Tour Boat Captain Claims This Photo Confirms Loch Ness Monster: ‘I’m Convinced’
- Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:17pm by
Liz Klimas
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For George Edwards finding the Loch Ness monster is a passion and his career. For 26 years, Edwards has been scouting out Nessie and ferrying tourists around the lake on “Nessie Hunter” letting them in on the lore.
Now, he says he is entirely convinced he has evidence of her. According to the Daily Mail, Edwards, who spends 60 hours a week looking for Nessie, believes he has snapped a photo that confirms his long-held beliefs.
(Photo: George Edwards via Daily Mail)
Here are more of his thoughts:
“It was slowly moving up the loch towards Urquhart Castle and it was a dark grey colour. It was quite a fair way from the boat, probably about half a mile away but it’s difficult to tell in water.”
After watching the object for five to ten minutes, Mr Edwards said it slowly sank below the surface and never resurfaced.
“I’m convinced I was seeing Nessie as I believe in these creatures. Far too many people have being seeing them for far too long,” he said.
“The first recorded sighting was in 565AD and there have been thousands of eye witness reports since then.
“All these people can’t be telling lies. And the fact the reports stretch over so many years mean there can’t just be one of them. I’m convinced there are several monsters.”
The lake in which Nessie is believed to lurk. (Photo: Wikimedia)
The Daily Mail reports fellow Nessie hunter Steve Feltham calling it “the best photograph I think I have ever seen.”
One of the most famous images depicting Nessie. (Photo: Wikimedia)
Continuing, Feltham says that although the photograph doesn’t provide enough of a view to prove what Nessie is, “it does prove what Nessie isn’t.” Theories as to the strange images captured in photographs over the years have raised speculation that Nessie was a sturgeon. Without seeing a serrated spine in this latest photograph, Feltham says it shows Nessie is not this prehistoric looking fish.
Edwards took this photo on Nov. 2, 2011, but only just released it as he had “friends in the USA who have friends in the military” analyze it first. He said their analysis revealed that it was an animate object, not just a log or other piece of debris. Still, Discovery News, for example, takes issue with this saying if it were an inanimate object, such as a log, it would explain how a clear photo was taken:
The floating log hypothesis also explains why these images are unusually good: Unlike an animal or wave that appears for mere seconds and creates blurry images, a log remains stationary for minutes, allowing for sharper, clearer photographs. Then they sink back down to the lake floor never to be seen again, having created a monstrous, mysterious “best ever” photograph.
Discovery also makes note of the “strong economic incentive” some may have to promote Nessie sightings.
What do you think? Just another hoax? Wishful thinking? Or photographic evidence of the legendary monster?
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Comments (105)
Abraham Young
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:22pmIt’s a dragon. They all disappeared quite suddenly you know. I think it happened the day Merlin disappeared forever, and cast a spell of transformation on them to protect them through the Age of Unbelief. They all went underwater and only come up now and then to satisfy their nostalgia.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 7:15pmIs that really true?
Report Post »DouglassFiller
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 7:56pmExcellent theory! Made me smile. I don’t have to believe it to enjoy it.
Report Post »FNGRNFAN
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 9:44pmNo, that’s clearly a potential meal swimming by I”ve seen these things before and if your lucky enough to catch one you’ll find the fiberglass and the remote controls a little tough but if you cook it just right……
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 12:54amMight be a radio controlled dragon. Interesting how he managed that angle at a half mile away, and the motion lines arching towards the castle are interesting too considering he said it was slowly swimming in the direction of the castle. George Edward’s photo goes up in smoke, another photo of the Loch Ness Monster sinks like a stone.
Report Post »bigdaddyt46
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:30amreminds me of an awesome joke:
there was a kniwho was in love with and desired a beautiful queen to the point of destraction. so he went to merlin for help.
the knight said: oh mighty Merlin i am in love with the Queen and would love obne night wit her just licking and kissing her beautiful breasts, but i know the King would have me killed. is there something you could do to help me? i don’t care how much it would cost.
Merlin and the young Knight agreed on a price for the help. Merlin went about creating an itchingh potion that he then placed in one of the Queen’s bras.
the next day the Queen ound the itching unbearable, and the King summoned Merlin to fix it for her.
Merling said the only cure i know is the saliva of a certain young knight. the King finally relented, and the young knight was called.
the Queen pulled down the top of her dress and the young night went to work licking and kissig and fondling the queen to is heart’s delight.
later that night Merlin went to the young Knight’s room to collect what was due him, and the young Knight just laughed and said why should i give you any money, i already got what i wanted. an angry Merlin then went and put the itching potion in one of the King’s jock straps.
moral of the story
if magik happens in your life, pay what is due
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 8:08amIt’ an OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis) conspiracy!! Ahhh, they’re all gong to Magik us to death after the dragons take over the world! (end sarcasm)
Report Post »RWCT
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 8:52amDragons are mentioned over 25 times in the Bible. Not surprising at all rwally!. of course this is GREAT for tourism, is it not?
Report Post »RWCT
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 8:54amI think the dragons made Merlin disappear, if you get my drift!
Report Post »linderman
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:21pmPlease make it stop. Who took the picture? Big Foot?
Report Post »Soothsayer
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 8:31pmEverybody knows that Bigfeet are not capable of manipulating camera buttons with those “Bigfingers”.
Report Post »I will go out on a limb here and say it was probably taken by the more nimble fingered chupacabra.
Walkabout
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 9:40pmI walked up within short to mid bow range on a doe & a little further on a second. I was wearing headphones. Many critters in the wild are not all that stealthy at times when you come down to it. I will never say that about a feline though. There is no way there is animal ion the loch of that size that we do not know about. Phoresis would give it away.
Report Post »www.TopTheNews.com
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:20pmWho knows what it is but God bless him for his passion-I couldn’t spend 60 hours a week doing any one thing!
Report Post »MCDAVE
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 5:31pmHe ferries people around the lake on tours, his boat is named Nessie Hunter…Got to keep the legend alive if you want to stay working…I don”t think there is a Loch Ness monster.
Report Post »Titainiumman
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:06pmI didn’t know Moochelle was vacationing at Loch Ness,Probably trying to squeeze in one more before her husband gets ran out of office
Report Post »FightingBear
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 8:15pmMichelle? Is that you? I didn’t know you contributed to the conversations on The Blaze.
PS. Start packing your bags,…you’ll be moving in January.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 9:10pmAre you referring to the Skank? There’s nothing wrong with her as long as you put a brown paper bag over her head, after duct taping her mouth shut so she can’t talk.
Report Post »Of course, since you’re a lib, you obviously like the communist ideas and her hatred of both this country and white people in general.
So, never fear because as soon as Dear Leader is out of office, she and the kids will be looking for a new sugar daddy. Perhaps, you’ll qualify, provided of course, that your communist party number is low enough to suit her.
Msgt Ret
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 7:47amI see mooochelle has spent two weeks in London on the taxpayers dime. Just wondering how many of her friends and family I paid for as well!
Report Post »Titainiumman
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:03pmIt’s Oprah floating in the loch
Report Post »Man-On-A-Mission
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:24pmYea….with yo Moma beside her
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:02pmY’know that original Nessie photo always struck me as humorous. Not like I‘ve followed the story but I’ve never seen an evaluation of the “ripples” in the water relative to Nessies size. The fact is if you look at the size of the waves, they must be massive for an inland lake (loch). This had to be some guy under the water with his arm out in a puppet fashion. Proportionally it’s the only thing that makes sense. And for all the believing adults…there is no tooth fairy.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:06pmThe original photo is a fake and the guy who took it admitted to it.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:58pmThat looks like a smooth turd I left in the bowl the other day.
But that’s just me.
Who knows… maybe there really is a “Nessie”
I want a carcass!
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:57pmA big monster with no wake around it, showing not the slightest muscle movement, just like a floating piece of trash. You can always count on some self proclaimed “victim of the USA”, to find a way to bash Christianity with any story. Trash is trash.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:08pmThere is a wake around it if you look. And there will only be a wake if it is moving fast. Not if it merely emerged like a submarine.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:57pm“Tour Boat Captain”
Aye, matey!
You wouldn’t happen to have a financial interest in there “being” a monster, now would you, Mr. “Tour Boat” captain???
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:54pmNazi Sub !
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:19pmScottish sub actually.
Report Post »Too_Far_Gone
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 5:14pmNot the place the sub ..
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:52pmI‘ll bet the captain’s “confidence” in Nessie‘s existence doesn’t hurt his tour boat business in the least.
Report Post »TheMajority
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:01pmHey, he did not start his business himself. The moster did all that work! :)
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:46pmWoo, that’s a monster alright. Business is really goingto pick-up for that tour boat. So, now that the Nessie thing is settled, let’s move on to catching Sasquatch.
Report Post »PS – the most famous image depicting Nessie is a proven fake; a cardboard cut-out on a float.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:19pmThe show about finding Bigfoot is as dumb as Ghost hunters. All they do are hear sounds, try to raise the drama by running or jumping around at any little sound. Find it already, then you’ll have a show.
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:44pmDrift wood
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:42pmSeriously?
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stumpy68
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:19pmLots of people who need to get a life
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:41pmLooks like Elvis to me.
Report Post »radiofreeamerica
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:41pmTesting.
Report Post »Caballosinnombre
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:39pmHard to say. These days with Photoshop any picture can be convincingly manipulated. So I’ll keep my skeptic hat on.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:38pmIf you look closely at the object is says “Ganzhou Tire and Rubber Company- China” on it.
Report Post »DesdemonasCrew
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:35pmIt’s a large floating “Baby Ruth”
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 8:02amDoodie!
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:35pmShiver me timbers! There’s also a unicorn standing next to the castle wall. I swear.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:31pmI think I see bigfoot on the castle wall, right behind the flying saucer…see it?
Report Post »joe.r.piehole
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:34pmYes, along with Jesus, Zeus and Mohammad
AvengerK
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:36pmFirst red flag GONZO..“TOUR BOAT captain”.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:41pmYeah. I wish the damn saucer would get out of the way. I am tired of looking creatures bringing humans into the craft one-by-one.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:10pmJOE.R.PIGHOLE
Showed up in time to display his bigotry. Hooray!
Report Post »tweetybird
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:28pmLooks like a dead fish laying on its side.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:27pmLook Buddy, you are sticking your nose where it don’t belong. That is Johnny, and he owed a certain someone money, but he didn’t have it, see. So, we forgot to weigh him down properly, but come on, Johnny aint no monster.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:25pmThe same type of people who believe in nessie are the same type who believe in man made global warming,fools.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:31pmAnd who believe Pelosi, Reid, Obama and Michael Moore are honest to earth people.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:33pmDo you think Romney believes in the Loch Ness Monster, because he does believe in man made global warming.
Report Post »joe.r.piehole
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:33pmWrong, idiot. In fact, the same people that believe in the LN monster are the people that teach children creationism.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/controversy-swirls-as-christian-textbook-teaches-that-the-loch-ness-monster-may-be-real/
TheMajority
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:58pmHey–quit bashing the global warming religion!!! :)
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 4:18pmNo jerkoff, creationists say that IF Nessie is real, then she is most likely a Plesiosaur. Just because your macro-evolution high priests taught you in your Darwinistic catechisms that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago and then was wiped out by an asteroid that couldn‘t wipe out the rest of the animal kingdom doesn’t make it true.
Marco Polo wrote in his diary that the emperor of China had dragons and a royal dragon keeper. The Incans have stones that are less than a century old with every known dinosaur drawn on them. I don’t think the anicent Incans seen Jurassic Park. Must have seen them somewhere. But, you have no answer for this nor do I expect you to because the truth would crush that safe little world you live in where there is no God to judge you.
Report Post »DIR
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 5:19pm@SQUIDVET…
Don’t mind Joe. Joe’s just an asterhole from outerspace, a real flamer, crashing through the atmosphere bringing liberalism to this site and all the crap that goes along with it. On top of it Joe suffer’s from the heatbreak of assteroids, a nasty variety of hemorrhoid which accounts for the touchy comments. If you send Joe Preparation H maybe that’ll cause ol Piehole to shrink and go away.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 5:46pm…arrrr…and SQUIDVET gits the free Jolly Roger. Leave me girlie alone, ye landlubbers…arrr…
Report Post »Mark13
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 9:29amHey JR, shut your piehole.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:21pmDoes anybody else see this and immediately think of the pool scene from “Caddyshack”?
Report Post »karen162
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:25pmYes! Where is Bill Murray to take a bite out of it and save us all?? LOL!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 7, 2012 at 3:51pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPxiXGr9nFM
Report Post »Mark13
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 9:30amGotta love a Baby Ruth bar.
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