FORBIDDEN HABITAT (Article #3)

LOCH-NESS MONSTER

                There is another report of an indescribable creature seen on a river. The creature looks like about Dinosaur but Dinosaur in nowadays? This is really incredible to think. This creature later known as Loch-Ness Monster or Nessie.

                The Lock-Ness Monster or Nessie is a creature live in Loch Ness in the Highlights of Scotland. A monk was the first person who claimed to have seen Nessie in the seventh century. The first photograph taken in 1933 but the scientific community has never confirmed the Loch-Ness Monster’s existence.

                Modern interest on the monster was sparked by a sighting on 22 July 1933, when George Spicer and his wife saw “a most extraordinary form of animal” cross the road in front of their car. They described the creature as having a large body (about 4 feet (1.2 m) high and 25 feet (8 m) long) and a long, wavy, narrow neck, slightly thicker than an elephant’s trunk and as long as the 10-12-foot (3-4 m) width of the road. They saw no limbs. It lurched across the road towards the loch 20 yards (20 m) away, leaving a trail of broken undergrowth in its wake.

                On January 5, 1934 a motorcyclist, Arthur Grant, claimed to have nearly hit the creature while approaching Abriachan (near the north-eastern end of the loch) at about 1 a.m. on a moonlit night. According to Grant, it had a small head attached to long neck, the creature saw him, and cross the road back to loch. Grant, a veterinary student, described it as a cross between seal and a plesiosaur. He said he dismounted and followed it to the loch, but only saw ripples.

                Grant produced a sketch of the creature, it was examined by zoologist Maurice Burton who stated it was consistent with appearance and behaviour of an otter. Regarding the long size of the creature reported by Grant, it has been suggested that this a faulty observation due to the poor light conditions. Palaeontologist Darren Naish has suggested that Grant may have seen either an otter or a seal and exaggerated his sighting over time.

            The “surgeon’s photograph” is reportedly the first photo of the creature’s head and neck. Supposedly taken by Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London gynaecologist, it was published in the Daily Mail on 21 April 1934. Wilson’s refusal to have his associated with it led to it being known as the “surgeon’s photograph”. According to Wilson, he was looking at the loch when he saw the monster, grabbed his camera and snapped four photos. Only two exposures came to clearly; the first reportedly shows a small head and back, and the second shows a similar head in a diving position. The first photo became well-known, and the second attracted little publicity because of its blurriness.

Daily-Mail Article

            Although for a number of years the photo was considered evidence of the monster, sceptics dismissed it as driftwood, an elephant, an otter, or a bird. The photo’s scale was controversial; it is often shown cropped (making the creature seem large and the ripples like waves), while the uncropped shot shows the other end of the loch and the monster in the centre. The ripples in the photo were found to fit the size and pattern of small ripples, unlike large waves photographed up close. Analysis of the original image fostered further doubt. In 1933, the makers of the Discovery communications documentary Loch Ness Discovered analysed the uncropped image and found a white object visible in every version of the photo (implying that it was on the negative). It was believed to be the cause of the ripples, as if the object was being towed, although the possibility of a blemish on the negative could not be ruled out. An analysis of the full photograph indicated that the object was small, about 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 ft) long. Since 1994, most agree that the photo was an elaborate hoax. It had been accused of being a fake in a 7 December 1975 Sunday Telegraph article which fell into obscurity. Details of how the photo was taken were published in the 1999 book, Nessie – the Surgeon’s Photograph Exposed, which contains facsimile of the 1975 Sunday Telegraph article.

            Now a question will arise on your mind and this is necessary that Is this Loch-Ness Monster story is real or hoax? Actually, there is no other proofs that prove this monster is really exist or not. Other side there are also many witness who claimed same report. And some photos could not describe as Hoax. Hence the report or story about the Loch-Ness monster is properly a Mystery.

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Script by: Pallab Nandi

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