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This article was originally written for a paranormal magazine called The Paranormal Journal, it became known as The Underground Files covering ghosts, ufos, cryptozoology, and government conspiracies amongst others. I no longer write for the magazine and it is no longer in existence. Doubt Cast On Latest Nessie Pictures Nessie's been slimming. There are new pictures of the Loch Ness Monster with a slimline neck, rumour being she's in pregnancy, others suggest the photo's a fake and nothing like any of the other photos taken, though all snapshots of the beast have been in question at one time or another. Unusually, Nessie lingered above water much longer than in the past, usually camera shy, though tons of polaroids, digi-cameras, even, perhaps, have caught the rich dark tones of colour to Nessie's mane, as she likes tourists, it is said, but scientists or press, it hides, och, no; no time for the media or the world's scientific fraternity. It's been searched for by submarine; sonar, even by divers in the bottomless dark waters of the loch, but retired printer Roy Johnston lazily managed to get off four shots of the wee beastie as it skulked on the surface of thick turgid waves. Johnston, 63, said he and his wife, Janet, were nearing the end of a Highlands driving holiday last September, 2002, when they decided to stop for a rest in a lay-by near the loch. He made his way to the loch's edge around 9am and had only been standing there for a few minutes before Nessie reared her head skywards. “I thought I was going mad,” Johnston said. “The first thought that sprang into my mind was, 'that's an elephant.' I know it sounds silly but it looked like a trunk. It was the same length and width. “I wondered if the creature was a conger eel, but it was way too big for that. It was about seven or eight feet out of the water and it was obvious there was more of it underneath the surface.” The sighting has certainly delighted the tourist industry, as Malaina Krott-Thiarry, a worker at a tourist information centre close to the loch, said, “I have no idea what to make of these pictures, but I think they're good news for the area. This might lead to a boost for business later this year or next year.” Lawrence Sear, the managing editor for the Daily Mail, said there was absolutely no sign the photographs had been doctored. “We collected the negatives from Mr Johnston and they were absolutely genuine. They have not been manipulated at any stage,” he said. “Who knows whether the images are of the Loch Ness monster or not? All we can say is that those pictures are genuine and have not been doctored.” But Scotland on Sunday's picture editor, Kayt Turner, said there was room for doubt. The Daily Mail published a sequence of photos to represent the object emerging from the water, then submerging again. The third picture in the sequence, representing the splash of water, was appreciably lighter in colour than the previous two images. “Those pictures were not taken in sequence.” Turner said, a picture editor for fifteen years, she added, “Anyone with a spare £500 can get the equipment needed to digitally manipulate this kind of image, using a simple software package such as Photoshop. All you need is a scanner and a computer. “Looking at this image it is impossible to tell if there has been any manipulation. It would be very simple to take a picture of an object and place it in the loch. The only way you could be sure they are genuine is to see the original negatives.” An argument has now ensued between the Daily Mail and The News of the World, the latter is expected to shower cold water all over the sighting, as it has signed up a Nessie expert to analyse the pictures. The expert, Adrian Shine, who has spent 20 years in a scientific quest to find Nessie, was banned from talking to Scotland on Sunday, but a friend said, “We're all very skeptical.” Shine a light Adrian. Doubt Cast On Latest Nessie Pictures written by Bill Barber |
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