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Post by kunuma on Jul 16, 2012 16:44:34 GMT 1
Opinions as to what it is please.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2012 17:47:55 GMT 1
A long snake thing invented to encourage tourists to the Lake District ;D
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Post by haffyfan on Jul 16, 2012 19:24:51 GMT 1
;D One of these of course...or am i the only one who use to watch Family ness! Honest question?? When did the legends begin? If long enough ago...some ancient sea relative of dinosaurs or most likely once upon a time a whale of some type got into the Loch and as it's so huge most likely lived there for a period of time and of course sightings would have been recorded. These legends tend to come from somewhere after all. Interesting thoughts on the 'pumas/big cats' that roam the countryside other day when OH finally had his Bird of prey experience (which was an Xmas pressie ) - the centre owners theory was Otters. Apparently wild male otters are huge and much much bigger than the ones most commenly seen in parks/zoos.
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Post by Claire on Jul 16, 2012 20:12:13 GMT 1
lol never seen the Family Ness - looks to include every Scottish cliche known! ;D
My romantic side would like to feel there is a prehistoric type dino/monster lurking there, but a more boring prosaic side thinks its more of what rosie said. Probably something was seen from the bottom of a bottle of scotch whisky one night and it got out of proportion and then exacerbated for tourist trade - it must bring in loads of money. When I visited many years ago it was full of American and Japanese tourists and there are probably even more now!
But i must confess I would love there to be a Nessie.
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Post by darenc1 on Jul 20, 2012 9:51:45 GMT 1
Didn't they largely dispel the belief that something lives in the loch, basically because while it is a HUGE body of water, there's basically not much in there for a large animal to eat?? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As for the big cat stories - I DO believe that. Several large cats HAVE been caught/shot in the past - none of which are particularly native to this country! I went on a helicopter trip down in the Borders with my stepdad for his birthday a couple of years ago. What amazes me is just how much open space there is between civilisations where something large could conceivably hide/lurk without being seen. Cryptozoology fascinates the hell out of me!
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Post by Claire on Jul 20, 2012 12:44:33 GMT 1
Didn't they largely dispel the belief that something lives in the loch, basically because while it is a HUGE body of water, there's basically not much in there for a large animal to eat?? Ah but that doesn't matter if its a magical creature!!! Re. big cats and the like, there are probably all sorts of creatures roaming around that have escaped from private zoo collections/been let loose when people who had acquired them illegally couldn't cope with them any more. Have been looking on the internet to see what films have been made about the Loch Ness monster. Found this list: movies.amctv.com/movie-guide/legendary-loch-ness-monster-movies.phpCan anyone think of any others? The Water Horse as far as I can remember wasn't actually about the loch ness monster, just a similar creature. I liked 'Loch Ness' with Ted Danson, tho it never gets great reviews I enjoyed it. Don't think I've seen any of the others. The Werner Herzog film looks like it might be fun.
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Post by kunuma on Jul 20, 2012 12:49:58 GMT 1
Yes, sadly for them the big cats are most definitely fact not fiction. I have seen them on more than one occasion - they originated from so called zoos, private collections of the poor things kept under poor conditions, which were merely thrown out to live or die when the places closed, or were closed down. I will never forget watching one cross through a field of sheep, obviously a daily occurence - the sheep were not bothered at all, and were never touched all the time the cat lived in that locality - it lived totally on small animals such as rabbits, would take an errant hen though if given the opportunity. So although the whole beast of Bodmin moor thing was a tourist hype - the first sighting of the Loch Ness monster was reported to be in the 5th - 6th century!! Last year there was a flutter of interest when sonar evidence for a large swimming animal was found, opinions still differ as to whether it was a large shoal, or Nessie. I think she is there, and she has to be the most intelligent animal on the planet, as she has kept away from human beings all this time - you go girl!
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Post by Claire on Jul 20, 2012 12:56:01 GMT 1
So although the whole beast of Bodmin moor thing was a tourist hype - the first sighting of the Loch Ness monster was reported to be in the 5th - 6th century!! What was that - I had heard there was a certain saint who battled a monster there - but thats fairly apocryphal as they were always up to that sort of thing! Another question - why is Nessie always thought of as a female....?
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Post by darenc1 on Jul 20, 2012 14:36:27 GMT 1
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Post by darenc1 on Jul 20, 2012 14:37:11 GMT 1
I have seen them on more than one occasion
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Post by Claire on Jul 20, 2012 19:47:59 GMT 1
I have seen them on more than one occasion I remember you telling me about this a while ago kunuma, but I didnt want to say anything in case you wanted to keep it to yourself. There was also one (or more) knocking around Exmoor a few years ago. Not that I saw it but was told by someone whilst on a deer watching trip there.
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Post by darenc1 on Jul 20, 2012 20:02:45 GMT 1
I do remember there being a story about a "big cat" in the Pentland Hills a few years ago.... ....the Pentlands being about, ooh, two miles from where I live!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2012 20:15:17 GMT 1
Coo! I've been to Exmoor quite a lot recently and haven't seen one....yet...
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