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theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 08:03 AM Apr 2014

Loch Ness monster ‘found’ on satellite map image

http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/loch-ness-monster-found-on-satellite-map-image-1-3381855
The Scotsman
Sunday 20th April 2014
Loch Ness monster ‘found’ on satellite map image

EVEN the Loch Ness Monster cannot escape computer giant Apple – satellite images from the firm’s mapping app appear to show a creature in the loch.

Two amateur Nessie hunters made the “discovery” on images from different satellites looking down at the Earth.

Images of the location, just south of Dores, were visible on some iPads and iPhones with the map app, according to Peter Thain from Northumberland and Andy Dixon of County Durham.

Mr Dixon said: “It was purely by accident that I came across the image. I was trawling through satellite transmissions of different parts of the country and I thought I would try Loch Ness.... MORE
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Loch Ness monster ‘found’ on satellite map image (Original Post) theHandpuppet Apr 2014 OP
You'll find the image in dipsydoodle's OP - link below intaglio Apr 2014 #1
It looks like a giant trilobite! csziggy Apr 2014 #2
Ha-ha! Either that or a monster-sized flathead catfish theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #3
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Image explained - it's a boat csziggy Apr 2014 #6
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intaglio

(8,170 posts)
1. You'll find the image in dipsydoodle's OP - link below
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 08:29 AM
Apr 2014
Creative Speculation post "Has Apple maps ...

I pointed out that this "monster" seems to have a single propellor judging from the prop wash.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
3. Ha-ha! Either that or a monster-sized flathead catfish
Sun Apr 20, 2014, 03:37 PM
Apr 2014

Don't believe in Nessie, sad to say, because it would be cool to actually find a living specimen. But nothing about Loch Ness tells me it could sustain a large creature much less a population capable of reproducing. Just not enough food species.

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