Nessie hunters promise to depart no stone unturned in seek for elusive beast
Nessie hunters have promised to “leave no stone unturned” in the search for the mythical beast at a massive event this weekend.
Running across this weekend, from Thursday, May 30 to Sunday, June 2, at the iconic Inverness loch, The Quest has lured in beast hunters from far and wide.
And Paul Nixon, General Manager of The Loch Ness Centre, has told the Daily Star that “unexplained noises” and several possible sightings has got excitement brimming.
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“Last year’s search drew Nessie hunters from all over the world to the shores of Loch Ness,” he explained.
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“The discovery of unexplained noises, along with several possible Nessie sightings since, means that this year we’re determined to leave no stone unturned in the search for Nessie and we’re more prepared than ever to take the hunt for the monster to the next level.
“We’re excited to make this search the biggest ever.”
Stuart Patterson made the trip to the loch with the aim of making some coin after “watching the mystery from afar”.
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He told The Scottish Sun: “I’ve been reliably informed that definitive proof of Nessie could be worth millions.
“So after years of watching the mystery from afar I was determined to solve it once and for all, and make some cash.”
Although Patterson was sure he would spot the beast and “stayed glued” to his binoculars “for the entire voyage just in case the monster suddenly appeared”, he didn’t catch sight of Nessie.
“Thankfully the breathtaking scenery more than made up for not seeing the creature and not making my fortune,” he added.
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Boatloads of visitors, like Patterson, motor across the loch on research boat the Deepscan, captained by Ally Matheson.
He’s been scouring the 23-mile long, 750ft deep lake for more than a decade, in which time he’s only found salmon and a discarded Nessie model abandoned by a 1960s film crew with his sonar.
A trio of friends, Kelly Tino, 53, Linda Owen, 60, and Kelly Williams, 61, from Florida also joined the quest, with Tino describing their jaunt as a “bucket list trip”.
The nuclear medicine tech added: “It’s better than Mickey Mouse any day. It’s just fantastic.
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“It doesn’t matter that we didn’t see anything. That just keeps the mystery alive.”
Alan McKenna from Loch Ness Exploration, an independent and voluntary research group, deploys the use of hydrophones to hear beneath the surface of the loch.
“Our purpose is to observe, record and study the natural behaviour of Loch Ness and rare phenomena that may be more challenging to explain,” he said in an interview with the Loch Ness Centre.
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