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I'm mighty proud of the Parliament
for allowing us
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to make a presentation.
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Our sole objective is
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that scientists dare to come
to Loch Ness to
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debate what these things may be.
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We believe that this is the head
up at the top here.
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The tenth wonder of the world,
if you will, or wonders.
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I mean, there's so much excitement.
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It was a new frontier.
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Scientists by the expedition-ful
roam the lake.
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The big push to find conclusive
evidence that huge creatures
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live in Loch Ness.
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You could go hours and hours
and hours of staring at that loch.
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And knowing, at any moment,
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could encounter the greatest
discovery of the century.
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This very large object is getting
closer, quite a lot closer.
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Of course it was a race,
it was a zoological Mount Everest.
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In the cameras
could be film that would make
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headlines all over the world.
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I must ask you about the Loch Ness
Monster, do you believe it?
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I am totally convinced that
the people with the latest
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investigation are honest
and serious-minded men.
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The Boston Globe suggested
he and his partner were trying to
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make money out of Nessie by selling
the pictures for at least £50,000.
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It's enough to make Nessie
tremble in the depths.
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15 honourable Japanese gentlemen
led by a Chinese pop promoter.
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What do you intend to do if you find
a creature in the loch?
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CHUCKLES
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Her Highness? Which Highness?
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If you go down to the woods today,
you may come across a man
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called Frank Searle.
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Definitely, we were told not to get
involved with Frank Searle
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because he was a dangerous person.
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Like a good soldier with his rifle,
his camera is always loaded,
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always close to hand,
always ready for action.
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I've really, I've really got to get
this photo.
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I feel that I am the one that's
going to get it.
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A lot of people believe
that you have to believe in
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the Loch Ness Monster to see it.
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Believing is seeing.
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BELL CHIMES
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DOG BARKS
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Keira wants to, wants to say hello.
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Kira, sit!
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Do you want to see the photo albums?
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And I know what one is
the Loch Ness one.
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Course, you see here,
it was me manning the camera.
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It was just interesting
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and we didn't make money out of it
or anything.
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I tried to give people
the right idea about Loch Ness,
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rather than all the stuff
that newspapers put around.
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They made it into a huge joke
and I thought it was a shame
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because Loch Ness
was much more than that.
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And that's Frank and me. I was 20.
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So, Frank, when did you move to Loch
Ness?
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Uh, uh, June 16th, 1969.
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I-I pitched my tent on the south
side of Loch Ness.
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Yeah, this is it.
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My simple tent HQ, we became
a kind of mecca for Loch Ness
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enthusiasts from all over the world.
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See, I found that people prefer to,
um,
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to hear the story of Loch Ness
rather than read about it.
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If you go down to the woods today,
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you may come across a tent
in a curious scrub stockade.
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Inside is a man called Frank Searle.
It's not hard to find him -
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he's received mail which was
addressed simply to
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"Frank Searle, the tent,
near Inverness".
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Because Frank Searle is no ordinary
hermit, a cockney ex-soldier,
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he runs his private camp
with military precision.
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He's a man with a mission.
His profession is Monster Hunter.
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Well, I lived as I did as a soldier,
um, here.
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Up at first light, swim in the loch
most mornings, wash, shave,
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tidy up the tent and breakfast.
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He'd seen things that you
and I will never see,
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he had been in the Special Air
Service.
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I think he had a lot of experiences
that you prefer not to have.
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I camp on the lochside.
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I watch the loch
from dawn till dusk.
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Frank, what's the big
appeal of the monster?
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Was there any particular point when
you said, "Right, this is for me"?
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Oh, yes. In 1965, I was looking
across about seven miles of loch,
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it were absolutely empty
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and all of a sudden, there it was
on the surface, a great dark object.
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Oh, seven, eight, ten seconds,
perhaps.
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Moved along and went down again.
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Now, I-I'd read a lot about it,
but then I'd seen it,
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and that really got me hooked.
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For hundreds of years,
the people who live near Loch Ness,
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have told stories of the Loch Ness
Monster.
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Long neck, smallish head
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and a huge humped body which
I reckon was 30ft long.
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We saw two humps. The first hump was
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very, very, um, protruding out
of the water.
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I didn't really believe in it,
you know?
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And when I saw it, it was
frightening, really it was.
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That is the evidence,
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reputable people who all claim
to have seen this thing.
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Suddenly, this huge black neck
coming right out.
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I would estimate about seven
or eight feet out of the water,
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moving slowly along.
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Loch Ness, the most famous
stretch of water on the surface
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of the Earth. Many people have
had strange experiences.
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Ordinary people who, often without
seeking it, have come
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face-to-face with a seemingly
inexplicable mystery.
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All right, you've came a good bit
to hae the truth.
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Hiya, you all right? Hiya.
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Hiya, come on board.
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Hello, ladies and gentlemen.
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My name is Lindsay, I'm a Scottish
lassie, born and bred,
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and I am going to be your tour guide
today, around Loch Ness.
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Loch Ness occupies almost one quarter
of the massive
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geological fault that is
the Great Glen.
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At its greatest depth at Urquhart
Bay, over the years, the most
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prolific monster-hunting area,
it is twice as deep as the North Sea.
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One minute, the loch is mirror calm.
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The next, lashed by winds that
funnel down the Great Glen from
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the Atlantic to create 5ft waves
on this strange, inland sea.
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23 miles long, 755ft deep,
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Loch Ness is a magnet for monsters,
myths and madmen.
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Hello, I'm Leonard Nimoy.
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Few of the great mysteries
we will explore in this
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series are as compelling as the
accounts of an unknown beast
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which lives in a picturesque
Scottish lake.
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The lake is called Loch Ness.
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It is said that here lives
a monster that can make
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the surface of the lake
boil with foam.
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Somebody wrote that the discovery
of the Loch Ness Monster will be
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far greater than
landing on the moon.
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I was a school teacher
in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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I packed a suitcase, I flew to
London, made it up to Inverness...
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..and then took a bus
down to Drumnadrochit.
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I studied geology at university,
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and I thought it was a wonderful
idea,
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that something might have
still existed
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in those deep waters.
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We were so determined to get to Loch
Ness, we got a ride on a coal lorry.
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It was an adventure.
We did not have a map,
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had no idea what we were going into.
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My dream was to see this animal.
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I was a Jewish kid on my way
to law school, um,
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when I got involved with
research at Loch Ness
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and it opened up a world to me
that was very, very different.
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In the States, Vietnam was raging...
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..and I was so happy
to leave that behind me.
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You go turn the radio on for the one
o'clock news and listen to it,
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what am I missing? Strikes,
violence,
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soldiers killed in Ireland, power
cuts...
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Tell me what I'm missing.
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Frank Searle feels that history
has a place for him.
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He's dedicated his life to being
the man who gets the first
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authentic, close-up photograph of
the Loch Ness Monster.
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It's enough to make Nessie tremble
in the depths.
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15 honourable Japanese gentlemen,
led by a Chinese pop promoter.
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But they believe that you are going
to kill the monster.
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This is misinformation,
we are not killing.
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This trip is costing over $500,000.
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Where is the money coming from?
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I see.
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You have promoted sports events
and other public attractions.
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Now, seriously man,
do you really think you can beat me?
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No, I know I can whip you.
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He said no.
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As a promoter he was successful.
Muhammad Ali and Tom Jones,
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you know, these kind of people.
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Who's the champion?
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That was definitely the reason
that he was able to raise the money.
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That was the beginning.
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Why does the Loch Ness Monster
fascinate you so much
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that you wanted to come
all the way from Japan
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to spend all that money
to try and find it? This is...
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It's difficult not to be
mildly sceptical,
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particularly when the party leader,
the remarkable Mr Kou,
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keeps on coming up with new and
right royal reasons for the search.
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Her Highness? Which Highness?
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The 20-strong Japanese team
will begin systematically probing
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the murky depth of Loch Ness
aided by the most up-to-date
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and sophisticated
underwater equipment,
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including a mini sub
with sonar detector.
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This expedition must surely
go down as the most thorough
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and expensive search for Nessie
that has been planned so far.
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That first day that I was there,
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there was this van that was there,
an old beat-up van,
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and on the side of it was LNI -
Loch Ness Investigation.
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Ground zero for monster hunting.
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This is the place that I need to be
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and I became a real die-hard
monster hunter.
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I was astonished
when I first arrived at Loch Ness
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and found this group of people who
were actually taking this seriously.
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I think I have some...
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..photos in here.
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Oh, here's something.
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I had no idea what
I was getting involved with.
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This is my Loch Ness Investigation
Bureau membership card.
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Dated 1972.
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In 1960, a monster hunter
by the name Tim Dinsdale
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packed up his belongings, kissed
his wife and children goodbye,
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and left his home in the south
of England to come here
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to the bonnie banks of Loch Ness,
to go monster hunting.
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Tim Dinsdale,
a former aeronautical engineer,
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now a full-time
resident monster hunter.
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He literally lives on the Loch
on his boat, The Water Horse.
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It's a very difficult job,
no doubt about that.
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The photography is difficult,
the conditions are difficult,
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the odds are difficult.
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People get disappointed and put off,
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but we'll get a lot of film
and we get some very dramatic stuff,
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and people will be very
surprised, I think.
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The first expedition that
my father did was in April 1960,
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and I was acutely aware that Dad
was going off monster hunting.
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He had acquired a camera and he was
setting it up and tinkering with it,
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always loaded into the 1950s
Austin Anglia that he had.
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And I can remember that he
removed the passenger seat,
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and that would be
where the tripod would go
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and he would be able to drive along
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and, like an air gunner, would
be able to fire through the window.
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What was needed was a movie film,
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and in April 1960,
Tim Dinsdale got it.
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Tim, how close are we
to the exact spot
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where you had your famous
film shots?
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Well, pretty close.
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It was down there about
20, 30 yards, I would think.
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Inside the car I had the camera
on a tripod on my left
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and I stopped the car, had a fairly
quiet look at it through binoculars
224
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and while I was watching it
through binoculars
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I could see it very clearly.
226
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It came to life and
it started to move off.
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Then I turned
and I started to shoot the film.
228
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While I was watching it,
it started to move.
229
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The most electrifying moment.
230
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It looked like the back
of a huge animal.
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Reddish brown. It stood two
or three feet out of the water,
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four or five feet across.
233
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And then it approached the far shore
and then, under the surface,
234
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throwing up a wave which has
since been measured on the film
235
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at a height of about two feet.
236
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I can remember watching this
for the first time
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in the front room of my parents'
home through a projector.
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And...I remember watching them
being so disappointed
239
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because it was so indistinct.
240
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He was quite disappointed
with the way this had turned out
241
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because like most photography,
it doesn't actually come out
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in the way that you recall seeing it
with your naked eye.
243
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The film couldn't possibly be the
same when you see it on the screen
244
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as it was seeing it
from here with your own eyes?
245
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Oh, no, well, you know.
246
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But it did capture what I saw.
What's on the film is what I saw.
247
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And he was completely convinced,
248
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which is why he spent so much time
and virtually the rest of his life
249
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trying to get a better
piece of film of it.
250
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Well, I'm going to go on
if necessary for 20 years
251
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because I think that's a fair
research period for anybody
252
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and I shall then be 55.
253
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The film may have been in
black and white
254
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but Tim Tinsdale talked
in technicolour.
255
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His enthusiasm, his conviction,
his integrity
256
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inspired others to come hunting
for the monster.
257
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Wanda, Wanda, there's something
back there!
258
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Where? Where?
259
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By that white house.
To the right of the white house.
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That thing moving.
261
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Oh, I've got it. Have you got it?
Have you got it? Yes. Yeah, yeah.
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There was sufficient
serious interest from scientists,
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also from politicians,
in the possible existence
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of the Loch Ness Monster
that an organisation was formed,
265
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the LNIB -
the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau.
266
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The six 35mm movie cameras,
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all equipped with powerful
telephoto lenses,
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are part of the £20,000 worth of
equipment
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which the bureau possesses.
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The six vans were all painted green,
had a wooden platform on the roof,
271
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and they had Loch Ness Investigation
written along the side of them.
272
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The cameras were movie cameras,
with these great big lenses,
273
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former aerial reconnaissance lenses.
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They had half a dozen green
caravans in a quadrant, gravel area
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and a sign saying,
"Visitors Welcome."
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I was only seven,
on a family holiday,
277
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and I'd never seen
anything like that
278
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and I instantly thought,
"That's what I want to do.
279
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"I want to do what they're doing."
280
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The hunters were really
a mixture of two sorts of people.
281
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There were the wartime veterans
who were bored with life
282
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and they were fascinated.
283
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We are dealing with one of the
largest living creatures on Earth
284
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and we don't know what it is.
285
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Then there were the students,
the sort of hippy generation...
286
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..who wanted to challenge
any sort of authority.
287
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As a youngster I was fascinated.
288
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I thought it was going to be easy
50 years ago.
289
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I think there was a great deal
of idealism.
290
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We were people challenging
a scientific establishment
291
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with the experience
of ordinary people.
292
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There were two huge humps
and a long neck
293
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and the head was, to my view,
it was huge.
294
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Most of the believers now consider
this wretched monster
295
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to be some sort of large,
predatory reptile.
296
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There is the objection of the
complete lack of tangible evidence.
297
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It appeared to be a great, erm...
298
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..black mass.
299
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One big hump. Five or six humps.
300
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,840
You could see quite clearly
it was a single thing.
301
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The thing we call
the Loch Ness Monster
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is really a mixture of rotting
vegetable material, logs,
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tree stumps, tree roots and
commonplace objects and animals,
304
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possibly distorted
by mirage effects.
305
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:47,200
Is there a Loch Ness Monster, then?
Well, I believe so.
306
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We have of course the cine camera
307
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with rather a special
10:1 zoom lens,
308
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,080
we've got a sound collector,
309
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a very bright light,
an amazingly bright light.
310
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Your tenth year since
you got your film
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that you've been looking
for the monster -
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what luck have you had
during that time?
313
00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:16,120
Well, most interestingly,
I haven't really had very much.
314
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:20,880
If Dinsdale hadn't seen
and filmed the monster,
315
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,600
then his lonely ten-year vigil
on the loch would be ridiculous.
316
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,600
When was it last seen?
317
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,280
Erm, that's a difficult one.
318
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,920
They simply decided
that if they watched it
319
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24 hours a day,
how could they miss it?
320
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,520
It's just not that easy.
321
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,000
ALARM RINGS
322
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Despite all this concerted effort
from so many people,
323
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,600
there wasn't really anything decent
in terms of evidence to talk about.
324
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,480
Morale was low.
325
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,440
Dave? Mm?
326
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,360
It's flat calm.
327
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,520
It was vast.
328
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,720
It's a big body of water.
Every wave, every shadow.
329
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,560
Always looking, always keeping
an eye out, and just scanning.
330
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,240
A lot of people involved in the
Loch Ness Investigation Bureau
331
00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,120
were thinking about giving up.
332
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:29,480
They just weren't getting
333
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,040
the results they thought
they would've had by then.
334
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:37,480
Well, we were told that we were
closing in on the Loch Ness Monster.
335
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,000
It was just a matter of time,
really, before one of us
336
00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,720
was in the right place
with the camera
337
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,040
to get the movie film
that would solve the mystery.
338
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,120
You know, you just...kind of hope.
339
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,440
The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau,
340
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,520
despite all the money
and the equipment,
341
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,400
they never came up
with a decent picture,
342
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:18,960
nor did they give out
much in the way of useful
information to the public.
343
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,480
For this, you've got to be
dedicated.
344
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,320
I must come
and be here all the time.
345
00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,800
I must watch this loch from dawn
until dusk because this is like,
346
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:31,280
this is something like winning
the football pools.
347
00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:34,200
You've got to... You are just going
to get the one opportunity
348
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:37,200
and you've got to be on the spot
when that opportunity comes.
349
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,280
Frank Searle's photos were amazing.
350
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,280
Amazing!
351
00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,680
He was getting closer
than anyone else,
352
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,560
he was getting more photos
than anyone else.
353
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,960
These are some of the early pictures
I've taken.
354
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:07,600
The coloured one was taken
in November 1971.
355
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,160
But the really big picture
was this one.
356
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,600
It suddenly appeared on the surface
out towards Urquhart Bay.
357
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:20,400
I got a couple of shots
and it immediately submerged.
358
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,680
He had pictures on display and the
pictures were quite remarkable.
359
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,560
And I remember looking at them
closely and thinking,
360
00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,640
you know, these look real.
361
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,080
If the monster is an optical
illusion or hallucination,
362
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,040
how would one explain
these photographs
363
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,920
taken by Frank Searle from London,
a former professional Army man?
364
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,400
Interesting enough
to make me go away
365
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,200
and think there's probably
something in Loch Ness.
366
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,800
Now, a Daily Record reporter
took some blow-ups
367
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,720
to the Glasgow University
Department of Zoology,
368
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,880
and the zoologist described them
369
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,640
as by far the best pictures
he'd seen from Loch Ness.
370
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:09,360
His sole purpose is to get closeup
pictures of the monster
371
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,640
and collect the kudos and the cash.
372
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,600
I've really got to get this photo.
373
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:15,960
I feel that I'm the one
that's going to get it.
374
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:21,200
When I went up there for the very
first time, he talked about,
375
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,920
well, he sees it every other day.
376
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,760
And I said,
"Have you seen one today?"
377
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,240
He said, "No, not today,
but I saw two on Tuesday."
378
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,600
But it sort of felt real,
it felt genuine.
379
00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,280
By himself, Searle runs
380
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,560
his own one-man investigation unit
at Loch Ness.
381
00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,640
He had a very strong
motivation for retaining
382
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,880
the identity of Loch Ness Monster
383
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,400
because that was how
he was making his money
384
00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,760
and sustaining himself,
and it was his life's work.
385
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,280
I have 20,000 visitors a year.
386
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,920
I get about 2,000 letters a year.
387
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:56,840
Ha-ha! Well, see, I still got this.
388
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,800
He was a little miniature
tourist attraction of his own.
389
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:05,200
Because he sells prints
and he sells his newsletter.
390
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,320
Frank Searle has written
a book on the subject.
391
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,720
Interest in Loch Ness's popular
beastie never seems to wane.
392
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,720
Frank Searle's purpose of being
there was mixed in the sense
393
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,520
that he certainly was after
the Loch Ness Monster,
394
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,040
I don't deny that,
but he was after fame
395
00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,880
and he was after the money
he got from selling his pictures,
396
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,760
and frankly he was after sex.
397
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,520
Well, one of the things
that really surprised me,
398
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,520
the number of women who are
fantastically interested
399
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:37,480
in the Loch Ness Monster.
400
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,240
This was his domain
401
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,360
and he was always shacking up
with one tourist or another.
402
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,480
Girl Fridays,
as he used to call them.
403
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,680
Would any Girl Friday liked to come
and live with a monster hunter
404
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,240
and have a great time?
He was a short, plump cockney
405
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,680
and, for some strange reason,
he had a stream of girls.
406
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,840
There was quite the bravado
that Frank had.
407
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,640
And he was quite proud
about his girlfriend,
408
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,280
who seemed to be quite younger
than him.
409
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,280
And he'd quite often wink
and nod to the caravan.
410
00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:17,200
He used to make
a monthly newsletter.
411
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,200
It gave the news around to loch.
412
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,920
The newsletter said that
he was looking for an assistant.
413
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,080
I was curious, obviously.
414
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,320
So I said,
"OK, I'll apply for the job."
415
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:34,120
It was an adventure,
moving to Scotland.
416
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,640
And here is the caravan.
417
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,720
It was rather small.
In January it was freezing.
418
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:46,720
And here is his Girl Friday,
AKA Lieve, me.
419
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,000
He didn't pay, but it was
board and food and all that -
420
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,760
so cooking, cleaning
and watch the loch with a camera.
421
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,800
And keep him warm at night?
That, too.
422
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,400
An aged fishing boat
hired from a local who got lucky,
423
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,800
oriental inscrutability
and lots of Scotch mist.
424
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:19,920
It must be one of the most bizarre
and colourful expeditions
425
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,560
that's ever taken place
on and beneath
426
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,600
these dark and ominous waters.
427
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,800
We heard the Japanese
were coming to Loch Ness.
428
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,080
They were bringing scientists,
429
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,280
they were talking about
bringing a submarine.
430
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,520
The International
Loch Ness Monster Search Party.
431
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:45,600
They wanted to hire a trawler, found
one on the verge of being scrapped.
432
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,320
There are a lot of people horrified
at the thought
433
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,200
that you might take Nessie away.
434
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:55,800
No, no, no, no, no.
This is not my intention.
435
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:01,920
1970s, at that time,
they really, really have got
436
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,800
quite a negative view
on Japanese people.
437
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,880
The Japanese are
particularly confident
438
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,920
and who knows, with their
noted oriental wiliness,
439
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,720
perhaps they will succeed in once
and for all silencing the cynics
440
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:17,800
and the unbelievers?
441
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,000
This is a group of Japanese people
coming over to Loch Ness
442
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,480
to try to find
the Loch Ness Monster.
443
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,320
Obviously, they just take it
literally.
444
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,560
The Japanese expedition has run into
one or two organisational snags,
445
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:36,800
not the least of them the fact
that the submarine they'd ordered
446
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:38,920
wasn't capable of diving deep enough.
447
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:42,360
They are totally taking the piss
out of all these reporters.
448
00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:01,360
HE PLAYS THE DASHING WHITE SERGEANT
449
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:05,840
We had a bar.
450
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,680
The local people,
for the most part,
451
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:13,120
looked upon the monster hunters
with a certain amount of humour.
452
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,320
They did very little research.
453
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,720
They spent a lot of time
with press conferences.
454
00:34:33,720 --> 00:34:37,880
And then we learn
that their chief sonar operator
455
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:40,000
was a cabaret singer!
456
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:46,200
Their oceanographer
was a star of a sitcom!
457
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,760
So we were scratching our heads.
458
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,600
Has it ever struck you
that the monster might come up
459
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,040
right underneath your boat
460
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,000
and that will be the end
of the Japanese expedition?
461
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,640
LAUGHTER
462
00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:06,520
Well...!
463
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,040
You could say this.
464
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,080
Every year,
thousands of people converge
465
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,280
on the 30 square miles
of Loch Ness,
466
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,760
hoping for a glimpse
from their cars and coaches
467
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,480
of any unknown animals
that may be there.
468
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,160
It's round about here
that most of the sightings
469
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:50,240
of the monster have taken place.
470
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,480
As the Loch Ness Monster
became evermore popular,
471
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,360
you've got this strange circus feel
to the shores of the loch.
472
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,480
Nessie might not know it,
but she's become a media event.
473
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,520
A huge neck appeared
out of the water.
474
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:23,600
Journalists that go to Loch Ness
focus on the characters themselves -
475
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,600
people who are hoping
for their five minutes of fame.
476
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:29,880
Just the sight of this huge neck
477
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,320
filled us with a kind of awe
and amazement.
478
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,360
It gathered a lunatic fringe,
479
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,120
the way we gather midges
when we sit, you know?
480
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,840
So the monster mating
expeditionary team
481
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:52,760
takes the high road to Scotland.
482
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,360
The gyrocopter that had been used
in the James Bond film
483
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:01,480
flew about for a month or so.
484
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:03,960
I have to say, I didn't go up in it,
not my thing.
485
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:11,120
Dolphins - the latest weapon in the
quest for the Loch Ness Monster.
486
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,760
We've been using dolphins
over in Vietnam.
487
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,280
Now they're learning a whole new
range of techniques in preparation
488
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,640
for their role as monster searchers
in the depths of Loch Ness.
489
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,760
We tied dolphins with a camera,
sonar triggered.
490
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,800
Dolphins can attain
great speeds under water.
491
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,400
The US Academy of Applied Science
492
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,040
realised it's a big,
costly operation.
493
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,960
I'd gone over specifically,
you know, for that.
494
00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:44,480
It's unfortunate because there was
a dolphin that died prematurely.
495
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:50,840
It was in a holding tank prior to
transport to the United Kingdom.
496
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,280
This is Walter Cronkite, CBS News.
497
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,200
Some day we may be reporting
that they really did find
498
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,000
the Loch Ness Monster
in that beautiful Scotland lake.
499
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,640
For now, all we can report is
500
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:07,760
they're trying
their best to find it.
501
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,840
You can buy a Nessie T-shirt,
an ashtray, a plaque, a pennant,
502
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:17,040
a dish towel, a car sticker
or a box of monster rock candy.
503
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:23,920
This is Nessie, one of the many,
many different varieties we have.
504
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,240
We've got pink Nessies,
lime green Nessies,
505
00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:28,320
Nessies with tartan bonnets.
506
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,360
We sell thousands, thousands,
and thousands of these.
507
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:33,600
Look at that. That's so cute.
508
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,240
It's a brand.
It's as big as Coca-Cola.
509
00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:39,160
Every home has got to have
a Nessie fridge magnet,
510
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:40,880
believe you me.
511
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,920
The shopkeepers don't really care
whether Nessie exists or not,
512
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,160
as long as the riddle remains.
513
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,560
# But there is a monster
in Loch Ness
514
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,560
# It's a fact ye cannae hide
515
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,920
# She's got mair curves
than a movie star
516
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,800
# And a wiggle three miles wide. #
517
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,320
Hey, kids. Let's play Nessie Hunt.
518
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:06,120
Nessie Hunt!
519
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,920
If Nessie surfaces one of these days
and stays up long enough
520
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:16,440
to see the scientists, the tourists,
the souvenir shops, the journalists,
521
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,480
it might be a few centuries
before we see her again.
522
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:26,640
Everyone wanted a piece of Nessie,
but she hid in the depths unseen.
523
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,280
Until some serious
scientists arrived.
524
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,520
And with them they brought
their can-find attitudes,
525
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:38,800
a lot of money, and sonar.
526
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,200
We were heading for a place
near Urquhart Castle
527
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,240
where we'd arranged
to meet Dr Rines.
528
00:39:51,240 --> 00:39:54,240
He's the leader of the expedition
who'd flown from America
529
00:39:54,240 --> 00:39:56,960
to be here to supervise
this operation.
530
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:58,320
As a lawyer, I can quote
531
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:01,040
what some of our British
barristers have told us -
532
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,640
that if the Nessie story
had been a murder case,
533
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:05,840
there'd have been
a hanging long since.
534
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,200
Bob Rines was a very charismatic
guy.
535
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,720
He was driven by belief.
536
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,200
He was certain
he had seen this animal.
537
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:22,040
We unmistakably saw
a giant hump in the water,
538
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:25,200
move slowly out in the bay,
turn around and come back
539
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,040
and then submerge.
540
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,080
Bob was a very powerful character
541
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:34,200
and it was he, really, who was
roping in the technicians,
542
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,360
the scientists, the engineers.
543
00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:40,840
We're not zoologists at the
Academy of Applied Science.
544
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,720
If we have any skill at all,
545
00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:46,040
it is in the area of underwater
photography and sonar
546
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,200
and experimental techniques.
547
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:52,400
He was a leader and assembled
this team of other, erm...
548
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:55,040
..super geniuses.
549
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:57,480
There's simply no other way
to describe them.
550
00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:02,280
When he combines the strobe
with a high-speed camera...
551
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:03,840
Ready to go?
552
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,640
All set?
553
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,360
We want to show the scientific world
554
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:13,480
techniques for trying to observe
these large animals.
555
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,920
Bob Rines funded these expeditions.
556
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,800
It was a quarter million dollars'
worth of equipment...
557
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,560
..an array of underwater lights.
558
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:28,040
We had four cameras, sonar.
559
00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:30,760
Me at Loch Ness.
560
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,560
I met Lee, one of the American team.
561
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,640
Lee, this bottom box here with
all the wires, what's that bit?
562
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,560
Well, this is actually
the brains of the whole operation.
563
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,320
And the computer.
564
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:46,720
Who knows what that was?
565
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:50,520
In 1972 it was a remarkable
piece of equipment.
566
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,600
A sonar beam is sent out and if
it meets anything swimming around,
567
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:58,920
this equipment starts
the cameras rolling.
568
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,280
They know it works.
569
00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,960
Here's film shot by the cameras
underneath Loch Ness.
570
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,800
Here we are floating on Loch Ness.
Where do you think they are now?
571
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,360
Down below.
572
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:17,720
We had a boat.
It was moored at Urquhart Bay.
573
00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:19,840
And I sat and watched.
574
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,000
..whoa, hold on a minute.
575
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:43,120
On the sonar trace,
this thing comes up...
576
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,960
..going up the page,
which means it's coming towards me.
577
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,760
What is happening here?
It was very exciting.
578
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,680
Suddenly this big,
strong trace appeared
579
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,560
and it was interpreted
as being a large creature.
580
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:08,040
This very large object
is getting closer.
581
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,000
Quite a lot closer.
582
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,920
My heart was in my mouth.
583
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:22,240
Finally, the golden moment.
584
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,480
Something big, living in the loch.
585
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,040
We did in fact detect
large moving objects
586
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,880
that seem to be
from 20 to 30ft long
587
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,760
and, from the sonar signature,
indicates that they have
588
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,480
humps or projections
spaced about six feet apart.
589
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:44,080
These four cylinders
were the camera housings.
590
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:46,040
It was good to see them safely up.
591
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,080
There was an air of excitement
all around.
592
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:51,920
In the cameras could be film
593
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,240
that would make headlines
all over the world.
594
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,320
There was a very
dramatic breakthrough
595
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:08,000
in the form of this picture,
taken at a depth of 50ft.
596
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,800
This is the first time
anything of this length
597
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,360
has ever been photographed
in this kind of water.
598
00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,680
Well, we submitted this
to what we might say
599
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:21,640
is an international jury of sonar
experts
600
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,800
and optical experts
and photographic experts.
601
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:26,720
And we were certainly delighted
that we could make out shapes
602
00:44:26,720 --> 00:44:28,800
that competent people
could definitely say,
603
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:30,480
"Yes, that looks like a flipper."
604
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:32,360
It has caused
somewhat of a sensation
605
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:34,200
with scientists all over the world
606
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:36,880
and many experts interested
in the Loch Ness Monster
607
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,880
are getting very interested
in this particular photograph.
608
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:44,840
On the basis of the photograph
and the sonar information,
609
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,560
we have actually made
a giant flipper,
610
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:51,720
which is in fact the size of the
flipper that was photographed,
611
00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:53,920
if that in fact is what it was.
612
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:57,280
So on this model, which flipper?
I think it's probably this one.
613
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:59,360
Thank you very much for coming.
614
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,440
Very kind of you. If we get any
film, I'm sure you'll get to see it.
615
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:10,360
When I saw the flipper photo,
I was wrapped up in this...
616
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:13,360
..world of wonder.
617
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,520
There's no other way to put it.
618
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,240
There was a little bit
of true magic in that,
619
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:21,800
and Bob was
a very, very credible guy.
620
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:25,120
So it just seemed
like the first step.
621
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:29,080
Well, of course, none of
us were impressed
622
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:30,840
with the quality of the photographs
623
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:33,760
and we were all disappointed
that zoologists wouldn't be able
624
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,880
from these photographs to make
an identification of the animal.
625
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,280
It was time to roll up our sleeves
626
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:43,480
and now let's get proof
that these animals existed.
627
00:45:56,520 --> 00:45:59,280
TAPE: Look, the problem
is that there's never, ever
628
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,040
been a scientific expedition
at Loch Ness.
629
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,800
There's been a lot of gimmicks
and publicity stunts,
630
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:07,560
which the public have been
told are expeditions.
631
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,680
I've seen them all
and it's absolutely hilarious.
632
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,960
How many sightings
have you catalogued?
633
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:15,080
I've made 38 sightings myself.
634
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,600
What has been the best sighting?
All of them.
635
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:19,160
All of them!
636
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:23,280
TAPE: Now, do you think that you
could have been mistaken
637
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,120
with any of these sightings,
and that...
638
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,800
No. ..they may have been due
to natural explanations?
639
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,520
That is rubbish.
I was a professional soldier
640
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:33,240
in a specialised Army regiment
for 18 years,
641
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,760
the government spent a lot of
time and money training me,
642
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:37,200
I've been all over the world.
643
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,760
When I've seen an animal
I know I've seen an animal.
644
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:42,680
You know, I reckon the
most dedicated watchers
645
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,440
of Loch Ness are us loners.
646
00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:48,240
TAPE: Have you ever seen more
than one animal
647
00:46:48,240 --> 00:46:49,600
on the loch at the same time?
648
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:52,560
Yes, in 1975, and it was
written up in my first book.
649
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:55,120
Myself and a French Canadian girl
saw two small ones
650
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,920
near the mouth of a river,
about four and a half feet long.
651
00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:02,320
The interview came about
because we corresponded
652
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:04,720
for a good number of years
throughout the 1970s.
653
00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:07,240
And I said,
"Look, I've got to meet this guy.
654
00:47:07,240 --> 00:47:09,360
"I've got to go up to Loch Ness
655
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:13,040
"and sit this fella down and
interview him about what he's seen."
656
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:14,960
I'm the only person in the world
657
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,080
who's ever written a book
about Loch Ness
658
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,320
based on his own experiences.
659
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,000
Well, I'll admit,
I was in awe of the man.
660
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:25,720
When I met him and we did the
interview, I was mesmerised.
661
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:30,240
I've taken pictures on 12 occasions
and one piece of movie film.
662
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:36,200
He did set up his own exhibition
on the far side of the loch.
663
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,800
The people that came
to our side of the loch
664
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,880
when the weather was good,
50 to 100 a day.
665
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:45,960
People from all over the world.
666
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,840
It was fun because when
somebody German or Italian
667
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,360
came to ask questions,
I could answer them.
668
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:55,160
Americans would say, "Huh,
you don't have any electricity."
669
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:03,280
I'd seen Frank Searle's displays
and he was such a believable person.
670
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:05,960
And I started thinking
about Loch Ness.
671
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:07,720
So I was interested.
672
00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:09,880
Now here, this picture
does actually show
673
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:11,800
the creature with its mouth open.
674
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:15,280
It was on the surface somewhere
about eight or nine seconds.
675
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:16,760
To find Frank, you had to go down
676
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,080
the other side of the loch
on a much narrower road.
677
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,240
But his big problem, as a tourist
attraction,
678
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:22,920
was he was on
the wrong side of the loch.
679
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,320
He was on the side of the loch
680
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,240
that doesn't have a main road
going down it.
681
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,040
Now, Frank Searle,
he wanted the fame.
682
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,400
He wanted to be number-one
monster hunter.
683
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:37,040
Everyone over there on the other
side of the loch, LNI, Adrian Shine,
684
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:41,240
these are just the opposition
stopping him becoming more famous.
685
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:43,760
So there was always
something going on,
686
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:46,280
which was taking the limelight
away from Frank.
687
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:52,920
I looked around and thought,
688
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,600
well, there's no exhibition
down in Drumnadrochit.
689
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:58,080
There's nothing anyone
can go and see.
690
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,200
The exhibition opened with
a design by Tony Harmsworth.
691
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,920
We delve into the biology of the
loch, the physics of the loch,
692
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,120
the history of the loch.
693
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:14,360
You can't really expect feeding time
for the Loch Ness Monster.
694
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,960
The exhibition I set up showed
as many pictures as we could show.
695
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:27,800
Frank Searle thought we were trying
to muscle in on what he was doing.
696
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:33,000
He became very nasty, very quickly.
697
00:49:35,720 --> 00:49:37,720
He was bad-mouthing me.
698
00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:41,120
I had a note on my windscreen,
699
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,520
telling me I wasn't
going to live very long.
700
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:52,560
More and more photos came along
and more and more photos.
701
00:49:53,760 --> 00:49:55,720
I think these two pictures
702
00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:58,120
are the best that have ever been
taken on Loch Ness.
703
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,400
The loch was pretty calm
704
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:04,480
and we saw the head and neck come up
with a big splash of water.
705
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:09,080
At first, his photos looked good
706
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:12,560
and there was no reason
to doubt their authenticity.
707
00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:19,240
But probably the greatest
picture of all,
708
00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:23,640
the head, neck, the back came up
with a big splash of water.
709
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:28,440
These were great photographs.
710
00:50:28,440 --> 00:50:31,160
You know, close up,
head and neck, humps.
711
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:34,240
When the picture is examined,
it's possible to see
712
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:37,680
the face of the creature - one
of the eyes, the line of the mouth,
713
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,840
the twisted tendons on the neck
where its head's turned back.
714
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:46,840
We began to realise the press
had a stock of photographs
715
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:51,000
that he had taken,
ready to be used on a slow news day.
716
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,800
Over the other side of the loch,
they were getting nothing.
717
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:03,640
People said, "How did he do this?"
718
00:51:03,640 --> 00:51:06,000
People began to get suspicious.
719
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:11,640
If they questioned
the content of the photographs,
720
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:13,920
he got quite aggressive with them.
721
00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:17,440
I noticed a member of the Bureau
722
00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:20,440
photographing the pictures
on display.
723
00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:24,240
I grabbed him
and I punched him very hard.
724
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:31,240
Mr Searle promised to send me
the negatives of his photographs
725
00:51:31,240 --> 00:51:34,640
for expert scrutiny,
but has since changed his mind.
726
00:51:46,240 --> 00:51:49,280
I worked for Nature magazine,
727
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:56,240
one of the leading scientific
research publications in the world.
728
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:06,240
Whether it was biology, chemistry,
physics, any science subject,
729
00:52:06,240 --> 00:52:12,400
it was the pinnacle of an academic
researcher's achievements
730
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:15,280
if they got a paper published
in Nature.
731
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:22,240
There was whispering
going on around the office.
732
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:26,880
The door to the editor's
office opened
733
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:31,480
and the editor named two individuals
who were senior editors
734
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:34,960
and he called them into his office.
735
00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:38,840
The door was slammed shut
and there was then much discussion.
736
00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:47,600
Rumours swept up
and down the Great Glen.
737
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:52,040
They've done it.
They had got the mugshot.
738
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:54,800
They've captured
the image of the century.
739
00:52:58,560 --> 00:53:01,240
They had proof of the monster.
740
00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:06,040
A special press conference,
741
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:10,120
which promises to reveal new
evidence of a creature in Loch Ness.
742
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:13,040
Dr Rines and his friends were saying
743
00:53:13,040 --> 00:53:17,680
that the utmost secrecy
had to be observed.
744
00:53:23,720 --> 00:53:26,360
There was a press conference
in the House of Commons.
745
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,080
That was big.
746
00:53:32,640 --> 00:53:35,840
Number one, I'm mighty proud
of the Parliament
747
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:39,400
for allowing us to make a
presentation of some evidence.
748
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:41,560
It was a world first.
749
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:47,400
Finally identifying a prehistoric
creature in Loch Ness.
750
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:52,000
We believe that this is the head
up at the top here.
751
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:08,000
We feel so strongly with regard
to the reality of what we have,
752
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:12,680
that we think is the tenth wonder of
the world, if you will, or wonders.
753
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:20,600
FRENCH NEWS REPORT: Londres en
cours d'un rebondissement majeur
754
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:22,800
concernant le fameux
monstre du Loch Ness.
755
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,400
Des photographies ont ete
presentees aujourd'hui...
756
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,760
NEWS REPORT: Amazing news
from Scotland tonight.
757
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:29,720
A press conference in Parliament...
758
00:54:29,720 --> 00:54:32,440
OVERLAPPING NEWS REPORTS
759
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:39,480
NEWS REPORT: ..journalists
that appeared to show the head,
760
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:42,320
neck and flippers
of the legendary beast.
761
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:46,680
I must ask you, of course,
because it's currently been
762
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:49,560
in the news about Nessie, the Loch
Ness Monster, we've had put
763
00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:52,880
before us what's said to be the
definitive evidence that it exists.
764
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:55,800
There is a camera 40ft
under the surface of the loch.
765
00:54:55,800 --> 00:54:58,560
So it was an object which was
40ft down in Loch Ness,
766
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:00,160
which was moving,
767
00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,880
which was registered both
photographically and on sonar.
768
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:06,200
Now, the very least you can say is
that that needs explanation. Yes.
769
00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:10,200
Our sole objective is to get
770
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:13,400
the zoological community
all over the world,
771
00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:17,840
as well as other scientists,
to analyse what we have produced
772
00:55:17,840 --> 00:55:21,000
and indeed to debate
what these things may be.
773
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,320
There was a massive
amount of media interest.
774
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:27,280
It was on the cover of Time
Magazine,
775
00:55:27,280 --> 00:55:29,680
it was in newspapers,
it was discussed on TV.
776
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,640
Nessiteras Rhombopteryx.
777
00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:38,080
It was coming up to Christmas,
778
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:41,800
and as at least one of the papers
pointed out,
779
00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:44,720
it was a Christmas gift
to the world.
780
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:53,400
I never believed
in the Loch Ness Monster
781
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:55,600
until I went to live in the area.
782
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:58,760
I don't think that most people
I came across up there
783
00:55:58,760 --> 00:56:01,120
were reluctant to talk
about what they'd seen.
784
00:56:02,560 --> 00:56:04,480
I think these two pictures
785
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:07,600
are the best that have ever
been taken on Loch Ness.
786
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:10,640
The loch was pretty calm
and we saw the head
787
00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:13,560
and neck come up
with a big splash of water.
788
00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:17,040
The 1970s, summer holiday,
I met Frank Searle,
789
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:21,320
and I was a teenager then,
and he'd got his caravan
790
00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:24,400
and his lean-to exhibition
on the side of it
791
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:26,320
with all his photographs in it.
792
00:56:26,320 --> 00:56:28,680
I never believed him.
793
00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:30,960
No, I think Frank was...
794
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:34,600
..bullshit.
795
00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:40,040
If someone caught one and walked
down the M1 with it on a rope,
796
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:42,320
there would still be
someone calling it fake.
797
00:56:43,720 --> 00:56:46,040
And these are the photos
that Frank took.
798
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,400
Do you think he faked
the photographs?
799
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:50,280
I don't see how he could have done.
800
00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:52,480
How are you going
to take a photograph
801
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:55,160
and be there at the same time
moving it around?
802
00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:59,480
If you look closely, you can
see a bit of movement in the water.
803
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:03,280
So I... I don't see how
he could have faked these things.
804
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,280
I remember looking at them
805
00:57:08,280 --> 00:57:11,640
and there were a lot of tourists
milling about Frank's caravan
806
00:57:11,640 --> 00:57:15,880
and I asked him if anybody had ever
accused him of faking photos.
807
00:57:15,880 --> 00:57:17,760
And he said, "No."
808
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:19,760
And I could see he was shaking.
809
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:22,000
And I said, "Why are you shaking?"
810
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:25,760
And he said, "I'm not shaking."
811
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:29,160
And I said, "What are you doing,
then? What's going on?"
812
00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:33,080
And he pulled a knife out of his
pocket and he pointed it at me.
813
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:37,160
And I remember coming out
and I remember saying,
814
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:39,280
"Yeah, I've seen all your stuff.
815
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:42,280
"Have you got any REAL photographs
of it?"
816
00:57:42,280 --> 00:57:46,120
To which he went, "Real photographs,
boy! Real photographs!
817
00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:48,480
"They're ALL real photographs, boy."
818
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:53,560
He threw me against a tree,
told me to get the hell out of there
819
00:57:53,560 --> 00:57:56,120
or else he was going to throw me
into the loch.
820
00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:59,960
And I just said, "You can tell these
people what you want to tell them,
821
00:57:59,960 --> 00:58:02,040
"but we both know the truth.
822
00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:09,600
Now, this photograph here,
taken in February 1976,
823
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:12,480
very convincing - long neck
and head, a hump
824
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:15,120
taken against the background
of Loch Ness.
825
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:19,280
But the problem with this photograph
is that it was exposed as a fake
826
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:22,280
due to the discovery
of this postcard...
827
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:26,320
..published around that time.
828
00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:28,360
It shows where Frank Searle got
829
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:31,000
this photograph
of the Loch Ness Monster.
830
00:58:34,800 --> 00:58:38,080
What we have here is
a double-page spread
831
00:58:38,080 --> 00:58:41,920
and it is the expose
of Frank Searle.
832
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:46,240
" 'I'm no fraud,' says Frank,
the Loch Ness Monster Hunter."
833
00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:50,160
Here is a postcard, it was
available in Inverness at the time,
834
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:52,120
it's the same.
835
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:54,520
And this one, this was a model,
836
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:57,480
and that was found at his base camp
as well.
837
00:58:57,480 --> 00:59:00,480
It really was the death knell
for Frank Searle.
838
00:59:13,520 --> 00:59:16,200
I'd say this to the Nessie hunter.
839
00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:21,000
If you get a picture on a par
with the ones taken so far...
840
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,520
..stick it in your family album.
841
00:59:24,520 --> 00:59:27,440
Only show it to those
of your friends who are believers.
842
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:35,400
Have no doubt that some will still
accuse you of faking the pictures.
843
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:50,120
All of us were driven by pure
imagination, curiosity,
844
00:59:50,120 --> 00:59:53,880
and we were so determined to,
you know,
845
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:56,720
fight the tides that said,
"This is all fake."
846
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:02,200
And here on the other
side of the loch
847
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:07,200
was a guy who was providing
evidence that it was all fake.
848
01:00:11,680 --> 01:00:14,840
Frank Searle was a very
unlikable rogue
849
01:00:14,840 --> 01:00:17,720
who faked pictures
and defamed other people.
850
01:00:32,000 --> 01:00:34,280
The monster of Loch Ness
is so famous
851
01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:36,360
that it's eclipsed all its rivals.
852
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:39,640
But it's American lawyer Bob Rines
who's come closest
853
01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:42,960
to proving the monster
exists using strobe cameras.
854
01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:48,040
These cameras are suspended in the
water and are taking pictures.
855
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:51,360
And our best picture
improved by enhancement
856
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:54,160
was of a flipper that the
optical experts tell us
857
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:57,160
is some eight feet long
and about two feet wide.
858
01:00:57,160 --> 01:01:02,520
A distinct flipper-type structure
sticking out of a...
859
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:07,760
..body which seemed to be
really convex.
860
01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:10,080
Do you believe it?
861
01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:12,000
Well, I think, erm...
862
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:14,360
The first thing you have to say is,
863
01:01:14,360 --> 01:01:19,800
are the people who are making
the investigation dishonest?
864
01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:22,720
I mean, are they actually
trying to kid us?
865
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,960
And I am totally convinced
that the people,
866
01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:29,720
particularly the people now with
the latest investigation, are not.
867
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:32,400
I mean, they are honest
and serious-minded men.
868
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:38,720
How did you focus in
on what you painted?
869
01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:41,520
Well, partly from new photographs
taken by Robert Rines
870
01:01:41,520 --> 01:01:44,960
and partly from... These were the
fins? The fins, yes.
871
01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:48,760
The diamond-shaped fin
after which we named the animal.
872
01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:53,280
We feel that with the presentation
of valid evidence
873
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:56,240
that science should perhaps
pay a little more attention.
874
01:01:58,680 --> 01:02:01,480
You've seen these famous pictures
Dr Rines took
875
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:04,560
of these strange objects
in the loch?
876
01:02:04,560 --> 01:02:06,000
Yes.
877
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:09,440
Well, quite frankly,
I'm utterly confused and bewildered
878
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:12,600
by the various arguments and ideas
that have been put forward.
879
01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:14,960
It seems to me
we should be quite clear
880
01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:17,360
about what we have been invited
to accept.
881
01:02:22,440 --> 01:02:26,200
I don't believe these
latest photographs prove a thing.
882
01:02:26,200 --> 01:02:28,520
That's the data,
it's the true data,
883
01:02:28,520 --> 01:02:30,720
and that's the picture
that was taken.
884
01:02:30,720 --> 01:02:33,800
Thanks to the very bold
and ingenious experiments
885
01:02:33,800 --> 01:02:36,080
plugged away at by Bob Rines,
886
01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:39,480
pictures were obtained as you know.
One is showing what could be
887
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:43,360
a head, a long neck and a great body
with two limb-like protrusions.
888
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:46,680
Leading British photographic
experts had evidence
889
01:02:46,680 --> 01:02:49,080
to suggest that the 9ft neck
890
01:02:49,080 --> 01:02:51,520
in the so-called
head and neck photograph
891
01:02:51,520 --> 01:02:53,480
was in fact only 18 inches long.
892
01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:59,280
The earlier flipper photograph,
the flipper mystery,
893
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:02,840
the now famous Rines photograph,
is of course quite intriguing.
894
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,760
This was essentially the first image
that was sent to us.
895
01:03:08,040 --> 01:03:10,280
An impressive photo of a flipper.
896
01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:14,000
That first reaction is to say, "Wow,
that's what we've been looking for."
897
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:17,800
The case that this flipper
is the limb of a large,
898
01:03:17,800 --> 01:03:20,920
air-breathing animal
is quite definitely not proven.
899
01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:25,840
My suspicions got aroused because
the lighting's wrong for a start.
900
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:27,760
There's a shadow on both sides,
901
01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:30,120
which you can't get with
a single source of light.
902
01:03:30,120 --> 01:03:32,080
You'd only get a shadow on one side.
903
01:03:32,080 --> 01:03:35,080
Computer enhanced.
That was the phrase that was used.
904
01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:39,080
And our best picture
improved by enhancement...
905
01:03:39,080 --> 01:03:41,320
Improved by enhancement...
906
01:03:41,320 --> 01:03:44,840
Now there's some discussion about
whether errors could have been made
907
01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:47,360
in the computerisation
of these pictures.
908
01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:50,040
They've been studied very
carefully by real experts,
909
01:03:50,040 --> 01:03:51,960
who know what they're talking about,
910
01:03:51,960 --> 01:03:54,720
and they have arrived
at certain conclusions.
911
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:57,080
There were two computers
that were capable
912
01:03:57,080 --> 01:03:59,160
of doing computer enhancement,
913
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:02,000
and the Russians had one
and we had another.
914
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:06,160
And by doing that, we brought
out that flipper shape.
915
01:04:07,720 --> 01:04:11,400
I make my living by my integrity,
so do my colleagues.
916
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:15,200
And it wouldn't be worth our while
to lose our professional standing
917
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:17,920
with being involved
in such nonsense.
918
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:20,920
We were sent a copy of the original,
which is this one.
919
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:35,360
The original flipper picture shows
a swirl of silt,
920
01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:37,960
and it's clearly silt
from the bottom.
921
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:40,520
At the time that some of these
pictures were taken,
922
01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:43,400
one was four o'clock in the morning,
I wasn't there all night.
923
01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:46,720
I started to look into the
computer enhancement process.
924
01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:50,000
If you look carefully,
the edges are incredibly straight.
925
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:53,000
It's not natural.
926
01:04:55,360 --> 01:04:57,440
He was portrayed as
an expert in the field,
927
01:04:57,440 --> 01:04:59,120
the head of a science academy.
928
01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:01,360
But then he went into hiding
from the press,
929
01:05:01,360 --> 01:05:03,440
upset by growing criticism.
930
01:05:06,600 --> 01:05:08,920
Somebody took a brush
and drew a flipper round.
931
01:05:08,920 --> 01:05:10,680
You know, simple as that.
932
01:05:12,600 --> 01:05:14,840
Bob wasn't too happy
with that information.
933
01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:16,760
He said, "Piss off, sonny."
934
01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:23,840
His own local newspaper,
The Boston Globe,
935
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:27,240
suggested he and his partner were
trying to make money out of Nessie
936
01:05:27,240 --> 01:05:30,000
by selling the pictures
for at least £50,000.
937
01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:33,320
It was blamed on a magazine editor
who had retouched it.
938
01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:36,520
But that didn't stop
the Academy of Applied Science
939
01:05:36,520 --> 01:05:38,320
circulating it widely.
940
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:41,280
Can Dr Rines give us
an absolute guarantee
941
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:43,840
that there is no hoaxing about this?
942
01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:46,760
What do you mean by hoax?
943
01:05:46,760 --> 01:05:48,680
That this picture is genuine
944
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:51,800
and was taken where stated
and shows what appears?
945
01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:53,800
Absolutely.
946
01:05:53,800 --> 01:05:56,440
His Academy of Applied Science
is not well known
947
01:05:56,440 --> 01:05:58,160
by other experts in the field
948
01:05:58,160 --> 01:06:00,680
and it's run from the block of flats
where he lives,
949
01:06:00,680 --> 01:06:02,920
apparently as a part-time
enterprise.
950
01:06:02,920 --> 01:06:07,120
Mr Rines runs his law firm from this
office block in Boston City Centre.
951
01:06:07,120 --> 01:06:09,600
As a lawyer,
he's highly successful,
952
01:06:09,600 --> 01:06:13,240
as an explorer for monsters he still
apparently has some way to go.
953
01:06:21,880 --> 01:06:25,280
A lot of people are sceptical
about the Loch Ness Monster,
954
01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:27,160
but there's something else.
955
01:06:28,400 --> 01:06:33,400
To me, the loch itself is
threatening, overpowering.
956
01:06:35,320 --> 01:06:39,000
Well, I always think that Loch Ness
is one of those places
957
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:42,120
where if there is no monster,
there ought to be.
958
01:06:42,120 --> 01:06:46,720
There's a curious atmosphere
around Loch Ness, sort of ominous.
959
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:48,760
It is quite a haunted area too.
960
01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:55,760
Someone brought a priest to the loch
to carry out an exorcism.
961
01:06:57,840 --> 01:07:00,000
He noted mental deterioration
962
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:02,680
amongst the monster hunters
that he met
963
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:06,120
and he attributed it to evil forces.
964
01:07:14,240 --> 01:07:18,800
It is the frontier of mystery,
the mysteriousness of those depths.
965
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:23,360
But the place itself
becomes kind of enchanted.
966
01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:28,080
Some things have to be believed
to be seen.
967
01:07:28,080 --> 01:07:32,320
This is the cabin which I built
on the shore of the loch.
968
01:07:32,320 --> 01:07:36,360
And now I'm hearing that this was
some kind of supernatural entity,
969
01:07:36,360 --> 01:07:38,600
the ghost of a dinosaur,
970
01:07:38,600 --> 01:07:41,440
some nights I was just terrified.
971
01:07:50,240 --> 01:07:53,760
We were at one end of the loch
and Frank Searle,
972
01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:56,440
he was six or seven miles down
the other side of the loch
973
01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:57,680
on the other side.
974
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:03,560
Definitely, we were told not to get
involved with Frank Searle
975
01:08:03,560 --> 01:08:06,200
because he was potentially
a dangerous person.
976
01:08:06,200 --> 01:08:09,440
This is a scrapbook of photographs
I took of Loch Ness,
977
01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:12,120
just the people and some of
the work we were doing.
978
01:08:12,120 --> 01:08:15,200
I must be 20 years old, maybe.
979
01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:18,520
And then just some volunteers here.
980
01:08:18,520 --> 01:08:22,400
Adrian Shine, who was the field
leader on the Loch Ness project.
981
01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:24,880
Adrian is a very impressive
individual.
982
01:08:24,880 --> 01:08:27,560
I think people meeting him for the
first time would think him
983
01:08:27,560 --> 01:08:28,800
slightly scary, really,
984
01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:31,200
but he's always one step ahead
of everybody else.
985
01:08:31,200 --> 01:08:33,240
Adrian Shine, he absolutely
has the feeling
986
01:08:33,240 --> 01:08:34,920
of the sort of explorer type to him.
987
01:08:34,920 --> 01:08:37,600
And he had a combative side
and an aggressive side.
988
01:08:37,600 --> 01:08:40,840
I mean, someone who was willing to
stand up and defend his position.
989
01:08:42,720 --> 01:08:44,760
Was Frank Searle a problem for us?
990
01:08:44,760 --> 01:08:46,560
He defamed us.
991
01:08:47,560 --> 01:08:52,800
And people would visit him and be
told things and think less of us.
992
01:08:52,800 --> 01:08:55,040
So, yes, he was a problem.
993
01:08:58,120 --> 01:09:00,840
The existence of a project
on the far side of the loch
994
01:09:00,840 --> 01:09:03,720
that was sucking up the media
attention and the tourists was
995
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:05,960
an issue for Frank.
996
01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:08,760
You know, for God's sake, don't say
you're from the Loch Ness project.
997
01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:09,960
He hates us.
998
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:12,560
Adrian had always said,
"Let's just be discreet.
999
01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:14,520
"He's there. We're here.
1000
01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:16,640
"Don't come
into each other's range."
1001
01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:24,440
The opposition regularly pulled down
my only signboard,
1002
01:09:24,440 --> 01:09:27,840
up near the top road junction.
1003
01:09:27,840 --> 01:09:31,320
They spattered my information
out with paint
1004
01:09:31,320 --> 01:09:35,440
and once threw a stone
through my window.
1005
01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:40,080
Did anyone go,
"Let's sort this guy out"?
1006
01:09:40,080 --> 01:09:41,560
No. I mean...
1007
01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,800
We did get his book withdrawn
by the publisher.
1008
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:12,600
Frank Searle
came across the loch in his boat
1009
01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:15,600
and scrawled on the castle wall
in red paint...
1010
01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:27,840
..and huge letters, "SHINE CONMAN".
1011
01:10:32,920 --> 01:10:37,280
I think Frank Searle suffered
from the isolation and...
1012
01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:41,680
..he was a possibly deranged
individual.
1013
01:10:49,200 --> 01:10:52,360
TAPE: For 11 years,
the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau
1014
01:10:52,360 --> 01:10:54,760
practically ruled
the Loch Ness scene.
1015
01:10:54,760 --> 01:10:58,080
Much of the so-called investigation
was done for publicity
1016
01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:00,280
or sheer financial gain.
1017
01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:02,720
I don't think he was a bad person.
1018
01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:05,280
He was very opinionated.
1019
01:11:05,280 --> 01:11:09,320
TAPE: But of course science would
find it hard to accept pictures.
1020
01:11:09,320 --> 01:11:12,240
We would really want
one of the animals on the table.
1021
01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:16,640
He came to the conclusion
that nobody would believe it.
1022
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:18,720
So he said, "We have to catch one."
1023
01:11:18,720 --> 01:11:22,880
He said, "Because if you catch one,
nobody can deny its existence."
1024
01:11:25,840 --> 01:11:30,480
I'd been there for about two years
and then Pat arrived.
1025
01:11:33,680 --> 01:11:35,920
But there were others as well.
1026
01:11:35,920 --> 01:11:39,440
And did he sleep with other women
in the caravan when you were there?
1027
01:11:39,440 --> 01:11:40,800
Yeah.
1028
01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:44,840
What did you do -
hide under the pillow?
1029
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:47,240
No, just read a book.
1030
01:11:48,560 --> 01:11:51,040
But it was a small caravan.
1031
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:56,800
And this is a silly...
1032
01:11:57,960 --> 01:11:59,440
..story.
1033
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:03,000
"Ladies of the loch."
1034
01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:06,200
I don't like it because
I seem to be the main subject.
1035
01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:11,640
I remember asking her
about the monster
1036
01:12:11,640 --> 01:12:14,200
and she said that
she hadn't seen a monster,
1037
01:12:14,200 --> 01:12:17,000
the only monster she'd seen
around here was Frank Searle.
1038
01:12:18,360 --> 01:12:20,360
We were there together.
1039
01:12:20,360 --> 01:12:23,040
He said,
"I can't afford the two of you."
1040
01:12:23,040 --> 01:12:26,600
And then she said she would like
to stay because Frank asked her.
1041
01:12:26,600 --> 01:12:28,600
So I said, "OK, then I'll leave."
1042
01:12:30,360 --> 01:12:32,440
And then I went back to Belgium.
1043
01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:42,080
Frank Searle was on the other side
of the loch,
1044
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:44,600
both literally and figuratively.
1045
01:12:44,600 --> 01:12:48,760
But we were dealing with a guy
who was completely out of control.
1046
01:12:55,920 --> 01:12:58,000
# The beast in me
1047
01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:05,520
# Is caged by frail
and fragile bonds
1048
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:10,880
# Restless by day
1049
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:16,240
# And by night rants
and rages at the stars
1050
01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:20,240
# God help
1051
01:13:21,600 --> 01:13:23,720
# The beast in me... #
1052
01:13:23,720 --> 01:13:26,520
Do you feel that there's actually
something almost personal
1053
01:13:26,520 --> 01:13:27,920
between you and the monster?
1054
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:30,040
There is. There's definitely
something personal.
1055
01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:31,560
I'm living with them.
1056
01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:35,760
# The beast in me
1057
01:13:35,760 --> 01:13:39,400
# Has had to learn to live with pain
1058
01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:47,200
# And how to shelter
from the rain... #
1059
01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:52,320
There was considerable belief.
1060
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:57,120
# God help the beast in me... #
1061
01:13:57,120 --> 01:14:00,360
It gets very close to religion
for some.
1062
01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:03,560
Witnesses feel themselves
chosen people.
1063
01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:05,240
# God help
1064
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:08,360
# The beast in me... #
1065
01:14:08,360 --> 01:14:13,280
Begone now, hideous demon,
unto thine appointed place.
1066
01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:16,680
# The beast in me. #
1067
01:14:16,680 --> 01:14:18,880
It made its own reality.
1068
01:14:31,440 --> 01:14:33,360
There was bad blood.
1069
01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:37,360
On the other side
they'd been exposing Frank
1070
01:14:37,360 --> 01:14:39,400
and briefing against him.
1071
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:47,320
There was an incident
at one of my outstations.
1072
01:14:48,800 --> 01:14:50,880
It was associated with Frank Searle,
1073
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:53,840
since he had been
particularly threatening.
1074
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:05,480
Adrian warned us again.
1075
01:15:05,480 --> 01:15:08,120
I mean, we had a more
severe warning this time,
1076
01:15:08,120 --> 01:15:10,320
that Frank was
potentially dangerous,
1077
01:15:10,320 --> 01:15:13,080
and that we should have nothing
to do with him, and that he was
1078
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:16,200
potentially going to cause problems
in the immediate future,
1079
01:15:16,200 --> 01:15:19,000
because his entire thing was,
you know, coming to a boil.
1080
01:15:25,960 --> 01:15:29,680
There were some students,
some volunteers sleeping on
1081
01:15:29,680 --> 01:15:32,160
the shoreline, and they were
just there with a tent.
1082
01:15:38,760 --> 01:15:41,840
About 5am in the morning, the guys
who were sleeping in the tent
1083
01:15:41,840 --> 01:15:44,600
became aware of the sound of a boat
going past outside.
1084
01:15:44,600 --> 01:15:47,040
When one of them stuck their head
out of the tent,
1085
01:15:47,040 --> 01:15:49,680
they saw that there was, in fact,
a boat quite close by.
1086
01:15:51,000 --> 01:15:52,840
The boat was on the shore,
1087
01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:56,440
and the boat was about
six or ten feet away from our tent.
1088
01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:07,960
Somebody threw a petrol bomb
onto the beach there,
1089
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:09,840
where we had a rubber dinghy.
1090
01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:13,280
And it bounced off the dinghy,
and actually fell into the water.
1091
01:16:13,280 --> 01:16:17,400
Floating on the water was
a primitive Molotov cocktail.
1092
01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:22,160
A petrol device was ignited
near one of our vessels,
1093
01:16:22,160 --> 01:16:25,640
drawn up on the beach,
er, near a tent where
1094
01:16:25,640 --> 01:16:27,280
some students were sleeping.
1095
01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:31,960
So, it was a firebombing attempt,
but the tent was close by with
1096
01:16:31,960 --> 01:16:34,400
three or four 17- or 18-year-olds
sleeping inside it.
1097
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:36,800
And these students could've been
quite seriously injured,
1098
01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:38,280
if not killed.
1099
01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:42,640
Looking up, you know,
the guys in the tent could see
1100
01:16:42,640 --> 01:16:45,640
a single figure in the boat
shooting off back across the loch
1101
01:16:45,640 --> 01:16:47,080
at top speed.
1102
01:16:56,280 --> 01:17:02,040
A police officer called in
at my caravan at 7.30am.
1103
01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:09,000
Adrian Shine claimed that,
at 5.30am,
1104
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:13,560
I had thrown a petrol bomb
at his campsite.
1105
01:17:16,280 --> 01:17:18,440
They gave Searle
a pretty good going-over.
1106
01:17:18,440 --> 01:17:20,800
I think they thought it was
a pretty serious incident.
1107
01:17:20,800 --> 01:17:23,040
I mean, it's not that often around
Inverness you get
1108
01:17:23,040 --> 01:17:25,960
fire bombs thrown at anybody.
1109
01:17:25,960 --> 01:17:29,040
We were pretty unhappy about
this guy at that point,
1110
01:17:29,040 --> 01:17:30,560
because he'd put us in danger.
1111
01:17:33,520 --> 01:17:36,200
Well, at that time,
on that particular morning,
1112
01:17:36,200 --> 01:17:40,000
I painted the ceiling of
my information hut.
1113
01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:42,680
And he said, "You can tell,
cos the paint's still wet."
1114
01:17:42,680 --> 01:17:44,200
That was his alibi,
1115
01:17:44,200 --> 01:17:46,920
which I always thought was highly
suspicious, in the sense that
1116
01:17:46,920 --> 01:17:49,480
who paints the ceiling of
an information hut at, you know,
1117
01:17:49,480 --> 01:17:51,000
five or six o'clock in the morning?
1118
01:17:59,880 --> 01:18:01,840
There was this anxiety about him.
1119
01:18:03,840 --> 01:18:05,760
We bought fire extinguishers
for the house.
1120
01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:07,280
We'd never done that before.
1121
01:18:07,280 --> 01:18:08,880
We never used to lock our door.
1122
01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:11,000
And then we started
locking our door.
1123
01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:13,920
We took security precautions
down the exhibition.
1124
01:18:15,120 --> 01:18:16,720
It was scary.
1125
01:18:26,200 --> 01:18:28,680
The last time I ever spoke to him,
1126
01:18:28,680 --> 01:18:32,640
I was outside the photographic shop
in Inverness.
1127
01:18:32,640 --> 01:18:34,720
And I said, "Hello, Frank."
1128
01:18:34,720 --> 01:18:36,840
And he said, "Don't 'hello' me,
Dick Raynor.
1129
01:18:36,840 --> 01:18:38,600
"I'll kick your fucking teeth in."
1130
01:18:46,280 --> 01:18:48,200
In his last letter to me,
1131
01:18:48,200 --> 01:18:50,920
I could clearly see
that there was a change with Frank.
1132
01:18:53,440 --> 01:18:56,360
He said, "I received
a most astonishing letter.
1133
01:18:57,760 --> 01:18:59,960
"The writer says that
he has sent this letter
1134
01:18:59,960 --> 01:19:02,120
"because he is concerned for me.
1135
01:19:03,480 --> 01:19:05,040
"Be careful.
1136
01:19:06,520 --> 01:19:08,160
"They all want rid of you."
1137
01:19:13,640 --> 01:19:16,800
ON TAPE: There is a legend that
Loch Ness never gives up its dead.
1138
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:21,840
Even dead fish do not float
on Loch Ness.
1139
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:30,040
People drown, and the bodies
are never recovered.
1140
01:19:53,160 --> 01:19:54,320
In fact..
1141
01:19:55,680 --> 01:19:58,240
..Frank Searle suddenly vanished...
1142
01:19:59,960 --> 01:20:02,200
..never to be seen around
Loch Ness again.
1143
01:20:03,720 --> 01:20:05,600
Only his words remained,
1144
01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:07,760
which are spoken by an actor.
1145
01:20:20,360 --> 01:20:22,320
Frank disappeared.
1146
01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:25,200
He gave every sign, in fact,
that he was gone
1147
01:20:25,200 --> 01:20:26,560
and wasn't coming back.
1148
01:20:28,680 --> 01:20:31,480
His caravan was trundled
down into the loch,
1149
01:20:31,480 --> 01:20:33,440
and there were all sorts of rumours.
1150
01:20:33,440 --> 01:20:37,480
The caravan was upended and thrown
over the edge of the loch.
1151
01:20:37,480 --> 01:20:40,880
I-I don't think we expected
never to see him again.
1152
01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:43,280
His life had been entirely wrapped up
with Loch Ness.
1153
01:20:43,280 --> 01:20:45,280
He lived on the loch.
1154
01:20:45,280 --> 01:20:48,520
It's not like, you know,
"Well, he's gone home."
1155
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:51,960
And he disappeared - around that
time, the newsletters stopped.
1156
01:20:55,040 --> 01:20:58,080
So, all traces of Frank Searle were
eradicated.
1157
01:21:00,640 --> 01:21:04,840
There was rumours that he had been
killed and dumped in the loch.
1158
01:21:04,840 --> 01:21:07,360
And various locals had
various theories.
1159
01:21:07,360 --> 01:21:08,720
No-one knew.
1160
01:21:11,040 --> 01:21:14,600
He's almost just vanished overnight,
and no-one seemed to know.
1161
01:21:18,200 --> 01:21:21,480
Frank was gone,
and nobody knew where.
1162
01:21:21,480 --> 01:21:25,080
Some even said that he was
now at the bottom of the loch,
1163
01:21:25,080 --> 01:21:31,680
and that now, there really was
a monster in Loch Ness.
1164
01:21:38,520 --> 01:21:41,360
Do you feel that there's actually
something almost personal
1165
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:42,960
between you and the monster, Frank?
1166
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:45,480
There is. There's definitely
something personal.
1167
01:21:46,960 --> 01:21:48,880
It's just, I'm living with them.
1168
01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:09,320
Most dedicated of all the sleuths,
Tim Dinsdale,
1169
01:22:09,320 --> 01:22:12,280
now a veteran of 20 summers
living afloat on the loch.
1170
01:22:14,720 --> 01:22:18,000
He spent so many years
up at Loch Ness,
1171
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:20,280
almost invariably on his own.
1172
01:22:20,280 --> 01:22:24,040
There must have been times
when he felt despondent,
1173
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:26,480
perhaps felt like giving up.
1174
01:22:26,480 --> 01:22:29,840
I've missed it, I believe,
on a couple of occasions by chance.
1175
01:22:29,840 --> 01:22:33,120
I was there for a long time,
and then, happened to go away,
1176
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:35,720
and it was seen shortly afterwards.
1177
01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:40,000
1987, he'd been to Loch Ness
through the summer.
1178
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:42,280
He clearly wasn't well.
1179
01:22:42,280 --> 01:22:44,800
And then, suddenly,
he had a heart attack...
1180
01:22:47,240 --> 01:22:49,240
..which saw him off, sadly.
1181
01:22:56,360 --> 01:23:00,560
Incredibly, for all the thousands
and thousands of hours of, er,
1182
01:23:00,560 --> 01:23:04,800
of Loch Ness investigation,
my father, all the other enthusiasts
1183
01:23:04,800 --> 01:23:08,200
and professional Monster Hunters
who've been up at Loch Ness
1184
01:23:08,200 --> 01:23:12,240
ever since, no-one has got
a piece of footage that surpasses
1185
01:23:12,240 --> 01:23:14,440
what my father took in 1960.
1186
01:23:14,440 --> 01:23:15,600
It's incredible.
1187
01:23:15,600 --> 01:23:17,520
Absolutely incredible.
1188
01:23:28,840 --> 01:23:32,680
The same mixture of interest
and sneering disbelief
1189
01:23:32,680 --> 01:23:36,160
has been shown to every story
about the Loch Ness Monster.
1190
01:23:38,120 --> 01:23:41,000
It's still thought of
as half a joke,
1191
01:23:41,000 --> 01:23:44,640
and the people who see it
as romantics who've seen a ghost.
1192
01:23:46,240 --> 01:23:50,400
But some sort of prehistoric
animal is a possibility.
1193
01:23:54,160 --> 01:23:56,960
For the last 31 years,
I've been here at Loch Ness
1194
01:23:56,960 --> 01:23:58,520
watching and waiting.
1195
01:23:58,520 --> 01:24:00,880
For me, the...
1196
01:24:02,360 --> 01:24:06,000
..absolute moments that make
my heart sing the most -
1197
01:24:06,000 --> 01:24:09,480
I go out and I look at this view,
1198
01:24:09,480 --> 01:24:11,880
and it might be flat, calm water...
1199
01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:18,280
..and it fills up, as I watch it,
1200
01:24:18,280 --> 01:24:22,440
with ghosts of the different
adventures and different sightings
1201
01:24:22,440 --> 01:24:25,720
by people, different things
that have gone on.
1202
01:24:35,960 --> 01:24:38,080
The swelling of joy.
1203
01:24:39,200 --> 01:24:46,160
And I will pinch myself in disbelief
that I've been allowed, in my life,
1204
01:24:46,160 --> 01:24:50,600
to have this much freedom
to follow my dreams.
1205
01:24:51,840 --> 01:24:54,520
That's the moments that I love.
That's the...
1206
01:24:54,520 --> 01:24:56,160
Wow!
1207
01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:10,320
So, ladies and gentlemen,
as you reflect on today's tour,
1208
01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:14,720
please consider that we're only here
for the briefest moment of time.
1209
01:25:17,080 --> 01:25:20,000
So, we bring you to our wee corner
of the world,
1210
01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:22,200
and we'll tell you our wee story.
1211
01:25:22,200 --> 01:25:24,840
A story of men and monsters,
1212
01:25:24,840 --> 01:25:26,960
of truth and fakes.
1213
01:25:34,320 --> 01:25:37,840
I think each person went to Loch Ness
looking for a monster,
1214
01:25:37,840 --> 01:25:40,040
and we all found something.
1215
01:25:41,360 --> 01:25:42,920
This sense of wonder.
1216
01:25:44,200 --> 01:25:46,400
And it had to do with
the people who were there.
1217
01:25:46,400 --> 01:25:48,000
That was real.
1218
01:26:04,920 --> 01:26:08,160
As a young man, I came to Loch Ness.
1219
01:26:08,160 --> 01:26:11,920
And, in the course
of the 50-odd years, yes,
1220
01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:14,480
I was waiting for something
truly remarkable.
1221
01:26:14,480 --> 01:26:18,920
But I was fascinated by what was
happening outside my window.
1222
01:26:55,720 --> 01:26:58,480
You'd like to give Princess Anne
the monster, would you,
1223
01:26:58,480 --> 01:27:00,800
as a wedding present? That's right!
1224
01:27:00,800 --> 01:27:04,000
OFF-CAMERA: Did you really believe
you'd capture Nessie?
1225
01:27:15,600 --> 01:27:16,640
HE LAUGHS
1226
01:27:39,400 --> 01:27:43,160
..we feel so strongly, with regard
to the reality of what we have,
1227
01:27:43,160 --> 01:27:46,040
we think is the tenth wonder of
the world, if you will,
1228
01:27:46,040 --> 01:27:47,480
or wonders.
1229
01:28:02,480 --> 01:28:05,240
I lived in that beautiful
surrounding.
1230
01:28:05,240 --> 01:28:07,000
It was great fun.
1231
01:28:07,000 --> 01:28:10,040
LAUGHS: It didn't exactly
make me famous.
1232
01:28:10,040 --> 01:28:12,480
Well, just a little bit because,
after all these years,
1233
01:28:12,480 --> 01:28:13,960
you guys showed up.
1234
01:28:40,200 --> 01:28:44,920
And that's how, here at Loch Ness,
they created a monster.
1235
01:28:44,920 --> 01:28:46,640
CHEERING
1236
01:28:49,200 --> 01:28:51,480
HORN BEEPS
1237
01:28:55,160 --> 01:28:58,560
We now have volumes of data
on the Loch Ness Monsters.
1238
01:28:58,560 --> 01:29:01,880
And none of the investigators
involved disputes the probability
1239
01:29:01,880 --> 01:29:04,120
that a creature lives in Loch Ness.
1240
01:29:04,120 --> 01:29:08,200
And all of them agree that the
intensive effort may soon turn up
1241
01:29:08,200 --> 01:29:09,920
the monster of the lake.
1242
01:30:09,880 --> 01:30:13,040
There has never been a decent
Loch Ness documentary
1243
01:30:13,040 --> 01:30:14,400
on British television.
1244
01:30:14,400 --> 01:30:17,600
I think that anyone really
interested in the phenomena
1245
01:30:17,600 --> 01:30:19,400
must come to Loch Ness.
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