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Re: Nessie

Ya, I’ve always figured there are some big fish in the lock which would account for some of the sightings. I’ve heard the eel theories before. Some footage I’ve seen also looks like animals swimming across the lock, which I’ve seen in Canadian lakes. These animals are crazy and will just swim straight across the middle for some reason.

I’m getting into GHI now, and actually like it better then the original GH. Maybe it’s because the places are just more interesting and historical or that the GHI’s just don’t seem quite as slipshod as the GH’s. Or maybe it’s just that I don’t have to put up with the Roto-Rooter silliness – like sending in two plumbers to replace a simple showerhead that anyone could do in five minutes.

– Dave

Good podcast. I appreciate you guys taking time away from your recording sessions to do this. I'm really glad you chose to talk about something other than GH/GHI/paranormal. Frankly, I've grown tired of the whole topic. Maybe it's just me, but it seems to have run it's course. I plan to continue to watch - and check in here - but there's really not much left to say about these shows that we haven't already said.

So I hope you consider doing future podcasts on other topics. Anything from ufos & bigfoot to global warming would be a nice change.

EDIT: Oh, Cambot says if you need any help with your recording sessions, just let him know.

Hi guys
Thanks for yet another great little podcast. Now, if they were more frequent and a little longer they'd be even better
I listened with great interest to this episode as Loch Ness is in my own neck of the woods.
It's quite a relevant topic at the moment too, because as soon as the tourist season starts then new sightings of the beast are reported by the press.

(Hmmm……funny that!)

One possible contributing factor to the existence of "Nessie" that I don't think you mentioned are the undercurrents and eddies that are peculiar to the loch. These can create all manner of anomalous shapes on the surface that could quite easily be mis-interpreted by the viewer.

Now that society is more scientifically savvy I think that the "Pleisiosaur" explanation for the monster has pretty much been discarded. As you mentioned, many believers feel that an as yet undiscovered giant eel is the culprit. However, as eels can travel some distance across the land to reach new bodies of water you would think that sightings or it/them on terra firma would far outnumber sightings in the Loch itself.
Others have suggested that an adult sturgeon might be to blame. Sea creatures such as seals do, in fact, find their way into the Loch, but to get there they need to pass through a system of manmade locks first. Anything as big as "Nessie" would find itself trapped once it found it's way into the system, and would undoubtedly be spotted, especially at the locks at Drumnadrochit, which a particular tourist hot spot.

Personally I think that "Nessie" is nothing more than a great story in a beautiful part of the country. The mythology of the creature has been around for centuries, stemming from local folklore and religious stories, most likely based on viewer mis-interpretations as I mentioned before.
Up until recently (last century) there was still a strong sense of the occult in the Highlands of Scotland, from belief in the gift of "Second-sight", to respect and fear of "Fairies". Although pretty irrelevant nowadays, this sort of history contributes toward what makes a Scot a Scot, as similar beliefs do to the Irish.
So it's hardly surprising that centuries ago, in what would have been one of the wildest, least chartered parts of Europe, people may have seen a strange ripple or a dark swirl and thought that there was something more than fish lurking beneath the surface.

…er sorry about the essay by the way!

worst. Comic book guy impression. Ever.

Just kidding. great podcast. I enjoyed the exploration of a new territory and I hope it's not the last.

Jef– you should hear the outtakes.