Did Dr Rines team find a “Dead Nessie” in July 2001?
Visitors to the Academy of Applied Science web site will see a smallish black and white image and a narrative explaining how “our remote underwater video camera vehicle (ROV),… came upon what is strongly suggestive of a decaying “animal” carcass in 333 feet of water (pictured left) near the mouth of Urquhart Bay”. It is not immediately obvious what the image shows, nor is any estimate of size given, so the range of possibilities extends between timber debris, through dead fish, to the dead mammals and parts thereof routinely despatched to the deep. Animal carcasses in Loch Ness will include deer, and seals which are shot by the Ness District Salmon Fishery Board. This practice is applied to both Harbour Seals and to endangered Grey Seals, the third rarest species in the world. To answer the question, then, the answer is possibly yes, if one accepts that seals account for a good number of “Nessie” sightings, and if the carcass is that of a seal. Update June 2002 – Dr Rines’ team is ba
