Creatures, Myths & Legends

NASA invited to help scan Loch Ness as part of major new monster hunt

By T.K. Randall
April 11, 2024

Image: Urquhart Castle from Loch Ness
Credit: Dave Conner / CC BY 2.0 (adapted) Last year, we saw what was billed as the largest Loch Ness monster hunt in 50 years - an endeavor involving hundreds of volunteers as well as the use of dozens of webcams, camera-equipped drones and even special hydrophones that managed to pick up unexplained sounds in the murky depths.

While the search ultimately failed to find anything conclusive, the event itself was so successful that the Loch Ness Monster Centre is going to attempt an even bigger search between May 30th and June 2nd of this year and this time it is calling on a range of experts to come along and help.

There is even a hope that NASA will lend some of its expertise to the problem of finding Nessie.

"We are hoping that experts from NASA might have some advanced imaging technology to scan the loch," said Loch Ness Centre marketing manager Aimee Todd."We would have to sit down and talk to them about how to get it here."

The timing of the new search will coincide with the 90th anniversary of the first ever major search of the loch which was conducted by Sir Edward Mountain and his team back in 1934.

"Last year, we captured the world's attention with one of the biggest ever searches for Nessie, with participants joining us from America, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and more," said Loch Ness Centre general manager Paul Nixon.

"With unexplained noises heard, alongside possible sightings, this year we are determined to find out more about the elusive Loch Ness Monster."

Whether this year's search will actually turn up anything, however, remains to be seen.

Source: Mail Online

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