What lurks in the unfathomable depths of Loch Ness? In this absolute monstrosity of a podcast Charles and Crofty track the mythical Nessie, from its claimed origins in Scottish folklore, to the classical monster sightings of the 1930s and 50s, through to the mania of Nessie-Hunters in the 60s and 70s, then finally to the modern searches that may shed light on the beast's identity once and for all.

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Sources:
‘The Loch Ness Mystery Solved’ and ‘The Loch Ness Mystery Reloaded’ by Ronald Binns

‘Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie and other Famous Cryptids’ By Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero

‘Hunting Monsters – Crytozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths’ by Darren Naish

‘The Loch Ness Monster and Others’ by Rupert T. Gould

‘The Monsters of Loch Ness by Roy P. Mackal

‘The Great Orm of Loch Ness’ by F. W. Holiday

‘The Loch Ness Monster’ by Tim Dinsdale

‘An Encyclopedia Of Fairies Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, And Other Supernatural Beings’ by Katharine Briggs

‘Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland’ by John G. Campbell

‘Survivals in Belief amongst the Celts – By George Henderson

'The Loch Ness Story' and 'the Loch Ness Story Revised' by Nicholas Witchell

The booklet ‘Loch Ness’ by Adrian Shine and the Loch Ness Project plus the Loch Ness Project timeline and archives, at Lochnessproject.org

Dick Raynor’s website ‘Lochnessinvestigation.com’

Roland Watson’s blog, LochNessMystery.blogspot.com

'Loch Ness, Nessie and Me' by the Loch Ness Center co-founder Tony Harmsworth

Stuart Campbell’s 'The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence'

'Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World’s Most Elusive Creatures' by Benjamin Radford

'The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery' by Henry H Bauer

'This Business of Exploring' by Roy Chapman Andrews

The South Loch Ness Heritage Group website

The Geological Society website

'Flight of the Hunter' by Vicky Allan, in The Herald newspaper, December 2005 [ Ссылка ]

'A Fortean in the Archives', blog by Mike Dash, specifically his entry on Frank Searle in 2009

Steve Feltham’s website, nessiehunter.co.uk

Loch Ness Monster fans stunned by wild new theory as to what creature could be, by Anthony Thrower, for the Daily Mirror, 2022 [ Ссылка ]

Elephant Theory in Nessie Search, from BBC News, 2006 (no author given) [ Ссылка ]

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