| Nessie watching can become a life-time passion.
Some watchers have put their observations on websites. Steve Feltham,
pictured above, lives in a trailer named Nessie-serry Research on the
shores of Loch Ness. He supports himself by selling clay sculptures of
Nessie, and accepting donations. He does as much people-watching as
Nessie watching. He shares Nessie stories with locals and tourists
alike, and has come to the conclusion that there are 20 or 30 Nessies in
the lake.
Richard Carter is a Nessie fan who is also eager to
debunk hoax sightings. He has taken a variety of photos that mimic
supposed sightings, but he says none of them are Nessie. He loves to
spend time on the Loch and hopes one day to photograph his own genuine
sighting.
Dr. Robert Rines, President of the Academy of
Applied Science, Boston MA, has applied technology to his hunt. He
has used a combination of sonar and stroboscopic photography. He has
detected large creatures, about 30 feet long, from which fish take evasive
action. The British Natural History Museum finds his work
valid. But his photos show only a dorsal fin approximately 6 to 8
feet long.
Tim Dinsdale has taken footage of Nessie that some
say looks like a boat. But British Royal Air Force's Joint
Aerial Reconnnaissance Intelligence Centre concluded that the part of the
thing that was above the water on Dinsdale's film was approximately 12-16
feet wide and 5 feet high, could not have been a boat, and was an
"animate object."
Dick Raynor started as a volunteer on David James'
expeditions to hunt for Nessie between 1961 and 1972. In 2000, he's
organizing his own expedition. He'll be planting passive monitoring
equipment to record optical and audio events on the loch. Dick has
taken the first photograph of a grey seal in Loch Ness.
Dan Taylor runs the Nessa Project. His
adventure in the yellow submarine named Viperfish during 1970 may have
been the inspiration for the Beatle's song of the same name. He
didn't see Nessie, but his submarine was spun around by something
large, moving quickly under water. In 2000, Taylor will resume his
hunt for Nessie in a new submarine named Nessa. He's still working on
permission form the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries of Scotland
prior to his adventure.
Here's an interview with Dan Taylor
about his intention to get a tissue sample from Nessie: http://www.trueauthority.com/cryptozoology/daninterview.htm
Jan-Ove Sundberg will be taking his famous hydrophone to Loch Ness in
March 2000. He has practiced listening to fish, eels, seals and
otters. He has already recorded a Swedish sea monster, Selma. He'll be placing his hydrophone deep in the loch at Nessie's two favorite
places: Urquhart Castle and St. Augustine. Jan hunts for sea monsters all
over the world.
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