If you have used Google today, you have seen the above image. It is being used to mark the 81st year since this famous “Surgeon’s Photograph” was first published in the Daily Mail (April 21, 1934).

What many people don’t know, is that the photo was revealed to be fake by The Sunday Telegraph in 1975.

As a kid, I first learned of Nessie from watching this episode of Leonard Nimoy’s “In Search Of” television series:

At that time of my life, I was fascinated with this creature, and Bigfoot, and the Abominable Snowman, and the Bermuda Triangle, and all things alien. I think many of you, my fellow skeptics, have similar stories.

Regardless of the fact that by now one of these creatures should have died and left their remains to be discovered, Google has thrown some of their endless cash supply into the search. They did so using their “Street View” cameras, and the Telegraph has reported on it today. Here’s a video promoting the event:

Google apparently spent an entire week gathering images all around the perimeter of the loch, above its waters, and below them as well. I must admit the resulting Google Maps Street View of Loch Ness is pretty fascinating and is worth playing around with.

To bring the story full circle, I should admit that around the same time I was watching “In Search Of,” I happened to find myself watching a particular episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The show featured an odd little man I recognized from Happy Days. This magician exposed Flim Flam artists like Uri Geller and Peter Popoff. It was also this man, who would eventually teach me that the Scientific Method could be used to determine the validity of all these legendary creatures. He ruined my childhood!

Damn you Randi!

Brother Richard

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For info see: Screw Nessie , Look Out For the Abdominal Snowman!

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