# loch ness monster found!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 16, 2003, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837 "2003-07-16T08:14:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![nickannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nickannan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nickannan)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837/1 "2003-07-16T08:14:45Z")

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what can i say!  
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3069803.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3069803.stm)

but 150 million years too late!

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837/2 "2003-07-16T08:26:38Z")

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Fascinating! 🆒

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**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837/3 "2003-07-16T09:22:53Z")

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I call bullshit. He _tripped_ over it in shallow waters, and it’s supposed to have been there for 150 million years? When monster-hunters have been scouring that area for decades, just looking for something “unusual”? I say it’s planted.

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**Author:** ![nickannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bcef8e/32.png) [@nickannan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nickannan)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837/4 "2003-07-16T09:36:07Z")

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yeah, the guy at the bottom of the BBC article says people have planted items before.

As a follow up, Loch Ness Monster…

Lost dinosaur hidding in the depth of the Loch?

or

Scam to bring the tourists in?

;¬)

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837/5 "2003-07-16T13:44:08Z")

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I’ve been to Loch Ness. It was really… boring. Seriously, never go.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837/6 "2003-07-16T13:58:20Z")

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I’d say there’s a very strong possibility that the whole thing is made up by the guy who says he found it.

I’d like to see an analysis of the rock in which the fossil is embedded - I’m betting it will be found to originate somewhere far away.

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**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loch-ness-monster-found/188837/7 "2003-07-16T14:51:38Z")

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Do they still sell Nessie Burgers? Its been awhile since I was there but I’m curious.