Friday 30 April 2010

Analysis of Nessie film?

What happened to this film of Nessie?  

Scientist claims he saw the Loch Ness Monster Evening Times reporter

29 May 2007 

LOCH Ness Monster experts today pledged to examine new video footage taken by an amateur scientist who claims to have found Nessie. LOCH Ness Monster experts today pledged to examine new video footage taken by an amateur scientist who claims to have found Nessie. The two-minute video clip, recorded on Saturday, shows what appears to be a long, black creature swimming just below the surface of Loch Ness. The creature's head breaks the surface as it propels itself through the water. Images from the tape also clearly show how the creature creates a wake on the surface of the water as it swims in the direction of Inverness. The film was taken by amateur scientist Gordon Holmes, from Shipley, Yorkshire, who estimates the "creature" was moving at around 6mph. Mr Holmes, who works as a technician at Bradford University, was in the area using hydrophones to detect underwater noises from the loch. He said he saw the monster at 9.50pm while he was filming the loch from a layby on the A82. Mr Holmes, 55, said: "I was minutes from going home but I saw something moving and dashed out of the car and switched the camcorder on.  "About 200 yards away from me I could see something in the water. It was definitely a creature propelling itself through the water. It was fairly bubbling along the water. It was streaking along." Adrian Shine, project leader for Loch Ness 2000 based at Drumnadrochit, has spent more than 30 years investigating the loch and said the video seemed genuine. He added: "At first glance it does certainly seem to show an animal swimming through the water." Nessie investigator Dick Raynor, of the Loch Ness Exhibition Centre, said: "Both he and the film seem genuine and there's no evidence of faking or tampering. I would definitely be willing to study it further."Mr Holmes will now transfer his video to DVD when he returns to Yorkshire and make it available for analysis by experts.

Source:http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/scientist-claims-he-saw-the-loch-ness-monster-1.949473

 

Does anyone know if any analysis of the film was undertaken by photography experts or academic scientists and what was the result? The only people I seem to be able to find who looked at the film are Adrian Shine and Dick Raynor. It should have been sent to a zoology or marine biology department  of a university and a photographic expert, but who , where, when? If anyone has any clues please post a comment.

 

1 comment:

Dick Raynor said...

"The only people I seem to be able to find who looked at the film are Adrian Shine and Dick Raynor. It should have been sent to a zoology or marine biology department of a university and a photographic expert, but who , where, when?"

My 40 years of living and working near Loch Ness and professional photographic experience over the same period lead me to the opinion that Gordon Holmes filmed a whirlwind or similar vortex phenomenon caused by strong NW winds coming over the top of the hill and dropping down onto the loch surface. I have comparable video on my website.

Regards, Dick Raynor