# plesiosaur fossil found at Loch Ness **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855 "2003-07-16T11:44:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 16, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/1 "2003-07-16T11:44:13Z")
Tinfoil Hat Wearers hold global celebration! [LINK](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3069803.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/2 "2003-07-16T12:25:15Z")
I believe huge areas, if not all, of present-day Scotland was underwater at the time of that creature’s life. Still, it will get th’ legend-weavers going, won’t it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/3 "2003-07-16T12:28:15Z")
So all those 150 million year old sightings were true? Wow 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/4 "2003-07-16T15:10:23Z")
A **FOSSIL** of one was found. ---
**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, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/5 "2003-07-16T15:37:44Z")
According to my preliminary research, the terrain around Loch ness is composed of granite, which is not the kind of rock in which you’d expect to find fossils - the whole thing screams “hoax”. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/6 "2003-07-16T16:05:48Z")
From the article > [@](#): > > Gary Campbell, the president of the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, said it was possible that it was a fossil which originated in the local area. > > “On the other hand it could have been planted - probably not by the man who found it, but we have a history of things being planted on the loch conveniently for people to find,” he speculated. At least he admits it might be faked. ---
**Author:** ![Futile\_Gesture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f05b48/32.png) [@Futile\_Gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Futile_Gesture)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/7 "2003-07-16T16:49:45Z")
This is so fake it’s hardly worth discussing. How convenient it was discovered during the tourist / “no-news-we’ll- print-any-old-rubbish-to- fill-the-column-inches” season. Loch Ness sits on granite. You don’t get fossils in granite. It also sits on a surface that was scoured down to the bedrock during the last iceage. So where exactly did this fossil pop up from? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/8 "2003-07-16T17:29:34Z")
The fossil fairy? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/9 "2003-07-16T19:31:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > The fossil fairy? Now, if it were a plesiosaur _tooth_… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plesiosaur-fossil-found-at-loch-ness/188855/10 "2003-07-16T20:41:56Z")
This explains why Nessie has been so elusive. She’s a 150 million year old ghost! I’m glad I’m not the one whe disturbed _that_ ghost’s grave! 😃