It is exactly 80 years since the first appearance of Nessie to the people. From London to Inverness – almost six hundred miles. This city in Scotland was Walter Scott’s favorite land. The author of “Ivanhoe” called him harsh and wild. Now it is a large port, industrial center. But what are the names of the streets: Nessie Avenue, Lane Monster …
Spotted monsters with a long tail and short legs. They are weaved on Scottish men’s skirts and towels are presented in the form of trinkets and ashtrays. A strange beast looks from calendars, photos, drawings, matchboxes, decks of cards. Fiery red saleswoman loudly reports that “souvenirs because of the holiday is good are buying. ”
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What holiday? 80 years ago, May 2, 1933, Nessie for the first time revealed herself to the world. And soon a photograph of a small head appeared on a long neck that stuck out of the lake.
True, the legends about the mysterious inhabitant of Loch Ness went already for centuries. The first refers to the year 565. Then the wandering monk Columban ended up in Inverness. When he entered the lake, to him, publishing a terrible roar, a monster rushed. But the holy father dawned on himself a sign of the cross, and the monster immediately retreated. Mothers in these from time immemorial frightened children: you will behave badly, from Loch Ness the dragon will come.
Pretending to be a valid Nessie shot underwater
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“Meetings” with the inhabitants of the lake recorded more than a thousand, and from photos you can compose more than one solid album. Sometimes nessie even surfaced in the company of the same monsters. True then experts, as a rule, declared the pictures fake.
The first witnesses who swear they saw a monster between 1933 and 1934: Alexander Ross and Janet Fraser 
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They saw Nessie
The main “chronicler” of the monster is considered James Gray. Is he – Professional photographer with almost half a century of experience. Mr. Gray first shot Charles and Diana together when she was nineteen.
But no one doubts the authenticity of the prince and princess, but about Nessie … Photo taken by Gray, London-based Mail He sandy “filed under the sensational headline” Isn’t that proof that the monster is alive? “. The photo is clear, but the head is not it is seen…
Gray-haired, thin, with long arms, with which he constantly swinging, the photographer willingly shares memories of “historical event”:
– That was incredible! I rode in a boat on the lake. And suddenly about fifty meters away was a noise. Then something came out of the water get out. At first I thought it was a duck. Automatically grabbed the camera began to take pictures. I examined a long black neck, but not I saw a head.
One of the modern shots of the monster
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Twenty seconds later, miraculous judo went under water, but James managed to take three photos. He admits that he received for them more than earned in the previous twenty years.
James never met with Nessie. And here is the 50-year-old Steve Mallon claims that three times saw the legendary creature. For 21 years he lives in a dilapidated garage on the lake. Three days we are together hunted for a monster, however, to no avail. But I do not regret it. After all Loch Ness is stunningly beautiful: clear, clear water surrounded by trees and bright shrubs, glows, plays in the sun.
And how much I heard from Steve! According to him, in the southern part there were about 30 underwater animals in the lake, but recently they are dying out. Age, there’s nothing to be done … Now only 3 are left – 4 individuals.
American scientist Robert Raines, “digging” 12 years ago supersonar bottom of the lake, did not find anything. And concluded: the monster may have once existed, but died because that civilization settled on the shores of the lake. The plants grew like mushrooms after the rain and dumped chemicals on poor Nessie.
After Robert, Japanese specialists worked here for a year. However, the only thing they installed: at various depths items are moving. What kind? Dont clear. Expedition members tied its failure with a huge amount of work: Loch Ness – the largest lake Great Britain (forty kilometers long) and the third deepest in Europe. The bottom is rocky, with cracks and underwater caves.
– But back in the year before last, I saw three mounds in the water, which Slowly moving with the flow, ”says Steve.
And this is the most convincing proof of the existence of a monster? Hearing the irony in my question, Mr. Mallon begins to reason that if you use the most modern technology and equip to the bottom of the lake the same expedition as being sent into space, a positive result will be: if not her, then her remains.
Some claimed they could even make friends with Nessie
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Lay down
Where are those blessed times when the streets of Inverness filled Thousands of guests with scuba gear, binoculars, film and camera? They are dreamed at least out of the corner of our eyes to look at the “eighth wonder of the world.” A now even under the 80th anniversary of the “appearance” of the monster there are fewer tourists and reporters than before. Travel industry is declining annually about 10 percent.
Owing to lack of faith, the owners of local horses were on a dashing horse. hotels, shops, pubs. A whole army of “eyewitnesses”! And the employees Club Nessie fans (there is one)! And a host of authors of books, articles, films, even poetry.
In Inverness, a fun rhyme spun in my head Arkady Arkanov:
“The Loch Ness monster has a very tired look.
The Loch Ness monster has a brutal headache.
Early in the morning a monster surfaced and learned from the newspapers,
That it is not a monster at all, that it is not mentioned at all.
A monster roared terribly: “Is there, isn’t – all one!”
And, raising a huge wave, it sank forever. ”
Almost the same way, long before Arkanov, our other famous comedians – Ilf and Petrov: “They wrote about the monster with touching constancy every day … The monster was incredulous about people, especially to journalists, and at the sight of them they plunged into water. ”
So the monster should not be taken seriously? Answering my question master of photography james gray said what he wanted to call Nessie’s daughter, but at the last moment changed his mind.
– My wife and I decided to stay at Simon. God knows who I shot, – admitted James.
Even he is in doubt. But if it finally turns out that Scottish monster is a myth, it will be sad. In the current pragmatic times, people generally less likely to recall all the devilry: Bermuda Triangle, UFO, Bigfoot, the same Nessie. Meanwhile, how much more interesting it is to live when you step over routine. After all, life without riddles is green anguish …
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