Loch Ness Thriller: Fact Or Fiction?
When New York Times best-selling author Steve Alten set out to write a novel about Loch Ness’s famous inhabitant, he never realized he’d be caught in a battle between angry scientists and the Scottish government.
Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) June 13, 2005 -- When New York Times best-selling author
Steve Alten set out to write a novel about Loch Ness’s famous inhabitant, he
never realized he’d be caught in a battle between angry scientists and the
Scottish government. The LOCH, Alten’s latest thriller about one man’s hunt to
find the Loch Ness Monster contains cutting-edge science that has received
praise from book reviewers and scientists alike. Loren Coleman, the world’s
leading cryptozoologist, calls The LOCH, “the best work of fiction since King
Kong and The Lost World.
So why all the controversy?
Alten spent
years researching The Loch, separating science from myth. Then just a few weeks
before he was due to turn in the manuscript he was contacted by Forensics
Investigator William McDonald, who had been researching Loch Ness since 1993.
McDonald convinced the author he knew exactly what the creature was, but lacked
funding to return to Loch Ness to investigate recent rare land sightings. A deal
was struck to fund McDonald’s trip in return for the exclusive on his research.
McDonald came back with enough evidence to convince Alten to delay publication
of The LOCH for two months to re-edit the story!
But it was a discovery
in March that may have blown the lid off the entire mystery, making The LOCH
more non-fiction than fiction.
Two American students on Spring Break in
the U.K. and their local boat tour operator were shocked to discover a
half-eaten deer carcass and a shed tooth from its attacker, lodged in the
animal’s ribcage! Photos and video footage can be found at www.LochNessTooth.com
Unfortunately, a water bailiff confiscated the tooth and now the Highland
Government refuses to cooperate in expediting its return.
Outraged
members of the scientific community were convinced enough to raise a $100,000
reward for the tooth’s return. And the author? “I can’t imagine this being a
hoax, but I don’t think the Highland Council will release the evidence. If
tourists really knew what this creature was, they’d never take a boat ride on
Loch Ness again.”
Of course they can always read about it in The LOCH!
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