num_pages: 330
description: The words Loch Ness Monster simultaneously signify both a mysterious and enduring presence at Loch Ness and an absence  a huge unknown creature which resists capture leaves no physical traces and has yet to be convincingly photographed or filmed.The Monster is a shape-shifting entity which has been variously identified as physically tangible but elusive not biological but a paranormal manifestation or alternatively a phantom of the human imagination a supposedly unknown animal actually composed from the misperception of known phenomena and which has never had any existence outside the human mind. For more than eighty years Monster advocates and sceptics have battled to present a persuasive account of this elusive animal constantly changing the narrative to offer a plausible explanation of its true identity. This book examines new aspects of those reinventions and rewritings concluding with a fresh look at St Columbas legendary encounter with a mysterious water beast which has traditionally been regarded as the first Nessie sighting.Ronald Binns is a former member of the Loch Morar Survey and the Loch Ness Investigation and the author of two other acclaimed books on Nessie.The Loch Ness Mystery SolvedThe book should certainly be read in full by anyone planning an expedition to Loch Ness. - Arthur C. Clarkes Chronicles of the Strange and MysteriousA model among such studies. - Scientific AmericanBoth exciting and convincing. - New StatesmanThe Loch Ness Mystery Reloaded A sort of long-form appendix  a what happened next  to The Loch Ness Mystery Solved one of the best and most influential books ever written on the Loch Ness Monster. - Darren Naish Zoology Books of 2017 Tetrapod Zoology blog Scientific AmericanOne of The Top Ten Best Cryptozoology Books of 2017. - Loren Coleman International Cryptozoology MuseumWith his new book The Loch Ness Mystery Reloaded Ronald Binns takes another bow as the man who cast the net and drew up from the depths the ultimate truth about the fabled creature Nessie. - Joe Nickell Skeptical Inquirer
language: English
title: Decline and Fall of the Loch Ness Monster: Contested Histories and Revisionist Tales
publisher: None