Elephant theory in Nessie search

[IGBT]

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Neil Clark, curator of palaeontology at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum, spent two years researching Nessie.

He said they could have been circus elephants, as fairs visiting Inverness would often stop on the banks of Loch Ness to give the animals a rest.

The trunk and humps in the water would bear similarities to some of the most famous Nessie photographs.

There have been reporting sightings of "something" in Loch Ness dating back to the 6th Century and it has grown into one of the world's most enduring myths.

Hazy photographs and eyewitness accounts have sprung up over the past 100 years, without offering conclusive evidence that Nessie exists.

 

[pontifex]

yeah, elephants...right...

i'm sure that there would be a way to tell if the circus was in town and went through that way on the day the photos and sightings were made.

 

[mercanucaribe]

They were weather balloons not elephants.

 

[thirdeye]

Haha, I don't have any clue what it would be, but I certainly wouldn't guess an elephant.

 

[Lorax]

i thought loch ness was actually rather deep, such that an elephant wouldn't be able to "stand" near the middle of the lake. (unless elephants float/swim)

 

[kranky]

It's a legend which benefits the locals by bringing in tourists.

 

[conehead433]

Yep, elephants get around. We have some swimming in our pond sometimes. LOL

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: conehead433
Yep, elephants get around. We have some swimming in our pond sometimes. LOL

lol :thumbsup:

 

[Beau]

There was a Discovery Channel series on this, in which EVERY photograph that alledgely was of Nessie was either proven to be a fake, or admitted to being a fake by the person who took it.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Lorax
i thought loch ness was actually rather deep, such that an elephant wouldn't be able to "stand" near the middle of the lake. (unless elephants float/swim)

Elephants are very good swimmers. I think they even sometimes are migratory swimmers across great distances.

 

[Brutuskend]

Yeah, we have them (elephants) here too!

New video of Champ!

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: Beau
There was a Discovery Channel series on this, in which EVERY photograph that alledgely was of Nessie was either proven to be a fake, or admitted to being a fake by the person who took it.

Yup saw that one too, Nessie is pure crap and only helps to bring it tourists.

 

[waggy]

i was acussed of haveing a elephant swimmin gin my pool. boy were the cops embarrased when they found out it was my SIL swimming!

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: waggy
i was acussed of haveing a elephant swimmin gin my pool. boy were the cops embarrased when they found out it was my SIL swimming!

You have GIN in your POOL!

SWEET I'll be right over!

 

[Aquila76]

What Nessie really is, is some swamp gas from a weather balloon trapped in a thermal pocket and reflecting the light from Venus. </MIB>

 

[chambersc]

you guys are aware that the original picture that sparked the "nessie" phenonemon (sp?) was admitted to be a fake, right?

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend

Originally posted by: waggy
i was acussed of haveing a elephant swimmin gin my pool. boy were the cops embarrased when they found out it was my SIL swimming!

You have GIN in your POOL!

SWEET I'll be right over!

yes thats probably why she was in it! not to mention you wouldnt beleive how expensive the gin was. i thought about Vodka but i didnt have enough OJ to put in to mix it.

 

[imported_KuJaX]

Definately proves everything!

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: KuJaX
Definately proves everything!

..seemingly plausible explanation. Some dopers on the other side of the lake would run screaming thru the woods upon the sight of Dumbo's trunk gasping for air. Yup. I'll bet.

 

[BooGiMaN]

wasnt it proven to be all a hoax by old man Smithers by those crazy kids and their dog?

 

[darkswordsman17]

I think he's saying that this could be one of the reasons why the myth started, not why people continue to see it.

The article makes it sound like he suspects that this was common in the 1930s and before, not today, and that this might be how it got started. It even says right in the article that the elephant theory wouldn't explain the later sightings.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: IGBT
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Neil Clark, curator of palaeontology at Glasgow University's Hunterian Museum, spent two years researching Nessie.

He said they could have been circus elephants, as fairs visiting Inverness would often stop on the banks of Loch Ness to give the animals a rest.

The trunk and humps in the water would bear similarities to some of the most famous Nessie photographs.

There have been reporting sightings of "something" in Loch Ness dating back to the 6th Century and it has grown into one of the world's most enduring myths.

Hazy photographs and eyewitness accounts have sprung up over the past 100 years, without offering conclusive evidence that Nessie exists.

my. . . what a BIG TRUNK you have!

 

[Accipiter22]

the man who took the most famous pictures of Nessie admitted on his death bed that they were faked

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
the man who took the most famous and original picture that sparked the whole conspiracy pictures of Nessie admitted on his death bed that they were faked

QFT, fixed, and /thread

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Lorax
i thought loch ness was actually rather deep, such that an elephant wouldn't be able to "stand" near the middle of the lake. (unless elephants float/swim)

Elephants are very good swimmers. I think they even sometimes are migratory swimmers across great distances.

...while carrying coconuts?