# I just saw the Loch Ness Monster! I swear! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420 "2005-08-17T13:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/1 "2005-08-17T13:10:23Z")
BBC Humiliates Tourists: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050816/ennew\_afp/afpentertainmentbritain\_050816191620](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050816/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentbritain_050816191620) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/2 "2005-08-17T13:23:27Z")
They should have realized something was wrong when Nessie demanded $3.50 from them. ---
**Author:** ![silverfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@silverfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silverfish)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/3 "2005-08-17T13:36:07Z")
It’s not the BBC who is responsible, but channel 5 (or just five). ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/4 "2005-08-17T13:36:22Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > BBC Humiliates Tourists: > > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050816/ennew\_afp/afpentertainmentbritain\_050816191620](http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050816/ennew_afp/afpentertainmentbritain_050816191620) That’s Channel 5, not the BBC. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/5 "2005-08-17T13:59:23Z")
I saw Ogopogo once. 🙂 [sub]Actually, it was a persistent wake – apparently common in Lake Okanagan – that _looked_ like a serpent. I understand how so many people have been fooled.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/6 "2005-08-17T15:59:42Z")
> [@WotNot](#): > > That’s Channel 5, not the BBC. In my experience I have observed that quite a few Americans think that only the BBC runs TV and radio stations in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/7 "2005-08-17T16:07:41Z")
> [@Rayne Man](#): > > In my experience I have observed that quite a few Americans think that only the BBC runs TV and radio stations in the UK. That’s what I thought. . .I thought the stations were like BBC2, BBC3, BBC5 All state broadcasting. ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/8 "2005-08-17T16:21:26Z")
BBC has eight TV channels ( what you would call" stations").BBC1 and BBC2 are broadcast on all “platforms” , BBC3 and BBC4, BBC News 24 and BBC Parliament (plus two children’s channels) are only broadcast on satellite , cable and terrestrial digital . Then you have the other mainstream stations . These are ITV , Channel 4 and “Five”. The last two names have nothing to do with the actual channel number they broadcast on, only that they were the fourth and five stations to go on air. If you look at the wider picture of satellite and cable there are actually hundreds of stations that have no connection with the BBC .I must add that all stations apart from the BBC carry commercials. I hope that explains it . ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/9 "2005-08-17T16:32:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Quote: > Originally Posted by WotNot > That’s Channel 5, not the BBC. > > In my experience I have observed that quite a few Americans think that only the BBC runs TV and radio stations in the UK. Oh, I know better. I’ve been there. But “BBC” is the _default_ setting in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/10 "2005-08-17T17:07:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > BBC Humiliates Tourists: As a former Floridian & a one-time Disney Cast Member, I can say with complete confidence that the tourists deserved it. **Any** tourist deserves that, or worse. 😛 Carry on, old chaps, & jolly good! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/11 "2005-08-17T17:17:06Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Actually, it was a persistent wake[.] Is that when a bunch of Irish won’t go home, even after the funeral? But seriously, what is a “persistent wake?” I did a Google search and didn’t find anything that defined it easily. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/12 "2005-08-17T17:18:36Z")
> [@](#): > > As a former Floridian & a one-time Disney Cast Member, I can say with complete confidence that the tourists deserved it. Any tourist deserves that, or worse. > > Carry on, old chaps, & jolly good! So if they don’t humiliate them, then the tourists have already won, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/13 "2005-08-18T14:07:32Z")
> [@Daithi Lacha](#): > > Is that when a bunch of Irish won’t go home, even after the funeral? > > But seriously, what is a “persistent wake?” I did a Google search and didn’t find anything that defined it easily. Nice one! It was a wake (or wave) that seemed to persist in one spot, as seen from our boat. ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/14 "2005-08-18T16:24:11Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > They should have realized something was wrong when Nessie demanded $3.50 from them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/15 "2005-08-18T16:34:24Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > They should have realized something was wrong when Nessie demanded $3.50 from them. :smack: D’OH! The penny finally dropped. Nice one, **Sean**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-i-swear/317420/16 "2005-08-18T20:05:52Z")
I saw a UFO! I think… It was luminous and cigar-shaped and it had flashing lights everywhere! I swear!