"The plesiosaur hissed monstrously and flipper-slapped the water. It was like a cannon going off."
-"Wildcat," p. 7.
This is a telling detail. Flippers in water become wings in air. Once, walking near the River Lune, I suddenly heard a loud furious sound as if someone had gone berserk and begun to chastise the water with a paddle. It was swans taking off, their wings striking the water. I have only heard this once.
Some of us thought, based on a certain amount of evidence, that there were plesiosaur-like animals in Loch Ness but they would have been confirmed by now if they had been there. A swan, seen in conditions of poor visibility by someone mistaken about scale and distance, looks exactly like a plesiosaur.
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Kaor, Paul!
And we have both seen rumors of alleged "monsters" in Loch Ness and blurry, unconvincing pictures of the presumed plesiosaur!
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
I was convinced by the evidence for a while but there is clearly nothing like that there. I wondered if people were seeing the last one or two members of a species that became extinct.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
Considering how often Loch Ness was searched by fans of "Nessie," I would have thought some BONES of such an animal might have been found by now, if that had been the case.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Apparently, bodies sink in the loch and visibility is almost zero. However, there is no sign of large predators affecting the number of fish that swim in, then out, of the loch.
Paul.
Kaor, Paul!
That was a good point, what you said on now a carnivore like "Nessie" would have affected the quantity of fish in the loch.
Ad astra! Sean
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