tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post7777471111452006877..comments2024-03-20T18:13:07.791-07:00Comments on LOCH NESS MONSTER: A Loch Ness Monster Article from 1967Glasgow Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-17056394972298645892018-07-06T01:12:37.897-07:002018-07-06T01:12:37.897-07:00Well the work of the LNIB would be something I wou...Well the work of the LNIB would be something I would love to analyze. Their watch logs I presume are archived somewhere though I have no idea of their accessibility for researchers. One may be able to quantify the number of hours watched over those summer months but the quality of those hours will be harder to guage - weather conditions may be noted but Holiday talks about the temptation to turn on the radio, go and make a cuppa or chat to someone. Do anything of these and you're not really watching the loch.<br /><br />Once the initial excitement is over, surface watching is a boring, demotivating experience. I know, I have done it myself. So I ask how accurate is your statement "thousands of surface watching hours with professional optical gear"? <br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-90352438166724500262018-07-03T16:17:20.732-07:002018-07-03T16:17:20.732-07:00People who can think outside an accepted norm are ...People who can think outside an accepted norm are troublesome.Martin Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590190801760284564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-40256129010075935142018-07-03T14:40:32.260-07:002018-07-03T14:40:32.260-07:00Fantastic article in Reader's Digest. If only ...Fantastic article in Reader's Digest. If only that enquiring tone didn't largely die out to be replaced by widespread scepticism a few years later. We might have had more answers to this mystery by now.Naturewatch Enghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062985122288755141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-11023244492089840862018-07-03T04:52:08.719-07:002018-07-03T04:52:08.719-07:00The sceptical tone has got worse but I think that ...The sceptical tone has got worse but I think that is more a symptom of society today in general. Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-61016828791106879412018-07-03T04:50:24.678-07:002018-07-03T04:50:24.678-07:00Yes, they really did think the mystery would be so...Yes, they really did think the mystery would be solved when the LNPIB turned up from 1962. The original aim of taking conclusive footage of the creature looks to have been a literal long shot with hindsight. Holiday's real life accounts of the various expeditions suggests it was not as easy as they initially thought. I don't know when the camera stations began to wind down, but the alternate methods employed such as hydrophones and bait bags looked even less likely to produce proof and the lack of funds to do anything else was always a problem. I mean did the LNIB even have decent sonar equipment?<br /><br />Don't worry though, Ronald Binns turned up in 1983 with his "devastating", "unanswerable", "game changing" book rightly titled "The Loch Ness Mystery SOLVED" proving beyond doubt that hyperboles and dodgy arguments definitely existed and we had the proof!<br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-24712862733211313452018-07-03T00:51:13.022-07:002018-07-03T00:51:13.022-07:00Now that I think, there was a report of a ship cap...Now that I think, there was a report of a ship captain from before the modern Nessie era, who refused to come out on deck to see a 'sea serpent' when this was clearly communicated to him from the crew. Presumably he would have had to make a report, and possibly his mental fitness would have been called into question. But I think the scepticism has gotten much worse, and sadly the tone of this article belongs to better days.Martin Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590190801760284564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-7305036467121603942018-07-02T05:36:04.715-07:002018-07-02T05:36:04.715-07:00There was ridicule right from the start. The only ...There was ridicule right from the start. The only difference now is that it's been over 80 years without scientifically verifiable proof. In the 60s and 70s they really thought they were close. Now no-one really thinks a discovery is close and without new approaches or extensive funding it'll never happen. Kyle Tittertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575714238450998417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-22661249784234832442018-07-02T00:10:44.527-07:002018-07-02T00:10:44.527-07:00Very interesting article, with a very different to...Very interesting article, with a very different tone to today's reports. I'm not sure when the ridicule set in, perhaps some of it was always there. I remember reports from the 1980s, with a tongue in cheek, how much did you have to drink?, air. Funny, I've never hallucinated from having a few drinks, or even more than that.Martin Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590190801760284564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-68234684112163896592018-07-01T14:43:23.903-07:002018-07-01T14:43:23.903-07:00I love old articles like this. Thanks for the link...I love old articles like this. Thanks for the link to the original piece too; that is (of course) even better...hopkarmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721458738337150295noreply@blogger.com