4 stars Elliot Stone’s summer is ruined! Not only will he be away from his best friend Jake, but he’ll have to miss Cassie’s graduation party of the century while he spends an entire month in a Vermont cabin on Lake Bomoseen. After Elliot’s dad shares the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, a month [...]
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By: Kim Wheedleton,
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By: Kim Wheedleton,
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Fact! At least, according to my English 12 high school term paper, it is...
The Loch Ness Monster first came to my attention in the 1970's, when I was knee-high to a grasshopper. It kept my attention until the late 1980's, when I was much, much taller than that blasted grasshopper. In fact, it hung out in my consciousness so much, I centered my senior year term paper on the Nessie controversy. My thesis?
The Loch Ness Monster...Exists!
Oh, yes! I said he was R-E-A-L real! I took pages and pages of notes. I filled out hundreds of index cards. I read teeny-tiny print in scientific-type tomes until my eyes crossed. That's right: notes on paper, index cards, and books. When I was in school, computers were still big boxes with black screens and green text with a blinking green block for a cursor. "Internet" was not in our vocabulary, nor was it invented yet. (Al Gore did that, remember??)
Anyway, I was absolutely convinced that Loch Ness in Scotland had a very big, very elusive creature in residence. No doubt. Then, in 1994, my hopes were dashed - only momentarily, but dashed just the same.
It all had to do with the famous "Surgeon's Photograph:"
Supposedly taken in 1934 by Dr. Robert Wilson (a surgeon - hence the name "Surgeon's Photograph..."), it was the only photograph of Nessie bearing evidence of a head and neck - all others showed only humps or disturbances - and it sparked further interest in the creature.
But then, in 1994, enter the shocking deathbed confession of 90-year-old Christian Spurling. According to Spurling, this famous photo shows nothing more than a toy submarine, with a serpentine neck and head fashioned from wood clay. He claimed he made the contraption at the behest of his father-in-law, Marmaduke Wetherell, as part of a revenge-driven hoax. (You can read more about it here.)
What? The photo was faked? My long-held belief that Nessie lives was squashed by some clown who took a picture of a toy submarine with some clay stuck on it?? The fun was over?
Luckily, I got hold of myself before panic set in too deeply. Since, by then, Al Gore's invention had taken hold, I raced to my computer and searched the internet for evidence to the contrary. Nessie had to be real. He just had to...
Well, I am relieved to say that this (and admittedly many other) hoaxes have not deterred the true believers. For every Nessie Naysayer site saying the Loch Ness Monster is all a buncha hooey, there are plenty of other sites listing all kinds of evidence that he (or she) is alive and well... if more than a teensy bit reclusive.
And so, the debate rages on. With luck, though, we'll never find the Loch Ness Monster...
...'cause the search is the fun part, after all!
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I used these sources for my post, but if you do a Google search, you will be overwhelmed with tons of info both for and against the idea of the Loch Ness Monster's existence. Which side are you on?
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By: Cynthia Reeg,
on 5/20/2008
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I don't know about where you are, but where I am right now, it's getting pretty toasty. So I thought it would be a good time to remind you about Donna Shepherd's book, OUCH! SUNBURN, illustrated by Kevin Scott Collier. Donna's enjoyable rhyming read instructs kids on the importance of skin care when going out into the sun. And Kevin's fun pictures help bring the message home.
And you'll also want to check on Kevin's new blog, Professor Horace's Cryptozoology Research Center. Professor Horace will be featured in Kevin's soon-to-be released picture book, PROFESSOR HORACE, CRYPTOZOOLOGIST, from Guardian Angel Publishing. Professor Horace is on the hunt for monsters--Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, and more.
Perhaps you would like to join the professor's hunt. Have you noticed any mysterious creatures lurking about lately? A long black tail slipping away into the bushes? A huge footprint along the pathway? Or a strangely-shaped head skimming the surface of the pond? Oooh, did you just hear that odd howl?
Sorry, I've got to go and notify the professor immediately...
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Well, Nessie or not, at least we know that Bigfoot is real. Right?