Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:44
As we know
, Cutty Sark famously posted a £1 million reward
for the capture of the Loch Ness Monster. What you probably don’t know is that
there are people out there who actually dedicate their lives to finding the Loch
Ness Monster, or ‘Nessie,’ as she is more affectionately referred to. I’m
not talking about once every five years lugging a team of scientists equipped
with state-of-the-art technologies to do some arbitrary radar sweeps and
uncover a metric tonne of golfballs. I’m talking
hardcore, grassroots, good ol’ fashioned Nessie Huntin’: Duelling banjos style...
Well... almost.
Steve Feltham is what nessie.co.uk refer to as a bonafide
‘Nessie Hunter.’ In 1991 he quit his job, packed his belongings and set up camp
next to Loch Ness in an ex-mobile library van. Now he sits with his telescope
and hi8 camera (Ed:is your source still living in 1991?) waiting
to catch a glimpse of Nessie and for people to start taking him seriously. He
now subsidises his search by selling Nessie figurines and paintings. Why he
hasn’t put together a hoax video or picture, like ‘the Surgeon’s Photo’, and sold it to
tabloids for a few million is beyond me. But when it comes down to it,
he’s doing this for the love, which you do have to admire. Especially considering
in the 19 odd years he’s been there he’s only seen a ripple.
Once.
Hopefully one day Cutty Sark can give him the cold million.
Until then, he’ll just have to keep selling those paintings...
Steve Feltham
on Youtube
Have You Seen It Yet – The
Official Steve Feltham Website
Steve Feltham, The
Nessie Hunter – Fan Club on Facebook