Remember that legendary picture of the Loch Ness Monster that surfaced in 1934? The one with the long snake-like head poking out of the water? Well, it looks like it is a fake. Or so says the September 1994 issue of OMNI MAGAZINE.
According to OMNI, The Loch Ness Project in Scotland recently received a detailed confession that says the famous Loch Ness Monster photo is, after all, a forgery. The confession comes from Christian Spurling, who admitted his role in the hoax before his death last November at the age of 90. OMNI reports that Spurling said he built the model for the famous photograph using the keel of a toy submarine on which he had fitted a sea serpent's neck and head made of plastic wood. Spurling claimed the hoax was master-minded by his stepfather, Marmaduke Wetherell, a filmmaker hired by the Daily Mail to hunt for Nessie in 1933.
Spurling, Wetherell, and two others that Spurling said were involved in the hoax, are all deceased now.
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NESSIE'S FAKE PHOTO
Remember that legendary picture of the Loch Ness Monster that surfaced in 1934? The one with the long snake-like head poking out of the water? Well, it looks like it is a fake. Or so says the September 1994 issue of OMNI MAGAZINE.
According to OMNI, The Loch Ness Project in Scotland recently received a detailed confession that says the famous Loch Ness Monster photo is, after all, a forgery. The confession comes from Christian Spurling, who admitted his role in the hoax before his death last November at the age of 90. OMNI reports that Spurling said he built the model for the famous photograph using the keel of a toy submarine on which he had fitted a sea serpent's neck and head made of plastic wood. Spurling claimed the hoax was master-minded by his stepfather, Marmaduke Wetherell, a filmmaker hired by the Daily Mail to hunt for Nessie in 1933.
Spurling, Wetherell, and two others that Spurling said were involved in the hoax, are all deceased now.
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