In 1970, an Underwater Camera Searched for the Loch Ness Monster. It Just Surfaced—With Haunting Photos.

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In 1970, an Underwater Camera Searched for the Loch Ness Monster.  It Just Surfaced—With Haunting Photos.

 

The Loch Ness Monster is right up there with Bigfoot and Mothman when it comes to famous cryptids.  While there has never been any proof that Nessie exists, something dredged up from the depths of the lake may tell us more about what goes on in the dark waters she is imagined to inhabit.

 

Hardcore Nessie enthusiasts are always watching for a sign that the existence of their beloved lake monster isn't a hoax.  In 1970, University of Chicago biologist Roy Mackal of the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau deployed six cameras meant to catch any footage of Nessie in action.  More than half a century later, an Autosub robot (otherwise known as Boaty McBoatface) from the UK's National Oceanography Centre (NOC) took a deep dive and got something stuck in its propeller—part of the equipment anchoring one of Mackal's cameras at a depth of 180 meters (almost 600 feet).  [...]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1970-underwater-camera-searched-loch-123000043.html

Edited April 5 by TBoneTX