Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Project Water Horse The True Story of the Monster Quest at Loch Ness by Tim Dinsdale Tim Dinsdale. Timothy Dinsdale , ARAeS (1924 – 14 December 1987 [1] ) was famous as a seeker of the Loch Ness Monster. He attended King’s School, Worcester, [2] served in the Royal Air Force and worked as an aeronautical engineer. Determined to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, Dinsdale traveled to Loch Ness on an expedition. On the fifth day, 23 April 1960, he videotaped an object he would claim to be the hump of the monster. The grainy film is still believed by some to be proof of the existence of the monster. The Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (JARIC) analyzed it and believed it was an animate object, but later analyses suggest the footage is of a motorboat. Dinsdale dedicated his life to obtaining further evidence, taking part in a total of 56 expeditions, many of them solo. Although he claimed to have later seen the monster's head and neck on two occasions, he failed to obtain any more video footage. He also published several books on the subject. Project Water Horse: The True Story of the Monster Quest at Loch Ness by Tim Dinsdale. There are two main categories for these creatures. Some lake monsters look much like sea serpents or Nessie, Scotland's Loch Ness Monster, with a long, serpentine body, perhaps with paddles or humps, and a head that is shaped somewhat like that of a horse. These creatures all seem to be related to each other, and they were first explained by cryptozoologists as living plesiosaurs, primitive reptiles, though today the concensus has switched to zeuglodons, a weird, primitive whale that is supposed to be extinct. Some other lake monsters seem even more dragon-like, and these often have supernatural powers attributed to them. On the more normal end of the spectrum, some lake monsters seem to resemble animals that we are more familiar with, such as giant turtles or giant crocodiles. The creatures in this other category are quite varied, linked only by the fact that they do not resemble sea serpents. Creatures in this group include the gigantic, hairy monsters like seals with canine faces that are said to reside in Lake Simcoe and Muskrat Lake in Ontario, Canada, and the school of twenty-foot mystery fish that are reported from Iliamna Lake in Alaska. You can find out more about Lake Monsters from the following sources: Blackman, W. Haden. The Field Guide to North American Monsters New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998. Pages 39-47, 49-50, 54-59, 64-78. Brookesmith, Peter, ed. Creatures from Elsewhere . London, Chartwell Books, 1989. Pages 41-53. Brown, Charles E. & Hendricks, Richard. Weird Wisconsin: Lake Monsters. Campbell, Elizabeth M. & Soloman, David. The Search for Morag . London: Tom Stacy, 1972. Clark, Jerome and Coleman, Loren. Cryptozoology A-Z . New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Pages 84-86, 113-116, 131-134, 149-150, 170-171, 174, 192-193, 228-229, 235, 248-249. Clark, Jerome. Unexplained! . Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1999. Pages 260-271, 279-282. Coleman, Jerry D. Strange Highways: A Guidebook to American Mysteries & the Unexplained . Alton, Illinois: Whitechapel Productions Press, 2003. Pages 135-136, 184, 187, 192. Coleman, Loren. Mysterious America: The Revised Edition . New York: Paraview Press, 2001. Pages 12-14, 26, 29, 81, 83-96, 169, 309-311. Keel, John A. The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings . New York: Doubleday, 1994. Pages 297-316. McCormick, Bob. The Story of Tahoe Tessie: The Original Lake Tahoe Monster . Kings Beach, California: Tahoe Tourist Promotions, 1994. McEwan, Graham J. Mystery Animals of Britain and Ireland . London: Robert Hale, 1986. Pages 11-16, 77-118, 196-202, 206-209, 211-212. Newton, Michael. Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide to Hidden Animals and Their Pursuers . Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2005. Page 4, 11, 14-15, 20-22, 24, 27-30, 34-35, 38-41, 54-60, 68, 72, 75-77, 83-85, 88-102, 106-107, 113, 118-120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130-133, 139, 140-141, 146-148, 150-152, 154-165, 172-174, 176, 178-180, 182-186, 188-192, 194, 196-197, 201-206, 208, 211, 219-222, 226-229, 231-232, 236-258, 263-275, 277-283, 285-286, 288-289, 291-292, 295-297, 299-300, 302, 308-311, 313, 315-317, 321, 322, 324, 328-331, 336-337, 341-346, 348-354, 357-363, 365-366, 368-369, 371-377, 379, 382, 384, 391-395, 397-403, 405, 407-411, 413, 415, 418-426, 428-451, 453-455, 458, 461-462, 464, 466-469, 472-475, 477-480, 482-489, 491-493, 495-496, 507, 509. Randolph, Vance. We Always Lie to Strangers: Tall Tales From the Ozarks . Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1974. Pages 71-74. Rath, Jay. The W-Files: True Reports of Wisconsin's Unexplained Phenomena . Black Earth, Wisconsin: Trails Books, 1997. Pages 27-35. Rose, Carol. Giants, Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend and Myth . Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2000. Pages 175-178, 274. Salmonson, Jessica Amanda. Phantom Waters: Northwest Legends of Rivers, Lakes and Shores . Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1995. Steiger, Brad. Out of the Dark: The Complete Guide to Beings from Beyond . New York: Kensington Books, 2001. Pages 80-89. The text on this page is copyright 2005 by Jamie Hall. Please use proper citation if you are using this website for research. Project Water Horse: The True Story of the Monster Quest at Loch Ness by Tim Dinsdale. Tim Dinsdale Pictures. Tim Dinsdale was born in China to a British family, when his parents turned to England Dinsdale was enrolled in and eventually would graduate from King�s School, Worcester. He served as a Royal Air Force pilot in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe during World War II and afterwards worked as an aeronautical engineer. Through all of this early success Tim Dinsdale is better known and remembered for is researcher in to the mysterious lake monster known as the Loch Ness Monster. It all started in 1955 when Tim�s interest in the creature was sparked after reading a magazine article on the subject. Unable to get the mystery off his mind, he prepared a master plan for a campaign of observation which he put into action in 1960 by taking a week off or work to hunt for the Loch Ness Monster. During this first excursion to the loch, on April 23, 1960, he captured four minute film of the fast moving object apparently swimming across the loch. An analysis of the film by Britain�s Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Center (JARIC) rejected the skeptical theory that the object captured by Dinsdale that day was nothing more than a boat. JARIC declared that the object in the video was probably animate, in other words a large, unidentified living creature. Others who have examined the video have pointed out a paddle like motion coming from the front of the object, this lead many to believe the video showed a row boat, however estimates of the object�s speed made it apparent that the object moved to fast for a rowboat. Further examination of the video also lead some researchers to believe that twelve to sixteen feet of the object was underwater with only three feet of it visible in the video. Dinsdale�s books on Loch Ness�s mysterious inhabitants are considered by some to be the best in the literature of cyrptozoology. In July 1987, a few months before his death, the International Society of Cryptozoology made Tim Dinsdale an honorary member, nothing his dedication to the investigation, as well as the honesty and integrity with which he conducted his work. At the time of his death Dinsdale had conducted no less than 56 expeditions to Loch Ness but never had another sighting as good as his original one on April 23, 1960. Quick Info: (where applicable) Date of Birth: 1934 Birthplace: China Current Location: NA Books: � Loch Ness Monster (1961) � Monster Hunt (1972) � Project Water Horse: The True Story of the Monster Quest at Loch Ness (1975) � The Facts About Loch Ness and the Monster (1985) Schooling and/or Degrees: � King�s School, Worcester Organizations: � International Society of Cryptozoology (honorary member) � Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau Website: Monsters of the Stacks: Bigfoot and Beyond. From Columbia County's "Kinderhook Creature" to the famed Himalayan Yeti, Bigfoot-like beings have long been reputed to roam the earth, leaving large humanoid footprints in their hairy wake. October's New York State Library exhibit explored this mysterious phenomenon from a wide range of perspectives. It also includes books about the Loch Ness Monster (and other lake and river leviathans), general works on cryptozoology, and spooky stories from around the state in honor of Halloween. In addition, it features The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore Roosevelt, which contains an astonishing account of a fateful Sasquatch encounter in Idaho around 1890; and three books by NYSL employee Bruce Hallenbeck, who spoke about Bigfoot and his latest work, Monsters of New York , in the Museum's Huxley Theater on Saturday, October 12, 2013. Display Case 1: I Saw Bigfoot. Encounters with Bigfoot in the United States are numerous, widespread, and of very long standing. These books describe such encounters in fascinating detail and gamely attempt to answer the age-old question: "What the heck was that?!" Bigfoot: the Yeti and Sasquatch in Myth and Reality , by John Napier, 1975 The Search for Big Foot: Monster, Myth or Man? , by Peter Byrne; foreword by Robert Rines, 1975 The Transformation of Bigfoot: Maleness, Power, and Belief Among the Chipewyan , by Henry S. Sharp, 1988 The Sasquatch Report , #8 , November 1990 Mysterious Creatures: a Guide to Cryptozoology , by George M. Eberhart, vol. 1, 2002. Monsters in Our Own Backyard. Author, filmmaker, and New York State Library employee Bruce Hallenbeck has researched and written extensively on Bigfoot and other controversial cryptids—in particular the Kinderhook Creature from Columbia County, which made local headlines here in the late 1970s. Monsters of the Northwoods , by Paul and Bob Bartholomew, William Brann, and Bruce Hallenbeck, 1992 Monsters of New Jersey: Mysterious Creatures in the Garden State , by Loren Coleman and Bruce G. Hallenbeck, 2010 Monsters of New York: Mysterious Creatures in the Empire State , by Bruce G. Hallenbeck, 2013. Display Case 2: Yeti, Etc. The creature we call Bigfoot on the East Coast, and Sasquatch on the West, goes by a vast array of colorful names all across the globe: Yeti, Yowie, Opie, Windago, Orang Pendek, Abominable Snowman, Himalayan Beast, Skunk Ape, Wooly Booger, Wood Devil, Hairy Giant, Wild Man, etc. An Innocent on Everest , by Ralph Izzard, 1954 The Abominable Snowman , by Ralph Izzard, 1955 Men and Mountaineering: an Anthology of Writings by Climbers , compiled by Showell Styles, 1968 Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life: the Story of Sub-Humans on Five Continents from the Early Ice Age until Today , by Ivan Sanderson, 1972 Manlike Monsters on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence , edited by Marjorie M. Halpin and Michael M. Ames, 1980 The Evidence for Bigfoot and Other Man-Beasts , by Janet and Colin Bord, 1984 Mysterious Creatures: a Guide to Cryptozoology , by George M. Eberhart, vol. 2, 2002 Altruistic Armadillos, Zenlike Zebras: a Menagerie of 100 Favorite Animals , by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, 2006. Display Case 3: Not Fish, Maybe Foul. If Bigfoot doesn't float your boat, dive into some books on the most talked about "sea serpent" in the world, Scotland's Loch Ness Monster— affectionately known as "Nessie"—along with a fanzine dedicated to Lake Champlain's own "Champ." Elusive Monster: an Analysis of the Evidence from Loch Ness , by Maurice Burton, 1961 Loch Ness Monster , by Tim Dinsdale, foreword by Ivan T. Sanderson, 1962 The Leviathans , by Tim Dinsdale, 1966 The Search for Morag , by Elizabeth Montgomery Campbell and David Solomon, 1973 Project Water Horse: the True Story of the Monster Quest at Loch Ness , by Tim Dinsdale, 1975 Search at Loch Ness: the Expedition of the New York Times and the Academy of Applied Science , by Dennis L. Meredith, 1977 The Loch Ness Mystery Solved , by Ronald Binns, 1984 The Enigma of Loch Ness: Making Sense of a Mystery , by Henry H. Bauer, 1986 Champ Channels , by Joseph W. Zarzynski, Lake Champlain Phenomena Investigation, Wilton, N.Y., vol. 5, # 3-4, 1988. Smaller Display Cases (by the elevators) The word cryptozoology means the study of "hidden" or undiscovered species. These works contain speculation about and evidence for the shy and elusive Sasquatch, as well as many other large and largely hidden inhabitants of our planet. There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy… — Hamlet , by William Shakespeare. The Case for the Sea-Serpent , by Rupert Thomas Gould, 1930, 1969 On the Track of Unknown Animals , by Bernard Heuvelmans, translated from the French by Richard Garnett, 1959 In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents , by Bernard Heuvelmans, translated from the French by Richard Garnett, 1968 Invisible Residents: a Disquisition upon Certain Matters Maritime, and the Possibility of Intelligent Life under the Waters of this Earth , by Ivan T. Sanderson, 1970 Monsters and Mythic Beasts , by Angus Hall, 1976 Monsters: a Guide to Information on Unaccounted for Creatures, Including Bigfoot, Many Water Monsters, and Other Irregular Animals , by George M. Eberhart, 1983 A Romance of the Sea Serpent: or The Ichthyosaurus; Also, a Collection of the Ancient and Modern Authorities, with Letters from Distinguished Merchants and Men of Science , by Eugene Batchelder, 1849 ISC Newsletter , International Society of Cryptozoology, vol. 8, no. 4, winter 1989 Bernard Heuvelmans' The Natural History of Hidden Animals , edited with an introduction by Peter Bwynvay Hopkins, 2007. The Bauman Story: As Told to Theodore Roosevelt. In The Wilderness Hunter , first published in 1893, Theodore Roosevelt recounts a story told to him by a hunter named Bauman. The man and a companion had gone hunting in the mountains of Idaho when they encountered what appeared to be a Sasquatch; angry at having been shot at, the Bigfoot vandalized their campsite. This amazing incident ends tragically when Bauman's friend is ultimately killed by the creature. Roosevelt writes: He must have believed what he said, for he could hardly repress a shudder at certain points of the tale; but he was of German ancestry, and in childhood had doubtless been saturated with all kinds of ghost and goblin lore, so that many fearsome superstitions were latent in his mind; besides, he knew well the stories told by the Indian medicine men in their winter camps, of the snowwalkers, and the specters, and the formless evil beings that haunt the forest depths, and dog and waylay the lonely wanderer who after nightfall passes through the regions where they lurk; and it may be that when overcome by the horror of the fate that befell his friend, and when oppressed by the awful dread of the unknown, he grew to attribute, both at the time and still more in remembrance, weird and elfin traits to what was merely some abnormally wicked and cunning wild beast; but whether this was so or not, no man can say…. The Wilderness Hunter , various editions, [1893-1902] Spook Now or Forever Hold Your Peace. Are we scared yet? Some people think Bigfoot is more of a spirit or an alien than an actual earth-bound animal. Assorted beasties and weirdies, ghosts and goblins—plus other things that go bump in the New York night. Unsolved:Lake monster. A lake monster is a lake-dwelling entity in folklore. The most famous example is the Loch Ness Monster. Lake monsters' depictions are often similar to sea monsters. In the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature , entities classified as "lake monsters", such as the Scottish Loch Ness Monster, the American Chessie, and the Swedish Storsjöodjuret under B11.3.1.1. ("dragon lives in lake"). [1] Contents. Theories. According to the Swedish naturalist and author Bengt Sjögren (1980), present-day lake monsters are variations of older legends of water kelpies. [2] Sjögren claims that the accounts of lake-monsters have changed during history, as do others. [3] Older reports often talk about horse-like appearances, but more modern reports often have more reptile and dinosaur-like appearances; he concludes that the legendary kelpies evolved into the present day saurian lake-monsters since the discovery of dinosaurs and giant aquatic reptiles and the popularization of them in both scientific and fictional writings and art. [2] [4] The stories cut across cultures, existing in some variation in many countries. [5] [6] [1] They've undergone what Michel Meurger calls concretizing (The process of turning items, drawings, general beliefs and stories into a plausible whole) and naturalization over time as humanity's view of the world has changed. [3] In many of these areas, especially around Loch Ness, Lake Champlain and the Okanagan Valley, these lake monsters have become important tourist draws. In Ben Radford and Joe Nickell's book Lake Monster Mysteries , [7] the authors attribute a vast number of sightings to otter misidentifications. Ed Grabianowski plotted the distribution of North American lake monster sightings. Then he overlaid the distribution of the common otter and found a near perfect match. It turns out that three or four otters swimming in a line look remarkably like a serpentine, humped creature undulating through the water, very easy to mistake for a single creature if you see them from a distance. "This isn't speculation. I'm not making this up," Nickell said. "I've spoken to people who saw what they thought was a lake monster, got closer and discovered it was actually a line of otters. That really happens." [8] Clearly, not every lake monster sighting can be accounted for with otters, but it's an excellent example of how our perceptions can be fooled. [9] Paul Barrett and Darren Naish note that the existence of any large animals in isolation (i.e., in a situation where no breeding population exists) is highly unlikely. Naish also observes that the stories are likely remnants of tales meant to keep children safely away from the water. [5] [1] There have been many purported sightings of lake monsters, and even some photographs, but each time these have either been shown to be deliberate deceptions, such as the Lake George Monster Hoax, [10] or serious doubts about the veracity and verifiability have arisen, as with the famous Mansi photograph of Champ. [11]