Alaska Bigfoot

[Lianachan]

There's no way something as large as Nessie is usually described as could pass through the River Ness, which is very shallow in sections and goes through the heart of the city of Inverness, unobserved (if at all).

Also, not sure if it would be a factor or not, but the river and loch are fresh water.

There's also the Caledonian canal linking the sea and the loch, but then Nessie would have to rely on the good will of humans to operate lock gates for her.

Plus, of course, what BM65 says there - what would be the point.

[KLA2]

From the sea to the Loch, eh?

Now we get into the realm of (fun) speculation. It has been suggested that Nessie could be a plesiosaur, or some relative. Perhaps such a creature could wriggle over shallows in a river. Perhaps the Loch offers a more abundant food supply, or a haven safe from predators to breed, or relief from salt-water parasites (who cannot survive in fresh water). There are parallels in nature.

Still, the issue of viable population size, and the question of how any reasonable number of such large creatures could go essentially undetected and certainly unproven.

It is fun to imagine a sasquatch wearing a snorkel, riding the back of a plesiosaur leaping high above the Loch, giving skeptics the finger. Now I imagine I am the only one to see this, and have forgotten my camera. :(

[Lianachan]

It has been suggested that Nessie could be a plesiosaur, or some relative. Perhaps such a creature could wriggle over shallows in a river. Perhaps the Loch offers a more abundant food supply, or a haven safe from predators to breed, or relief from salt-water parasites (who cannot survive in fresh water). There are parallels in nature.

Not fun for long, sadly. It's highly unlikely a plesiosaur sized creature could pass undetected along the river, and certainly not through the canal. Wrt food supply, the loch actually doesn't have as much food in there as you'd think (or, to inject a bit more fun, as much as there "should be"!).

Still, the issue of viable population size, and the question of how any reasonable number of such large creatures could go essentially undetected and certainly unproven.

Indeed. Loch Ness is large, and is extremely deep. It actually contains more fresh water than can be found in all of England and Wales - there'd be room for an immortal creature or two to hide in there, for sure, but there's not enough room for a breeding population to go unnoticed.

It is fun to imagine a sasquatch wearing a snorkel, riding the back of a plesiosaur leaping high above the Loch, giving skeptics the finger. Now I imagine I am the only one to see this, and have forgotten my camera. :(

You wouldn't need a camera - just knock something together. Folk will be buying cuddly toy versions of that out of Drumnadrochit within weeks.

[Blue Monster 65]

It is fun to imagine a sasquatch wearing a snorkel, riding the back of a plesiosaur leaping high above the Loch, giving skeptics the finger. Now I imagine I am the only one to see this, and have forgotten my camera.

As this is a public forum, it's only a matter of time until said image is online.

And "confirmed as real" by some expert.

[KLA2]

^, ^^,

[Enzo]

If so, for what purpose? Is there something the Loch offers that the sea wouldn't?

Sure, photo ops.

[tubeswell]

Bigfoot, as I picture him

[Superluminal]

A little white box with a little red X? 8)

[tubeswell]

No - I can see homer in a bigfoot suit on my screen.

[Superluminal]

Ah, I know that one.