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Human_84 We wont hurt you human.
Great Old One Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Total posts: 1386 Location: Invisible, sitting next to you. Gender: Male |
 Posted: 01-02-2013 19:34 Post subject: |
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| gncxx wrote: | | I thought "otter" but don't know if there's enough for them to eat in Loch Ness. |
On the topic of not having enough food to support a large animal such as Nessie... Don't huge, fat, slow-moving, docile animals require way less food than the opposite? Maybe Nessie would only need a couple fish a day because she just floats around like a fat blob? |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
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| Posted: 01-02-2013 20:08 Post subject: |
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| Human_84 wrote: | | gncxx wrote: | | I thought "otter" but don't know if there's enough for them to eat in Loch Ness. |
On the topic of not having enough food to support a large animal such as Nessie... Don't huge, fat, slow-moving, docile animals require way less food than the opposite? Maybe Nessie would only need a couple fish a day because she just floats around like a fat blob? |
Maybe the locals feed Nessie. |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13561 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
| Posted: 01-02-2013 22:18 Post subject: |
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On BBC Alba they've been showing an archive compilation series set to the hits of the day, and this evening it was 1973. At the end of the episode there were two Nessie clips, the first featuring a Japanese crew investigating the loch so they could get a Nessie (they thought there were a few in there) to give to the newly-married Princess Anne, and the second a vicar who was there to exorcise the monster.
The vicar thought Nessie was actually an evil spirit causing marriage break-ups, drug abuse and alcoholism. But as a local interviewed said, you didn't need the monster to drive them to drink. The idea that Nessie was an evil demon was a new one on me, anyone else?
It's repeated this Sunday at eight thirty, BBC Alba, or have a look at iPlayer. |
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| Human_84 We wont hurt you human.
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| Posted: 04-02-2013 07:46 Post subject: |
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Kind of an interesting anomaly in the loch: 57.338263,-4.394325
paste into a Google maps search, and press enter.
actually, as you move NE there are tons of them. |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
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| Posted: 04-02-2013 09:19 Post subject: |
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| Human_84 wrote: | Kind of an interesting anomaly in the loch: 57.338263,-4.394325
paste into a Google maps search, and press enter. |
All I see is a green arrow!
When did you see this 'anomaly'? |
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| Human_84 We wont hurt you human.
Great Old One Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Total posts: 1386 Location: Invisible, sitting next to you. Gender: Male |
| Posted: 04-02-2013 09:23 Post subject: |
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| Just today. Make sure you're zooming in all the way. It looks like a large white rope. I'll screenshot a picture if for some reason I'm the only one noticing it. |
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| rynner2 What a Cad!
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| Posted: 04-02-2013 10:16 Post subject: |
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| Human_84 wrote: | | Just today. Make sure you're zooming in all the way. It looks like a large white rope. I'll screenshot a picture if for some reason I'm the only one noticing it. |
Got it now. Probably an artefact of the imaging system, I'd say. If real, it's about 100' long!
I don't know how often they refresh the satellite images, but if the thing moves or changes shape over time it might be of interest. If it's something inanimate, however, it would probably still move under the action of wind-induced surface drift. |
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| Mythopoeika Boring petty conservative
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Total posts: 9109 Location: Not far from Bedford Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 04-02-2013 21:19 Post subject: |
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| Hair on the camera lens. |
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| Anome_ Faceless Man
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| Posted: 05-02-2013 10:21 Post subject: |
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| Or possibly a wave from the wind. Although the ones further North aren't in the same orientation. Still, winds can move about a bit. (Can't recall how much they move around on the loch, just that there were some. And a bit of chop on the surface.) |
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| Zilch5 Vogon Poet
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| Posted: 11-07-2013 06:16 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Charlie Sheen: I raised hell... and now I’ll raise Nessie
HOLLYWOOD hellraiser Charlie Sheen is planning a trip to Scotland – to hunt for the Loch Ness monster.
The Anger Management star, 47, is convinced he can solve the mystery of what lurks in the loch.
He revealed his madcap plan on Twitter, posing for a snap in what he called his “hunting gear”, a bronze battle helmet, along with friend Brian Peck.
Sheen was soon flooded with encouraging messages from fans all over the world wishing him the best of luck with the mission.
Marilyn Halley wrote: “its about time Nessie was found!! Thanks Charlie.”
Susie Sunshine added: “u are two great archeologists. let’s get ready for #lochness and take me with u!!  ”
But Alice Smith warned: “my dad’s house looks into Loch Ness, didnae see your monster lol.”
The first recorded sighting of a monstrous creature in Loch Ness was by St Columba in 565AD.
But it was Aldie Mackay who launched the modern myth, in 1933. A hotel manageress from Drumnadrochit, she reported “something resembling a whale” and months later, Hugh Gray saw an “object of considerable dimensions, making a big splash with spray on the surface of the loch”.
As news of the sightings gripped the public imagination, there were soon traffic jams on the roads around the loch.
Mrs Mackay later claimed that she had seen a huge fish, not the legendary Nessie.
Many expeditions have been launched in an effort to solve the mystery, with some hunters speculating that a colony of plesiosaurs has somehow survived and flourished.
But just this week geologist Luigi Piccardi said Nessie sightings were caused by bubbles from a “large and very active” fault line under the lake.
Dr Piccardi added: “There are various effects on the surface of the water that can be related to the activity of the fault.”
Sheen, who has battled crack and cocaine addiction, is no stranger to off-the-wall ideas.
The Platoon star has previously claimed to be a “warlock” and a “rock star from Mars” who can cure diseases with his mind.
He was sacked from sitcom Two And A Half Men after a meltdown in 2011 and is currently involved in a bitter child support battle with ex-wife Brooke Mueller, 35. |
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/412798/Charlie-Sheen-I-raised-hell-and-now-I-ll-raise-Nessie |
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| ramonmercado Psycho Punk
Joined: 19 Aug 2003 Total posts: 17931 Location: Dublin Gender: Male |
| Posted: 11-07-2013 14:36 Post subject: |
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| I hope there is a Nessie and she eats him, |
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| gncxx King-Size Canary
Great Old One Joined: 25 Aug 2001 Total posts: 13561 Location: Eh? Gender: Male |
| Posted: 11-07-2013 17:14 Post subject: |
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| I thought he was supposed to be feeling better? All publicity is good publicity I suppose. |
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| gerardwilkie Great Old One Joined: 17 Oct 2001 Total posts: 851 Location: Scotland Age: 42 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 11-07-2013 19:20 Post subject: |
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| I reckon the Google map thing is boat wakes . The more I look at the image I reckon I can even see some boats around . It's a particularly busy spot for boats on the loch , being almost opposite Urquhart Castle . Still I suppose my 'boat wake' comment is the famous old chestnut to explain the monster. |
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| gerardwilkie Great Old One Joined: 17 Oct 2001 Total posts: 851 Location: Scotland Age: 42 Gender: Male |
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| Mythopoeika Boring petty conservative
Joined: 18 Sep 2001 Total posts: 9109 Location: Not far from Bedford Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 11-07-2013 20:01 Post subject: |
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| Can't see anything. |
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