BABY MONSTERS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 202, 27 July 1937, Page 10

BABY MONSTERS

LOCH NESS CREATURE. SAIALLER SPECIMENS. The famous monsters of Loch Ness—for it is now known definitely that more than one of them exist —have produced baby monsters. Several of these babies have been seen, says Colin Cathcart in the Sunday Express. Dom Basil Wedge, the natural history and science master at the boys school attached to the Benedictine Abbey of Fort Augustus, which stands at the head of the loch, said to me;— Some of my pupils have seen these smaller specimens of the monster recently. These small ones are said to be no longer than three feet. SOMETHING OF JOKE. I said to him: “In the south we regard the monster as something of a joke. What do you really think about it? What is your explanation of it all?” He replied; “The so-called monster has been known in this district for years. Unfortunately it has been sensationalised and to some extent the actual facts have been obscured. I myself have seen the monster. “Tn length it must measure over 30 feet and it is undoubtedly a reptile of unknown and probably prehistoric species. Such creatures might conceivably exist in the dark depths of the loch, as it is known that the waters are at least 9001't deep aud full of caves and caverns. IN CAVERNS. “These extend in all directions under the hills surrounding the locli. Plenty of air holes run from these hills to the caverns below, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that in these chambers, fed by warm springs, the last survivors of prehistoric monsters still contrive to exist. “There arc curious facts about Loch Ness which would make it a suitable hiding place for a queer creature. Foi example: The loch never freezes even in the coldfest winters because of the warm springs underneath. I have not seen any of the baby ones, but I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the reports of them. “I wish somebody iuterested in science would defray the cost of using the American diving bell, which enables waters of great depth to be explored with safety. It would be easy to sink the bell at the proper place, because the monsters always rise at the same spot.” .