The Surgeon’s Hoax: was the original Loch Ness sighting a hoax?

The internet seems pretty convinced that the Loch Ness monster sighting that made Lochness famous in the media is one of the most famous hoaxes of all time. We talk to our guest Andy McGrath about this situation, he shares his opinion. Andy McGrath, Cryptozoology Enthusiast and author of Beasts of Britain with over 25 years of research and obsession about unknown creatures.

About the The Surgeon’s Hoax In 1993, Christian Spurling, stepson of the flamboyant movie maker and big game hunter “Duke” Wetherell, admitted he’d made the “monster” out of some plastic and a clockwork, tinplate, toy submarine. The picture (Often referred to as the “Surgeon’s Photograph,” because Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson, a physician, claimed to had taken it by the Loch in April of 1934) had withstood careful scientific examination. Monster fans had speculated that the pictures showed a plesiosaur, while skeptics said it must have been an otter head or tree trunk. Nobody seems to have suspected it was actually a toy submarine. (Source: unmuseum.org)

Listen to the full interview with Beasts of Britain’s Andy McGrath on Radio Wasteland: https://youtu.be/slSlAMdhQAM