Loch Ness 1 November 2006 Les på norsk

Close encounter with "Nessie"

**CASTLE OF DEATH** Urqhart Castle is situated at the northern bank of Loch Ness, where the loch plunges to its greatest depths at around 750 feet. According to local experts, there is an underwater cave there, which digs in deep beneath the castle. The monster supposedly dwells inside the cave.

SCOTLAND: As October darkness envelops the Scottish highlands, the season for supernatural phenomena reaches its peak in the realm of Nessie the Loch Ness monster. Already 20 minutes after we entered Loch Ness, we caught the first glimpse of her.

**BEYOND FIRING RANGE** Nessie appeared after only 20 minutes, and we were able to observe her for almost a minute. The range was too great for our harpoon rifles, but we managed to film and photograph her. Notice the split tongue!

Unfortunately, this was not to be our only inexplicable experience during our stay in Scotland and the Caledonian canal. Scotland is rampant with ancient castle ruins, and the newspapers frequently bring stories of large, black beasts that roam the glen after dark and prey on sheep and cattle. On Halloween night on the 31st of October, the wraiths and corpse-eaters had come to the village where Underveis was berthed for the night. What a frightening experience that was! We heard scraping sounds from under the hull, as if water spirits were trying to get into our boat and devour us, and in the glen terrific death screams sounded all through the night. Bats by the thousands flew in the night, and strange cloud- and weather phenomena appeared in the skies. We couldn’t sleep for a minute that night, that’s for sure.

**YUMMI** We went trekking in the glen to do some photography, and came across this magnificent mushroom. We simply had to taste it. We shouldn’t have! What happened next is hard to describe.

**GHOSTS AND WRAITHS** We saw strange sights in the glen, and even though several of the wraiths look strangely familiar, we were convinced that our last hour had come. Check out the pictures and judge for yourself!

In addition, things have started disappearing on board our ship, only to reappear later in an entirely different place than we first left them. We have also heard strange noises onboard, and food disappears without a trace. Quite frankly, we have a strange feeling that we are no longer alone on board.

We hereby wish our readers a horrible Halloween and terrifying dark autumn nights! Argh!

Loch Ness 01.11.2006