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Is the monster of Loch Ness really a toad?
Stories of a strange creature in Loch Ness never go away. Is there any truth in them? A sceptical PETER FROST investigates
The Loch Ness Monster
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BACK in August 2015 I wrote in these Ramblings about the Loch Ness monster. Since then the mystery of what curious beast, if any, occupies the dark clouded waters of this most picturesque of Scotland’s many lochs continues. Nessie, as some called her, continued to hit the headlines.
Today virtually everyone carries a mobile phone with a good and easy-to-use camera so it comes as a bit of a puzzle why more pictures of the Loch Ness beast have not been captured.
Last month the beloved paper of Tory idiots — the Daily Telegraph — revisited the monster story by rehashing a story from 2007. This was that the beast of the Loch could actually be a giant frog or toad.
An old theory about what the Loch Ness monster could be really be has resurfaced — and it has taken social media by storm.
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