tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post8190345609730495337..comments2024-03-20T18:13:07.791-07:00Comments on LOCH NESS MONSTER: Classic Sightings: Those Strange HumpsGlasgow Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-91956790167859505122018-07-17T12:02:56.852-07:002018-07-17T12:02:56.852-07:00Thanks for this, the article above was dated Octob...Thanks for this, the article above was dated October 1957, I wonder if he took in CBS as well?<br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-33953375037923160292018-07-16T18:02:26.131-07:002018-07-16T18:02:26.131-07:00Mayor Witherspoon appeared on the CBS Game Show &q...Mayor Witherspoon appeared on the CBS Game Show "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘔𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦" in the United States on December 1, 1957 and told this story in some detail. Why this sighting is being questioned is beyond me. A member of the clergy, a Lord Mayor and their spouses are not going to make something up for the attention. Mayor Witherspoon's appearance on "𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘔𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦" can be found at the link below:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkE9CGB2Wj0Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738699398073576834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-68148911018815405362013-11-27T14:47:07.649-08:002013-11-27T14:47:07.649-08:00Ah well, we'll have to agree to disagree. It i...Ah well, we'll have to agree to disagree. It is easy to suggest deception on the grounds of financial gain, but I doubt it can ever be proven!<br /><br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-67948669281415992252013-11-27T05:13:09.481-08:002013-11-27T05:13:09.481-08:00Thanks for this blog GB, I'm a regular visitor...Thanks for this blog GB, I'm a regular visitor. I hope there is something in Loch Ness, I really do. I am a (hopefully) healthy sceptic and want there to be truth behind all this. I personally would subscribe, if pushed, to Steve Plambeck's giant salamander theory. <br /><br />However, the problem I have with this sighting is the position of the witness. I would respectfully disagree with the opening paragraphs. Whilst I'm sure he wouldn't want to be the butt of jokes if he claimed to have seen Nessie, I definitely think the Mayor of Inverness and Vice-Chair of the Scottish Tourist Board would have a keen interest in fabricating a story like this on a trip to Canada. As for the priest, we can only speculate what the reward might have been for playing along. The language he uses describing the leaping salmon draws on another of Scotland's famous inhabitants. It sounded to me like a tourist broadcast. <br /><br />I'm a big fan of this blog, and the scientific angle to the posts lends it a lot of weight and credibility. I just wonder though if for a sighting like this, mentioning the details above and coming at it from a sceptical angle might lend weight to the blog overall?<br /><br />Thanks again for all your work, I'll continue the daily visits and hope to get up to Loch Ness myself soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-25240102184481890152013-03-22T02:54:03.017-07:002013-03-22T02:54:03.017-07:00I have found this :http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...I have found this :http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6095673/Loch-Ness-Monster-the-strangest-theories-and-sightings.html<br />And also Its in the book Hidden Animals by Michael Newton. You'll find Michael on Facebook . Hes a lovely man and am sure will talk to you about it. Tabitcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685620846174596978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-50869196142902074412013-03-19T03:12:36.921-07:002013-03-19T03:12:36.921-07:00Well, that is possible, Steve. I would have to see...Well, that is possible, Steve. I would have to see some photographs of, say, elephants in water in the stated circumstances to see how smooth their hides appear.<br /><br />I do remember Mackal writing in his "Monsters of Loch ness" book on how a giant eel's back fins could flop to give multiple hump appearances. My issue with Mackal was that the fins did not appear high enough to account for a lot of hump reports.<br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-21980653005575952712013-03-18T21:58:50.895-07:002013-03-18T21:58:50.895-07:00As Dinsdale may have been the first to reason: rou...As Dinsdale may have been the first to reason: rough skin can look smooth when wet and shiny, whereas smooth skin looks smooth be it wet or dry, leading to the conclusion our beasties' hides, having been described both ways on numerous occasions, are actually rough. And if the animals breathe by means of dermal respiration, as seems likely, this texturing would also increase the surface area for oxygen absorption.<br /><br />Three humps may also be explained by a caudal fin, dorsal hump, and the top half of a large head breaking the water; that too could appear to merge into a single dorsal line if the animal stretched. Other accounts mention multiple humps merging into a long, single dorsal line but that here we have clear indication the animal was reaching towards prey makes this a particularly exciting sighting!Steve Plambeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651489411808346005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-75362337034675516822013-03-17T16:45:23.774-07:002013-03-17T16:45:23.774-07:00If you could find that, it would be great. Meantim...If you could find that, it would be great. Meantime, I'll do my own digging about!<br /><br />Glasgow Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-54604499414752892072013-03-17T15:04:46.767-07:002013-03-17T15:04:46.767-07:00here was a sighting reported in 1895:
6 or 8 p...here was a sighting reported in 1895: <br /> <br />6 or 8 people including a forester, a ghillie, anglers and hotel keeper Reported to police a horrible great beastie in the loch<br /><br />There must be a record somewhere of this if police records were kept or maybe a report in a newspaper.I can't look up where I found it from as all my stuff is packed away as I am moving house shortly.Tabitcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685620846174596978noreply@blogger.com