Loch Ness Monster at Loch Ness Centre

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Did people answer the call for monster hunters at the largest organized Nessie hunt in 50 years? You betcha. Hundreds of people of all ages showed up at Loch Ness on August 26 and 27 to participate. Thousands more participated via streaming. It was an international affair, too, drawing peopleContinue Reading

Loch Ness Centre & Exhibition exterior

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“Calling all monster hunters,” one of the Good Morning America hosts stated today. “The Loch Ness Centre in Scotland is looking for volunteers to join an effort to search for the infamous Loch Ness Monster. Putting out the call to help them put on the largest search since the 1970s,Continue Reading

Rendering of a Loch Ness Monster-like plesiosaur

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The huge news breaking today is the discovery of Loch Ness Monster-like fossils. Not that it’s the first plesiosaur remains ever found. However, this finding suggests that maybe a Nessie-like creature once did swim in the waters of Loch Ness. Or at least could have, whereas before that seemed unlikely.Continue Reading

Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch Ness

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The other night I spent time going through some of my travel photos and I couldn’t help but wonder, “What’s tourism going to look like after coronavirus lockdown ends?” Because one of the things I immediately noticed were the crowds we’ve encountered on a lot of our jaunts. Tourist DestinationsContinue Reading

Loch Ness Monster surgeon's photo

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On Sunday, September 15, 2019, Loch Ness Monster: New Evidence premieres on Travel Channel. Dr. Neil Gemmell of the University of Otago in New Zealand used a cutting-edge scientific technique called environmental DNA (eDNA) to examine the centuries-old mystery. Will we learn the truth of what might lurk beneath the watersContinue Reading

Dr. Neil Gammell collects eDNA samples from the waters of Loch Ness

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Tales of a monster lurking beneath the waves of Loch Ness have terrified people in the Scottish Highlands for centuries. Dr. Neil Gemmell of the University of Otago in New Zealand used a cutting-edge scientific technique called environmental DNA (eDNA) to unravel this centuries-old mystery. Travel Channel has the exclusiveContinue Reading

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Snowstorm Goals 2019: Snow Nessie Although it will barely break freezing tomorrow, the Atlanta area isn’t projected to get any measurable amount of snow in the coming weeks. That’s too bad since I’ve decided on my 2019 snowstorm goal: Snow Nessie. A family in Warrensburg, Missouri, created a giant LochContinue Reading

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For today’s Movie Monday I’m featuring one of our little vids. It includes footage I captured during our shore excursion to Loch Ness. (In search of Nessie of course! I picked this cruise because it afforded us the opportunity to do that.) We didn’t see Nessie. In fact, our tourContinue Reading