707372462019-05-04T13:58:14.973-07:002019-05-04T13:58:14.973-07:00There is an increase in the proportion of sighting...There is an increase in the proportion of sightings with necks over 200 years. That is not to say there were not reports of sea serpents with necks prior to the 19th century. There were. We are not claiming palaeontological discoveries initiated sea serpent reports. They clearly did not. <br />We don't comment on the Loch Ness Monster in the paper except to point out there may be a peak in sea serpent reports in 1933-34 because of Nessie. A pdf can be found at https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/17586 .Paxtonosaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562148444311375892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-63866174159153047582019-05-04T13:48:44.884-07:002019-05-04T13:48:44.884-07:00No, I am not an advocate of King Kong causing Ness...No, I am not an advocate of King Kong causing Nessie. Other people have claimed this. The timing does not work. See Paxton C.G.M. (2015) Nessie: daughter of Kong? Fortean Times 323, 54 – 55.Paxtonosaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562148444311375892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-44405412282926302182019-04-28T15:31:41.897-07:002019-04-28T15:31:41.897-07:00Very good point. I will have to do a bit of diggin...Very good point. I will have to do a bit of digging, but I'm fairly sure there were these creatures sighted before the modern era of paleontology.Martin Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590190801760284564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-69574192276065212002019-04-28T14:38:25.629-07:002019-04-28T14:38:25.629-07:00There is an easy way to disprove this theory: are ...There is an easy way to disprove this theory: are there any reports of sea serpents/lake monsters with long necks, full bodies and flippers prior to the 19th popularization of dinosaurs and marine reptiles? There seems to be traditional North American native art that depicts such creatures and I've always wondered about the dragon prowed Viking longboats and the creature they represented...Olrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519546544726111480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-34079045897259795052019-04-28T12:54:37.799-07:002019-04-28T12:54:37.799-07:00I remember Charles Paxton promoting a similar theo...I remember Charles Paxton promoting a similar theory on a sceptical TV program from a few years ago. He linked Nessie sightings directly with the King Kong movie of 1933. I personally don't understand this. If nothing is there why would people see it? If it was a seal or a cormorant, why would observers see an animal like no other on planet earth? I can understand misidentification of wakes etc, but I personally have never hallucinated an unknown creature out of nowhere. Or imagined that a seal was a plesiosaur. I'm not even sure that there is a recognised science behind this theory. Regards sea serpents, I have no idea where they've all gone. Perhaps climate change has got them.Martin Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590190801760284564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-70986320973769023822019-04-27T12:55:41.640-07:002019-04-27T12:55:41.640-07:00Don't get many sea serpent reports these days ...Don't get many sea serpent reports these days do you? Certainly not well publicised. Used to pour over all the classics when I was a kid.<br /><br />There is almost certainly a correlation between the discovery of dinosaurs and the way Nessie was promoted. Most at one time (some still do) thought that she was a plesiosaur. Course it had a bit of an influence but it wasn't the catalyst. And you're spot on about the way the press both ridicule but adore Nessie stories. Kyle Tittertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575714238450998417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-73395012143952979732019-04-27T12:12:23.209-07:002019-04-27T12:12:23.209-07:00I came across these recent media reports yesterday...I came across these recent media reports yesterday and it all means nothing, maybe they are using to LNM as a hook to increase story value? How much do these media sources actually know about Loch Ness ? I would say very minimal. Once again we have a weak suggestion portrayed as a news story. <br />In Alberta Canada we have a rich deposit of dinosaur fossils, many bones and skeletons, recently I believe large T rex was discovered and the people living in Alberta are not succumbing to mass hysteria regarding local monster sightings. The dino bones have never created illusions or fantasies of living dinosaurs or big monsters.<br />Nessie is clickbait as you said it Roland, the media just want a reaction of any sort. 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