Feb 12 2019

Could There Be A Loch Ness Monster?

62 min 4 movies discussed
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People have believed something strange lives in Loch Ness for at least 3500 years. Thousands of people have sighted the Loch Ness Monster and dozens of expeditions have been launched. But does the fact that nothing’s been found mean it’s not real?

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Josh and Chuck dive deep into the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, tracing the creature's history from ancient Scottish carvings made by the Picts around 1500 years ago, through a famous 1933 hoax involving a hippopotamus foot, and into the scientific expeditions of the 1970s and beyond that attempted to solve the mystery. They explore how a combination of the lake's unusual geography—it's incredibly deep and dark—atmospheric conditions, famous sightings by credible witnesses, and one particular iconic 1934 photograph transformed Nessie into a global phenomenon that continues to captivate both serious researchers and casual believers to this day.


Movies Discussed

Incident at Loch Ness
Incident at Loch Ness
2004 PG-13 1h 34m
★ 5.9
"Have you seen incident at Loch Ness? No, we talked about it in another podcast, I believe. — Josh asks if Chuck has seen this Werner Herzog mockumentary about making a documentary at Loch Ness." — Josh
King Kong
King Kong
1933 1h 40m
★ 7.6
"King Kong was released, basically worldwide in 1933. There you have it. — Chuck mentions King Kong's 1933 release as a potential cultural influence on the Loch Ness Monster sightings that same year." — Chuck
The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror
1979 1h 58m
★ 6.3
"The haunted house in Amityville or the Loch Ness monster photos? Or the Bermuda Triangle. — Chuck mentions the haunted house story from Amityville as a competing news story in the 1970s." — Chuck
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 PG-13 2h 5m
★ 6.8
"like the private life of Sherlock Holmes. Ooh, look at that little bit of foreshadowing. — Josh references using powers of deduction like Sherlock Holmes did in this Billy Wilder film." — Josh

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