image of the Loch Ness monster and, for many, the strongest evidence that Nessie actually exists. One reason that this photograph had such an impact on the Loch Ness legend is that it came from a trustworthy source. The photo was sold to the London Daily Mail by a London physician named R. Kenneth Wilson, who said he had taken the picture when he noticed a commotion in the water as he was driving up from London to photograph birds with a friend near Inverness. Few believed that such a respected doctor could have deceived the people, but to get absolutely sure they send the photograph to be examined. The photo was examined and was determined to be genuine, no camera trickery was involved, and investigation of the creature in comparison to the wave sizes put the creatures neck to be a couple of feet in length. After that everyone was convinced of the existence of the Loch Ness monster, until it was proved that the creature in the photo was nothing more than a fake serpent neck attached to the back of a toy submarine (see appendix 4).The information about the faking of the photo was discovered when one of the people involved with the hoax made a death bed confession in 1994 to that issue. ...
