According to reports, the Loch Ness monster is really a circus elephant on the loose.
"The good burghers of Loch Ness and its environs will doubtless be delighted to learn that the legendary monster on which the region's entire economy is based was probably nothing more than a circus elephant taking a dip. That's according to palaeontologist Neil Clark of Glasgow University, who has spent the last two years working towards this stunning conclusion. The explanation? Well, Clark told the BBC that sightings of Nessie "could have been circus elephants, as fairs visiting Inverness would often stop on the banks of Loch Ness to give the animals a rest." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/07/nessie_claim/
What say you?!
2007-01-29 08:56:09 · 18 answers · asked by Wildamberhoney 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I'm not saying it IS a good theory - I found it hilarious!
2007-01-29 09:01:47 · update #1
Not funny, I was nearly drowned and eaten by the beast when I was on Holiday by the Loch 3 years ago..
I lost half my left leg and 3 fingers from my right hand...and nearly bled to death in the freezing waters..I was only saved by my mate who stuck a knife in the monsters nose area...Circus Elephants my foot, This creature was more like walrus crossed with crocodile...
I went to many newspapers and TV channels with my story..they didn't think it newsworthy.. Let me tell you the monster lives..
2007-01-29 11:26:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
it was most certainly NOT started by an elephant. that is just some looser trying to sell a stupid story to the papers. i live just over the hill from loch ness and have studied the creature.
there were sightings of the loch ness monster long long long before all that elephant stuff. the fist and most famous sighting was by st columba like over a thousand years ago. there were others between then and the 1930s when all the media stuff started.
the loch ness monster is a water horse. when will they learn? water-horse is a shape shifting creature that lives in lochs. try typing water-horse into wikipedia or something if you are interested to find out more, though the information on there is not the best.
being a shape shifter, nessie is able to go undetected.
2007-01-29 10:03:05 · answer #2 · answered by Clarsair 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isn't Loch Ness a bit too deep for an elephant to go in and just wave its trunk about? Can elephants swim? I thought that the "official" photo was proved to be fake because the ripples were too big, so they could tell it was a small model that the camera zoomed in on.
But then there could be a whole family of prehistoric survivors down there :)
2007-01-29 09:00:35 · answer #3 · answered by whitequeen2000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could explain sitings for a certain time frame but there is no way an elephant has been running around this whole time.
I think the Loch Ness Monster is bogus. There is no way an animal that size could live there and not be discovered.
2007-01-29 09:57:39 · answer #4 · answered by spidertiger440 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
By its tagline: "Biting the hand that feeds it," I would tend to think that "The Register" is one of those sensationalist rags along the line of the "Globe," the "Enquirer" or the "Star," which tells very little truth, but instead offers a whole lot of foundless and often impossible hype.
Below is a listing for a "Nessie" site in the UK, which gives every conceivable theory for the elusive creature, including the widespread belief that Nessies may very well be the descendants of prehistoric plesiosaurs who have somehow survived the ages. Have fun exploring it!
2007-01-29 09:56:35 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's stupid, people have been spotting the Loch Ness for years, I doubt that it was a circus elephant on the loose every time! I mean, there's even mythology's about them. This is pathetic, they even have pictures of her, proof enough for me. Nessie's real.
2007-01-29 09:05:06 · answer #6 · answered by trance_gemni 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think of there is only a family contributors of extremely great eels residing in Loch Ness. whether that's an historical dinosaur then the British and American governments could could understand approximately it. Sonar, evening inventive and prescient, infrared technologies, sattelites that could take photos of a registration code from hundreds of miles above the earth. With all of todays technologies i do no longer see how they could no longer understand some family contributors of reptiles in a lake.
2016-11-23 12:40:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lived in Inverness for years but never saw an elephant by the Loch. Nor Nessie for that matter....
2007-01-29 09:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by R Stoofaloh 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Grinning Ape: .. Awesome!
I'm certain that Nessie may very well have been an elephant wading around, but at the same time, Sasquatch may very well be Cain (for those of you familiar with the bible story) who was condemned to roam around the earth forever as punishment for killing Abel. Alternatively, chewbacca may just have gotten separated from Han Solo for a brief period in time.
And El Chupricabra is Jimmy Carter's idea of a night of drinking and practical jokes.
2007-01-29 09:10:19 · answer #9 · answered by πρ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I've seen that picture and it does look like what Nessie is supposed to be, but the elephants keeper and circus vehicles should've given it away.
Did you know you can buy Nessie memorabilia in a service station in Carlisle? It's not even in Scotland!
2007-01-29 09:08:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋