1934 Loch Ness Monster hoax photo
Is the Loch Ness Monster out there? Google has taken its Street View cameras across the famous Scottish lake, to take pictures during a hunt for the mythical "Nessie" that possibly lives there. Google users can join the search.
The tech giant said that the search celebrated the anniversary of the 1934 "Surgeon's Photograph." That photo wrongly claimed to show the monster living in the lake's waters.
The grainy black and white photo includes the shadow of a huge creature sitting in the waters, according to The Atlantic. It became the first of several fake images of the legend..
Google made a post on its official blog that challenged people to sail along the lake, and experience the "haunting beauty." It refers to the pieces of peat that made the waters darker.
Google claims that the huge lake can "unlock the spirit" of people's imagination. That would bring the legend of the monster "to life," according to Sky.
Google spent about a week to take the photos. A diver first used the Street View Trekker camera to take photographs beneath the waterline, and then took shots above that line. The special camera took photos in intervals of 2.5 seconds.
Deanna Yick is a manger on the Street View team. When asked if she believed whether or not Nessie existed, she replied that "anything" is possible.
After the first fake Nessie photograph, there were several other Loch Ness Monster images. They include a film of a creature splashing around while using its fins to swim, and an Apple Maps image last year that featured the legendary monster.
Loch Ness is the biggest loch by water volume, in Scotland. It holds more fresh water than the combined volume of all lakes in England and Wales.
