Loch Ness existed - Police chief
A Top police officer believed that the fabled Loch Ness Monster in
Scotland existed ‘beyond doubt’, a file released from archives shows.
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Loch Ness |
William Fraser, the chief constable of Inverness-shire, expressed
concerns about protecting the ‘strange creature’ from hunters, in a
letter to a British government minister in 1938 made public on Monday.
Writing to the Under Secretary of State in the Scottish Office, Fraser
said, ‘That there is some strange creature in Loch Ness now seems beyond
doubt. But that the police have any power to protect it is very
doubtful.’ His warning came five years after the British government was
asked to confirm the existence of a monster or sea serpent in Loch Ness,
following sightings and the publication of articles and grainy
photographs.
A question was tabled in the British Parliament asking whether a
scientific investigation would be made into the existence of the
monster.
Ministers and civil servants were sceptical but it was proposed that
‘reliable observers’ equipped to take photographs could be stationed
around the loch. It was also suggested that aerial observation could be
undertaken.
The aim was to prove the monster’s existence with an attempt to trap
it alive the next step.
Eventually, it was felt that as the existence of the monster provided
public interest and amusement, it would be better to leave it in peace
rather than risk harming it, according to the archive.
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