Googles starts Loch Ness Street View

[some new guy]

The legend of the Loch Ness monster has captured people's imaginations for more than 1,000 years and shows no signs of waning.

There are more Google searches for the alleged creature today than there are for famous British institutions such as Buckingham Palace and the Peak District, the company revealed.

In response to the demand, Google is rewarding the cryptozoologists in all of us by making it possible to search for "Nessie" using Google Street View.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/04/21/the-search-for-the-loch-ness-monster-has-moved-online-thanks-to-google/

and this article has links to the maps...

http://rt.com/news/251745-google-loch-ness-monster/

BEST - Ron

[freetoroam]

Better still, book at trip on the google Nessy car, crew included:

[some new guy]

ha! - yeah, that Nessiemobile is really sweet - it made me chuckle when I 1st saw it

BEST - Ron

[VictorVictor]

How is it exploring when you are looking a pictures that have already been taken?

[paperdyer]

I saw this headline on a Scientific newsletter I get. I guess looking for Nessie will be the "Next Big Thing". Can we look for Bigfoot and the Yeti now, too?

[Podo]

I like the idea, in theory, because if people want to spend time looking at a lake, they're welcome to. I just wish it was a series of webcams or something, as opposed to stillframes.

That being said, while the Loch Ness Monster is a cool idea, it's not and can't be real. There are many cryptids where I can at least entertain the biological validity of, but a giant air-breather in a lake? It just can't happen, so why do we still care?

[b0wn]

Why not have an infrared filter? Just search for heat signatures, or does that not work underwater?

[Athena1979]

Well, that Texas couple caught the chupacabra...so who knows.

http://myfox8.com/2014/04/03/texas-couple-claims-they-have-captured-a-chupacabra/

[Biggz]

Am I missing something here? Aren't these just pictures taken by Google? How are we suppose to search for the Loch ness monster is the pictures don't update every few seconds? Wouldn't it make more sense to have a live camera running 24/7?

[Lenore Graves]

... and all they found is a log

[Lenore Graves]

Well, that Texas couple caught the chupacabra...so who knows.

http://myfox8.com/20...d-a-chupacabra/

Ok that's a just a poor mangy dog

[Crystal Rose]

Maybe someone should ask Google about these questions? It would also be awesome to do the 24/7 cameras world wide! Imagine all the possible things one could discover!

[manticor225]

How is it exploring when you are looking a pictures that have already been taken?

Glad to see someone already posted this question. I mean this is cool and all... but... combing through a street view of one moment in time isn't a search for the Loch Ness Monster.