Tammy van Wisse - Loch Ness

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According to this, I could have become a snack for Nessie during my crossing !!

Mysterious ... the Google Earth image spotted by a British security guard

Image may be Loch Ness monster
Nessie enthusiasts excited
Alternative explanation offered

AN eagle-eyed Google Earth user claims to have found photographic evidence of the Loch Ness monster.

British security guard Jason, 25, found the image while navigating around the Google's satellite images.

It shows a large bullet shape trailed by appear to be limbs or tentacles.

He told UK tabloid The Sun: "I couldn't believe it. It's just like the descriptions of Nessie."

Researcher Adrian Shine, of the Loch Ness Project, said: "This is really intriguing. It needs further study."

To see the object, enter co-ordinates Latitude 5712'52.13"N, Longitude 434'14.16"W in Google Earth.

Enthusiasts believe the centuries of reported sighting of the Loch Ness monster are proof that some aquatic dinosaurs may have survived in the deep waters of the Scotland.

However many scientists are more sceptical.

Another UK tabloid the The Daily Mail posts some images of boats on Loch Ness, suggesting a much less prehistoric explanation for the mysterious image.

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Melbourne marathon swimmer Tammy van Wisse has done some pretty amazing things.

So, when a Scotsman told her: "You're not a real marathon swimmer unless you've swum the Loch," she couldn't resist the challenge.

On 12 August 1999, Tammy braved the deathly dark waters of Loch Ness, Scotland, to swim its length in the fastest time ever.

It took 9 hours and 6 minutes for Tammy to make the 38 kilometre journey, in what was one of the most terrifying swims of her life. "It's a very eerie feeling to swim Loch Ness. I was in a constant state of panic," the 31 year old said.

"The water is deep and black. My average visibility was about half a metre below."

Swimming blind was not Tammy's only problem. Water temperatures ranged from five to twelve degrees, the average depth was 340 metres and, because Loch Ness is fresh water, she was not aided by buoyancy.

"It was pretty hard to get through the swim. I went through a bad stage about three quarters of the way through," Tammy said.

"I looked up at my support crew and said: "I wish Nessie would come up and eat me right now to put me out of my misery."

By the time Tammy reached the other end, she was ten kilograms lighter and a local hero. Enthusiastic Scots lined the length of Loch Ness, clapping and cheering as Tammy went by, and a local radio station updated her progress every 30 minutes.

When she finally dragged herself, exhausted but elated, from the water, she was welcomed on to land by a crowd of well-wishers and a bagpiper playing Scotland the Brave. It was a reception that she will never forget.

LOCH NESS SWIM STATS

Swim Location: Highlands, Scotland

Start – Fort Augustus
Finish - Loch End
Distance: 38kms (24 miles)
Time: 9hrs 06mins
Date: 12 August 1999

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