Plan Set In Motion To Capture Loch Ness Monster!
Marine biologist David Caldwell and the Highland Council have agreed to a plan that will finally track and capture the large predatory creature that inhabits Scotland’s famous lake.
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) July 25, 2005 -- Marine biologist David Caldwell and the
Highland Council have agreed to a plan that will finally track and capture the
large predatory creature that inhabits Scotland’s famous lake.
“Our first
step will be to set up a sonar array using buoys,” states Caldwell, who once
organized a research team to photograph the elusive giant squid in its deepwater
habitat. “While the array is being prepared, the Army Corp. of Engineers will be
assembling sections of a pre-fabricated bridge. Once in place, the floating
bridge will span Urquhart Bay. Steel fencing, connected to the bridge’s
pontoons, will then be lowered into place and anchored to the bottom. The idea
is to create a natural habitat to pen the monster. Once the array is up and
running, the bay will be baited and the creature lured, then sealed inside.
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Critics have protested Caldwell’s plan, including members of PETA, and
Caldwell’s rival, marine biologist Zachary Wallace. “Caldwell’s plan won’t work,
he’s making the same mistakes all Nessie hunters make who rely on sonar. As we
know from studies conducted with the Navy, active sonar (pinging) frightens
marine animals while damaging their hearing and sense of navigation. A sonar
buoy pinging in Loch Ness will simply scare its largest predator into hiding.
The same thing happened in Operation Deep Scan years ago. A dozen vessels
pinging an underwater trowel is deafening.”
Still, the recent gruesome
death of American tourist Tiani Brueggart, now attributed to the creature, has
caused concern among residents. “We’ve got to do something,” says Calum Forest,
a local living in Drumnadrochit. “Penning the creature’s far more humane than
killing it…assuming you could even find it to kill. I like Caldwell’s plan, and
Council will recoup their losses with the expected increases in
tourism.”
This is not the first attempt to capture the monster, but
Brueggart’s death was the first attributed to this deepwater marine species
since 565 AD. According to Dr. Caldwell, the makeshift pen should be ready to
test by early July. Stay tuned for updates.
The following was excerpted
from best-selling author Steve Alten latest thriller, The LOCH (Tsunami Books).
www.TheLoch.com
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