The mystery of the Loch Ness Monster lives on despite a weekend of amateur sleuthing.
The mystery of the fabled Loch Ness monster endures despite a weekend of mass-participation Nessie hunting.
Observers on a boat using acoustic equipment reported four unidentified "gloops" but then realised their recording device wasn't plugged in.Alan McKenna, from volunteer research group Loch Ness Exploration, was on a boat using a hydrophone system to capture the underwater sounds of the Highlands loch."We all got a bit excited, ran to go make sure the recorder was on and it wasn't plugged in," he sheepishly admitted.
The modern legend began in 1933 when hotel manageress Aldie Mackay claimed to have seen a whale-like creature in the loch.Fact or fiction, the legend of the monster is an important driver of tourism The old hotel building at Drumnadrochit where Aldie Mackay reported her famous sighting is now home to newly-revamped Loch Ness Centre which jointly organised this weekend's hunt with Loch Ness Exploration.
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