# To journalists: There is no Loch Ness Monster

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 12, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-journalists-there-is-no-loch-ness-monster/383838 "2006-12-12T17:23:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-journalists-there-is-no-loch-ness-monster/383838/21 "2006-12-13T22:14:19Z")

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[QUOTE=kambuckta]  
Nessies or otters?

😉  
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Nessies. I am heading that way tomorrow, so I’ll try to get a shot and post it on the weekend. It’s in the middle of nowhere: rocks, trees, water, rocks trees, water, rocks, trees, water, rocks, trees, water, rocks trees, water, rocks, trees, water, rocks, trees, water, rocks trees, water, rocks, trees, water, nessies, rocks, trees, water, rocks trees, water, rocks, trees, water, rocks, trees, water, rocks trees, water, rocks, trees, water, rocks, trees, water, rocks trees, water, rocks, trees, water.

Otters frolicking on ice are the best – even better than nessies.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-journalists-there-is-no-loch-ness-monster/383838/22 "2006-12-14T01:28:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Guinastasia]  
Seeing otters fucking is pretty cool. It’s not as cool as Nessie, but it’s still pretty cool.

Seriously though, everyone knows that Nessie’s not there-he’s working as a door greeter at Mr. Burns’s casino. Duh.  
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I thought he was working on his book about Bigfoot.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2006, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-journalists-there-is-no-loch-ness-monster/383838/23 "2006-12-14T01:56:33Z")

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[QUOTE=Miller]  
I thought he was working on his book about Bigfoot.  
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Only on his days off, or when Smithers covers a shift.

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-journalists-there-is-no-loch-ness-monster/383838/24 "2006-12-21T02:05:58Z")

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I took a photo of a whole family of Nessies! SQUEEE! [http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/Loch](http://my.tbaytel.net/culpeper/Loch) Ness Monsters near Manitouwadge 20061214103644000.jpg

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-journalists-there-is-no-loch-ness-monster/383838/25 "2006-12-21T02:22:26Z")

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[QUOTE=muldoonthief]  
Too minor for the pit, but here’s the ridiculous headline: [Loch Ness Monster-Like Creature’s Bones Found](http://www.thebostonchannel.com/technology/10510482/detail.html)  
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Maybe they meant that didn’t find anything.

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**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:** [December 21, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-journalists-there-is-no-loch-ness-monster/383838/26 "2006-12-21T12:56:59Z")

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Oh, yeah? Then who puts the haggis under the Christmas tree?

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