Loch Ness Monster?
I’m not sure how this happened, but somehow, maybe because I took the Vampire Tour of San Francisco, I have become the unofficial Viator expert on all our activities that are a little new age-y, a little occult-y, the kind of thing that might show up on the X-Files. An aside here: I love and miss the X-Files. I cried during the finale. I wish I was joking. Anyway, back to my point, I’ve had extended conversations with coworkers about Stonehenge, Uluru (aka Ayers Rock) and of course, Loch Ness. I’m not a believer, but I’ve leafed through a Time Life Mysteries of the Unknown book or two and let’s just say I’m open to the possibilities. I fall somewhere between Mulder and Scully on an X-Files belief scale.
It appears that it might be time to break out the “I’m a Wee Monster” hats and t-shirts and head to Loch Ness — a 55 year old Yorkshireman visiting the Loch caught what might just be the fabled monster on video last week. The video is currently undergoing analysis by biologists and technicians at the Loch Ness 2000 center in Drumnadrochit (I can’t even guess at how to say that town’s name). The only comment so far from Adrian Shine, a marine biologist and Nessie watcher, is that “I see myself as a skeptical interpreter of what happens in the loch, but I do keep an open mind about these things and there is no doubt this is some of the best footage I have seen”.
Is there or isn’t there a Loch Ness monster? And what does this mean for Scotland and Loch Ness if it’s true? Loch Ness may petition for World Heritage site status with UNESCO (for natural beauty, not the possibility of monsters, which I personally think should be a category). I can only guess at the influx of travelers wanting to get a peek at the wee monster. Zero footprint for Nessie and the loch!
Of course part of the video is now on YouTube, so take a peek at Nessie and see if you believe. Or better yet, head out to Loch Ness yourself to get a glimpse.
PS - An amendment: A UK bookmaker William Hill is offering a $2 million dollar (technically 1 million GBP) reward for proof of the Loch Ness monster. The odds are a mere 250 to 1.
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June 5th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
There ain’t no Santa Claus.
Big Foot works for Geico.
The Marlboro Man died of cancer.
George Washington never chopped down that cherry tree.
Kelly, I am desperate for something to believe in. Shall it be Nessie?
June 6th, 2007 at 4:31 am
I spent the whole day I was in this part of the world looking at the water’s surface for any sign of Nessie, to the point I don’t actually remember seeing Urquhart Castle or anything else around it. Once there, you REALLY want to be the one to see it even if you don’t believe.
A word of warning though, don’t forget where you are and get absorbed by in your search to the point of losing track of time. I ended up walking in the pitch black darkness along a very quiet and isolated road for about 2 miles because I missed the last bus back to Inverness. Think tacky 80’s horror movie with a “kind” stranger picking up a naive hitchhiker - that’s all I could think of!
June 6th, 2007 at 9:01 am
I think it’s the best film so far of a strange creature in the Loch Ness.