tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post1015792059327925041..comments2024-03-20T18:13:07.791-07:00Comments on LOCH NESS MONSTER: Previously Unknown Land Sighting of NessieGlasgow Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-11487580491797856382013-10-31T13:15:42.691-07:002013-10-31T13:15:42.691-07:00The photo bears no resemblance to anything.
The o...The photo bears no resemblance to anything.<br /><br />The only land based images are by Iain Monckton and the distant cylindrical object on shore filmed by the LNIB. The latter film seems to be hidden somewhere at the Loch Ness Centre. I hope Adrian Shine gets round to digitizing these archives. I see no reason why not.<br /><br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-35913443131289265762013-10-31T11:43:58.086-07:002013-10-31T11:43:58.086-07:00I've never come across this incident in any of...I've never come across this incident in any of the literature I've read, very curious indeed. Very astute observations by the monk, as to the creature’s origins, possible identity, behavior and habits, even for way back then! I believe Anonymous reference is to the picture shown here:<br /> <br /> http://www.lochness.co.uk/nessieonland.html<br /> <br />Titled as “Is this an incredibly rare picture of the Loch Ness Monster on land?” Probably but most certainly has nothing to do with Nessie. The resolution is not good enough to make a sure identification. Could be a large dog or gag/hoax. Besides, as skittish as Nessie is I don’t think she would be caught dead gallivanting on a jetty. More nonsense from less than serious posters. Some Nessie Web Sites can be so tabloidish! <br />John Alvaradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069155979480353745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-58819240200369321062013-03-28T06:09:28.025-07:002013-03-28T06:09:28.025-07:00The Fordyce account is very interesting and unique...The Fordyce account is very interesting and unique in that, for once, it deviates from the usual perception we have had about the creatures possible identity - that being of a plesiosaur. <br /><br />I have a book on the unexplained which mentions Fordyce's encounter with what was described as an unusual animal that came out of the wooded area and across the road to the loch; it was oddly described as being, quote: "a cross between a very large horse and a camel, with a hump on its back and a small head on a long neck". I think we may be looking at a new animal undiscovered by science. This description reminds of a photo I saw (which can be found on the net) that was taken of the jetty at the side of loch showing an unusual black and strange-looking object or animal which looked like a large dog, camel or other land-based mammal that was stood at the end; it eerily fitted the description of the land-based sightings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-7546897026767630372011-11-03T05:58:57.185-07:002011-11-03T05:58:57.185-07:00An informed reader has suggested that the retired ...An informed reader has suggested that the retired commander mentioned may have been Captain Meiklem instead of Munro.<br /><br />This makes more sense since Capt. Meiklem lived in Fort Augustus near the Abbey and was in regular contact with them regarding the creature which he and his wife saw in August 1933 as a mottled hump with a ridge along it (see Gould's book for details).Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-39315416226158311452011-11-02T07:53:35.959-07:002011-11-02T07:53:35.959-07:00Yes - 20 some years later Whyte talked to Grant ag...Yes - 20 some years later Whyte talked to Grant again. She knew his family, and was impressed by how he still stuck to his story with integrity, and told her he'd seen it again, a hump in the water, in 1947. Thanks!Peter Saucerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349540965664679379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-60762698240788312582011-11-02T07:16:43.809-07:002011-11-02T07:16:43.809-07:00Most of the land sightings are in the "standa...Most of the land sightings are in the "standard" textbooks but a fair number don't. This is partly due to the fact that since the early 1980s a skeptical stance has been taken by Loch Ness researchers and they couldn't be arsed recording sightings they didn't believe.<br /><br />Motivation is everything.<br /><br />Once the likes of Dinsdale, Holiday and the LNI left the scene, only a few hardy souls like Steve Feltham and Rip Hepple soldiered on.<br /><br />So it is down to culling newsletters, magazines, newspapers and (now) the Internet for raw data.<br /><br />Mike Dash wrote on the Fordyce event for Fortean Times at the time. It is an unusual sighting shall we say ...<br /><br />As for Arthur Grant, you may notice how rare it is that a witness recants and confesses to lying. In fact, such confessions are rarer than Nessie sightings.<br /><br />Grant is alleged to have been overheard saying to someone on the phone that they had "fooled them" or words to that effect. I think it was just one person who claimed this and we can't cross examine them to verify if they even heard the conversation in a proper context to establish whether it was Nessie he was talking about.<br /><br />Yet on the opposite side of the coin, Grant is said to have suffered such ribbing and derision from colleagues that he is said to have wished he had never had admitted to seeing it - yet strangely no admission to lying. How simple to escape your attackers by saying it was just a student joke. But he didn't.Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-49695122463215905082011-11-02T06:41:27.473-07:002011-11-02T06:41:27.473-07:00I am pretty familiar with the Loch Ness mystery, a...I am pretty familiar with the Loch Ness mystery, and so I'm familiar with all the well-known land sightings - Spicers, Muir, Grant, MacLennan (in Gould), Cruickshank, Bright, Toquil MacLeod, Mrs. Cameron, Munro, etc. - I'm just surprised to hear you have tallied up 34, and am curious, as they fall into the "high strangeness" category. They can't be dismissed as waves or water illusions, and so if the witnesses didn't see otters (or highland deer, etc!!) then they indeed saw something less easy to explain. I had not heard of Col. Fordyce's sighting - did it first appear in the Scots Magazine in 1990, or did it appear elsewhere first? I missed it, I think, because it wasn't until recently I spent a lot of time on the internet (I'm 38, though not 83 - but I still don't have a cell-phone!) Anyway, I'm really enjoying looking through your blog and book. I've been reading Loch Ness stuff for years... what do you think of Mr. Harmsworth's claim (on his website) that Arthur Grant's story was a hoax? I haven't read his book. Bu ton his site his dismissive of all the land sightings, and says that Grant admitted it as a hoax to someone. i know Whyte vouced for Grant. Thanks....Peter Saucerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349540965664679379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-973853801071670182011-10-30T14:33:50.921-07:002011-10-30T14:33:50.921-07:00I think perhaps an index of old posts would be hel...I think perhaps an index of old posts would be helpful. Check the "Classic Sightings" link for some land sightings (Spicers and Muir).Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-63552435544076278162011-10-30T14:32:50.934-07:002011-10-30T14:32:50.934-07:00Ian Monckton was the last known land sighting on 2...Ian Monckton was the last known land sighting on 2nd Feb 2009. Check it out here:<br /><br />http://www.nessie.co.uk/htm/searching_for_nessie/search7.htmlGlasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-82905576659720211902011-10-30T06:35:14.303-07:002011-10-30T06:35:14.303-07:00Again - I'm amazed at the amount of original s...Again - I'm amazed at the amount of original source material out there for Loch Ness, and how little of it has been used in book - like your articles/lettes from the Glenurquhart Community Rural Bulletin. Though in my own areas of Fortean research, I've been wonderfully surprised at how much fantastic source and anecdotal material is out there for the finding, but it takes a dedicated (or somewhat obsessed!) researcher to take the time to dig and scan through newspapers on microfilm. It is, I must admit, hard on the neck and the eyes - but a whole different story emerges when you take the time to dig. Just like at Loch Ness, a much deeper tradition emerges, and patterns begin to express themselves -- like in the Powell sighting in your October 30 (today) blog, and how the locals discouraged him from talking about his experience. I believe Whyte and Gould make this same observation about the Highland superstition.<br /> I'm very fascinated by your list of 34 land sightings. What is the most recent? Do you have a blog post yet that explores the land sightings? I saw on the Nessie Fan club site, awhile back, about an American tourist who had a land sighting in the past 10 years or so? Do you know anything about that one?Peter Saucerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349540965664679379noreply@blogger.com