{"id":112,"date":"2006-03-11T09:09:56","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T09:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lochnessmonster.co.uk\/blog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2022-12-29T08:57:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T08:57:07","slug":"loch-ness-monster-says-i-am-not-an-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lochnessmonster.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2006\/03\/11\/loch-ness-monster-says-i-am-not-an-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"Loch Ness Monster says &#8220;I am not an elephant&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Neil Clarke of the University of Glasgow has cracked a great new theory about Nessie: She&#8217;s an elephant from the circus having a bath in Loch Ness!!! Well, aficionados of this website don&#8217;t need telling that this is a lot of hogwash (excuse the pun) and a cursory look at the facts leads us to the conclusion that Nessie is a plesiosaur, pre and simple.<\/p><div id=\"lochn-1950357204\" class=\"lochn-content lochn-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3003812232025940\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3003812232025940\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Loch Ness is actually many miles from Inverness. So if a circus was visiting they&#8217;d have to cart their elephants miles for a swim. Not likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. 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