
The story, which actually first broke in The Sun (which should tell you all you need to know about it's authenticity), says that 25 year old Jason Cooke, a security guard from Nottingham, was browsing Google Earth (hopefully not when you were supposed to be guarding something, Jason!) when he made the startling discovery. "I couldn't believe it" Jason said. "It's just like the descriptions of Nessie."
You can judge this resemblance for yourself by looking at the image above. At first I was quite excited, because it seemed like Nessie might actually be some strange species of giant squid. However, it turns out that the thing on the right is actually a boat, trailing a wake behind it. The object of interest is the thing on the left. You know, the one that looks just like breaking wave crests, possibly on top of those big waves that are running across the picture from side to side.
The Telegraph article is a masterpiece of creative writing, chock full of priceless quotes. Earlier this year, apparently, it was reported that climate change may have killed the Loch Ness Monster. According to the Telegraph, "there have been no credible sightings of Nessie for over a year" which, of course, begs the question of whether there have been any incredible ones and how you distinguish credible from incredible when you're talking about a monster living in a lake in Scotland.
The article goes on to report that there have also been a number of searches for the creature. "The most recent was in 2008 when scientists used sonar and underwater cameras in an attempt to find the animal." It does not mention that they found absolutely zip. This is understandable if, as "veteran American monster hunter" Bob Rhines believes, the environment of the loch can no longer sustain Nessie. Or if (and I realize some of you may think this idea a bit far-fetched) the environment of the loch has never been able to sustain Nessie or any other large aquatic animal and it is inhabited only by shoals of arctic char and the occasional duck
