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LOCH NESS MONSTER PHOTOS DEBUNKED!

Experts insist new images are wood, waves or rocks

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SHOCKING new images of the notorious Loch Ness Monster have been trashed as an elaborate hoax by experts, who blast the dramatic photos as a pile of rocks, a hunk of driftwood or shadowy waves.

Steuart Campbell, author of the acclaimed book The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence, debunks the supposed photograph­ic proof, saying the pics show “a typical wake-effect wave caused by a boat plowing through the waters of the Scottish lake some distance away.

“Waves travel a long way on a calm surface,” he explains. “This is the predominan­t explanatio­n for most reports of Nessie, who doesn’t exist.”

Another expert, who has spent decades researchin­g the phenomenon and has published articles on the subject, says the supposed monster caught on camera is likely only some driftwood floating around in the water.

“If you look closely at the images, they look like objects in the water being hit by swells,” he says.

“These things look alive in the water because the water is essentiall­y alive. But it’s NOT a monster.”

Photog Chie Kelly captured the stunning shots on Aug. 13, 2018, after lunching with her hubby and daughter at the Dores Inn off the nearly 22-square-mile lake.

But the translator did not publicly release the full collection of her images until now for fear of unwanted attention.

She explained what she saw that fateful day, saying, “I was just taking pictures with my camera … when about 200 meters from the shore, moving right to left at a steady speed was this creature.

“It was spinning and rolling at times. We never saw a head or neck. After a couple of minutes, it just disappeare­d and we never saw it again.”

Nessie hunter Steve Feltham has praised the photograph­s as “the most compelling” evidence e ever obtained of the m monster’s existence.

“They still defy explanatio­n,” n he insists.

But experts warn the public to not be taken in by what they believe is merely a “case of wish fulfillmen­t.”

“People have been hunting for this creature for more than 150 years — and nothing has ever been found,” says the researcher.

“People routinely see what they desperatel­y want to see

in front of them rather than what’s really there, which is — of course — far more mundane than a mythical monster from the deep!

“It’s far more likely just a log floating in the water.”

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Pictures published in the 1930s have convinced many Nessie is real
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Some say the pics show the notorious creature, while others say the truth is more mundane
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 ?? ?? Chie Kelly took the stunning shots in 2018 but withheld them for years. Author Steuart Campbell remains skeptical
Chie Kelly took the stunning shots in 2018 but withheld them for years. Author Steuart Campbell remains skeptical
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