Thursday, September 23, 2010
Catherine Deshayes
The legend of the Loch Ness Monster has proved to be a marketing boon for the Scottish Tourist Board and now the Lake District looks set to be the next hot destination for intrepid monster hunters...
Seven sightings of a long hump-backed animal swimming in Lake Windermere have been reported over the last four years.
The mysterious creature's fame has been slowly growing and she was recently given the nickname Bow-Nessie.
One local, Windermere hotel owner Thomas Noblett, claimed to have had a close encounter with something in the lake.
He told Sky News: ‘All of a sudden I felt something brush past my legs like a giant fish. And then I was lifted up by a three-foot wave. I've no idea what it was.'
A tourist claimed to have captured the Loch Ness Monster on camera in 1934
Now 21st century technology, including sonar equipment, is being deployed to try and track her down.
The lake is 11 miles long and up to 220-feet deep in some places so the team searching for the creature will have to cover some ground.
So far, nothing has been detected, aside from a reported 14-foot long disturbance in the water, and the sonar read-outs have been blank.
Hunt organiser, Dean Maynard, added: ‘We've had more creature sightings here than at Loch Ness in recent years so we think it's time that Bow-Nessie received more attention.'
A 20-metre long object was spotted below the surface of the lake last year by a local film crew but sceptics claims the footage shows a wave from an unseen boat.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
http://www.themovechannel.com/news/bac3f06e-80e1/
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