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Best 1934 NY Times newspaper with news of the most famous report of THE LOCH NESS MONSTER being PHOTOGRAPHED by a SCOTTISH SURGEON - inv # 5B-408
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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the New York Times dated April 21, 1934. This original newspaper contains a prominent inside page heading and long detailed report of a Scottish surgeon (Robert Kenneth Wilson) photographing the LOCH NESS MONSTER (in Scotland).
This was the most famous of all the "eyewitness" reports of THE LOCH NESS MONSTER over the years
The Loch Ness Monster, known affectionately as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one or more humps protruding from the water. Popular interest and belief in the creature has varied since it was brought to worldwide attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with a number of disputed photographs and sonar readings.
The "surgeon's photograph" is perhaps the most famous alleged photo of the creature, and the first to portray its head and neck. It is attributed to Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London gynecologist. On April 20, 1934, multiple British newspapers reported Wilson's claim to have seen the monster while driving near Loch Ness the day before, but the stories do not mention the existence of a photograph. "Dr. Wilson described the monster as having a small head and a swan-like neck protruding three feet above the surface of the water," the Western Morning News reported.
For 60 years, the photo was considered evidence of the monster's existence, although skeptics dismissed it as driftwood, an elephant, an otter or a bird. The photo's scale was controversial; it is often shown cropped (making the creature seem large and the ripples like waves), while the uncropped shot shows the other end of the loch and the monster in the center. The ripples in the photo were found to fit the size and pattern of small ripples, rather than large waves photographed up close. Analysis of the original image fostered further doubt. In 1993, the makers of the Discovery Communications documentary Loch Ness Discovered analyzed the uncropped image and found a white object visible in every version of the photo (implying that it was on the negative). It was believed to be the cause of the ripples, as if the object was being towed, although the possibility of a blemish on the negative could not be ruled out. An analysis of the full photograph indicated that the object was small, about 2 to 3 ft long.
Since 1994, most agree that the photo was an elaborate hoax.
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