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Three very successful fetes held on the Ness Islands with high attendances. On Friday, grand fireworks display. Donald Dallas did skit on the 'Elusive Loch Ness Monster'. Kenneth Macrae, the noted Scottish singer, delighted the audience
Inverness Courier Tuesday, September 11, 1934
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Letter from Drummond resident - drawing a glass of water for drinking a tadpole was found swimming in it. Inverness is the place where you can view tadpoles in the drinking water; the place you can view the Loch Ness Monster; the place that has no swimming baths
Inverness Courier Tuesday, July 3, 1934
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Loch Ness Monster - letter by Piscator. I was intrigued by report of three anglers who saw a wave in Loch Ness 2½ feet high caused by some underwater monster. Could it have been the monster I & a companion saw some years ago?
Inverness Courier Friday, August 29, 1930
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Loch Ness Monster (1 of 3) - Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness. What was it? Loch Ness has for generations been credited with being the home of a fearsome monster, or water kelpie. On Friday last, a well known business man, who lives near Inverness, & his wife, a university graduate, when motoring along the north shore not far from Abriachan Pier, were startled to see a tremendous upheaval on the loch, which previously had been calm as a mill pond. The lady was first to notice the disturbance which occurred fully three quarters of a mile from the shore & it was her sudden cries which directed her husband's attention to the water. There the creature disported itself, rolling & plunging for fully a minute, its body resembling that of a whale & the water cascading & surging like a simmering cauldron. Soon, however, it disappeared in a boiling mass of foam
Inverness Courier Tuesday, May 2, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster (2 of 3) - Both onlookers confessed that there was something uncanny about the thing, for they realised that here was no ordinary denizen of the depths. Quite apart from its enormous size the beast, in taking the final plunge, sent out waves that were big enough to have been caused by a passing steamer. The watchers waited for almost half an hour in the hope that the monster (if such it was) would come to the surface again, but they had seen the last of it. Questionned about the length of the beast the lady stated that judging by the state of the water in the affected area it seemed to be many feet long
Inverness Courier Tuesday, May 2, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster (3 of 3) - It will be remembered that a few years ago a party of Inverness anglers reported that while crossing the loch in a rowing boat, they encountered an unusual creature, whose bulk, movements, & the amount of water it displaced, at once suggested that it was either a very large seal, a porpoise, or indeed the monster itself. But the story which appeared in the press received scant attention & little credence. In fact, most of the people who aired their views on the matter did so in a manner that bespoke feelings of utmost scepticism. It should be mentioned that so far as is known, neither seal or porpoises have ever been known to enter Loch Ness. Indeed, in the case of the latter, it would be utterly impossible for them to do so, and as to seals, it is an a fact that though they have been on rare occasions been seen in the River Ness, their presence in Loch Ness has never once been definitely established
Inverness Courier Tuesday, May 2, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - views of Captain John Macdonald of MacBraynes with reference to sighting of a so called monster like a whale in the loch by a well known Inverness citizen & his wife. He had sailed loch for 50 years & never saw a monster
Inverness Courier Friday, May 12, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - an attempt to catch the monster was made at Foyers. A sealed barrel to which was attached 60 yards of strong wire with strong hooks baited with dogfish & skate was put out on the loch. The attempt was unsuccessful
Inverness Courier Tuesday, May 30, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - Article on River Ness appearance of monster taken from Adamnan's life of St Columba
Inverness Courier Tuesday, May 30, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - report on sighting near Fort Augustus yesterday. It was like a porpoise or a seal. It cruised for several minutes on the surface & then disappeared in the middle of the loch
Inverness Courier Friday, June 9, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - Letter from Mr G Spicer, 10 Temple Gardens, Golders Green, NW1. He saw monster on Saturday 22nd July on east side of loch between Dores & Foyers. Lengthy description
Inverness Courier Friday, August 4, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - Commander & Mrs Meikle residing half a mile up from Inchnacardoch Bay saw monster in shallow water at a range of half a mile at rest on the surface. It looked like a black horse
Inverness Courier Tuesday, August 8, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - Miss Keyes saw the monster careering round in great circles, splashing water over its back with what appeared to be flappers
Inverness Courier Tuesday, August 8, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - Miss Nellie Smith, domestic at Fort Augustus Abbey, saw monster while walking down from Glen Doe. It moved about in large circles & looked like a boat upside down. It seemed to have huge legs which it worked in swimming
Inverness Courier Tuesday, August 8, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - Spotted yesterday near Fasaig Point, Invermoriston, when the loch was very calm. Six people obtained a good view between noon & 1 o'clock. All witnesses are convinced it is a creature of huge proportions
Inverness Courier Friday, August 25, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - suggested by lady correspondent that it is an oar fish, which has a maned head like a horse & can reach a length of 40 feet
Inverness Courier Tuesday, September 5, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - further reports of sightings have been received
Inverness Courier Tuesday, September 12, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster seen again by several people including a squad of men working on the new road at Drumnadrochit. The question is now being asked is - is it a giant eel?
Inverness Courier Friday, September 15, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster was seen at various points of the loch by various people on Friday. Sightings were at ¼ mile from the shore, & it was said to be like a huge caterpillar with an up & down motion, not a lateral motion expected of an eel
Inverness Courier Tuesday, September 26, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - letter from Harold Frere suggesting that the monster is a conger eel, a species which can reach 130 pounds
Inverness Courier Tuesday, October 3, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - letter from Mr George Spicer who thinks the animal is amphibian
Inverness Courier Tuesday, October 3, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - letter from WH Lane suggesting it might be a giant salamander as seen by him in Burma
Inverness Courier Tuesday, October 10, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - letter from E Mostyn Walke. I am told that Loch Ness is almost bottomless in parts, and that nobody who is ever drowned in the loch is ever found
Inverness Courier Friday, October 13, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - letter from Harold Frere. The divers who looked for Mrs Hambro's body reported that they discovered an overhanging shelf deep down under the loch surface. The raised beaches on both sides of loch indicate that Great Glen was once the sea
Inverness Courier Friday, October 20, 1933
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Loch Ness Monster - on Friday the crew of the tug 'Scot II' saw monster near Glenmoriston at 8.30am. A large object came up from behind them. They could only see 8 ft of body in a calm loch. It was definitely not an eel
Inverness Courier Tuesday, October 24, 1933
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