Talk:Loch Ness Monster

Origin Myth

Im not sure whoever wrote this probably but the people believed it was a loch ness monster because loch ness monster is a part of scottish mythology, its an underwater sea serpent who used to be evil and lure people into various traps eventually drowning them. Its still a myth but people believe nowadays there is a loch ness monster it just hides under the land. There are some articles about the whole loch ness monster myth online, this is a basic and preview knowledge. 98.113.14.118 (talk) 01:46, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Where are these "some articles"? Harryhenry1 (talk) 23:17, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Alex Campbell (are they the same?)

In "Alexander Macdonald (1888)" the Macdonald reported his sighting to water bailiff Alex Campbell, 45 years later "Aldie Mackay (1933)" Alex Campbell the water bailiff and journalist is involved. Is this the same Alex Campbell?

Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2025

The reference to Christian Spurling being the son-in-law of Marmaduke Wetherell needs correcting.

Christian Spurling was NOT the son-in-law of Marmaduke Wetherell. (IE Christian was NOT married to Marmaduke's daughter.) Christian was the youngest son of Jack Spurling and Helena Humble. Their marrage broke down arouond 1905. Helena left Jack and spent the rest of her life as Marmaduke's 'wife' (they had two children together.) Helena never divorced Jack, and she never married Marmaduke. Christian was born in 1902 and was not told who his real father was until his late teens/early twenties. Never-the-less Christian had a very close relationship with Marmaduke, which led to the Loch Ness model involvement.

You could change "son-in-law" to "step-son"? I can provide primary source citations if you need them.

Regards, Steven Smale, editor of 'Christian Spurling - Picture Me' (his biography and catalogue raisonne) - published in the UK in 2022. 80.41.23.225 (talk) 14:39, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. I see the references cited (although in a bit of a tangle) do actually refer to him as stepson so I have made the change. The "son-in-law" claim was first included in 2005 and was without a reference. But back in 2005 references were rarely used and were certainly not required. Thincat (talk) 15:10, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for your dedication to accuracy. Edit requests do (almost) always require reliable sources. These sources, however, may not be original work (so things you’ve written are not allowed). On top of this, I am afraid that this request may fall under the category of conflict-of-interest.

So for now,  Not done: Slomo666 (talk) 15:11, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

But the references already in the article say he was a stepson and the article was wrongly quoting them. Thincat (talk) 15:15, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Good. (As long as there is no conflict of interest, but I personally do think this change is so small that the risk is minimal) Slomo666 (talk) 15:22, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Steve Sdsmale (talk) 12:17, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Consideration for addition to the Sightings sub-section

Alexander MacDonald

The loch's water bailiff, Alex Campbell reported that a crofter named Alexander MacDonald had seen the monster in 1802 and reported it to one of Campbell's ancestors.

Margaret Cameron

In 1971, the author Nicholas Witchell interviewed Mrs Margaret Cameron, who claimed to have seen the monster on land when she was a teenager, during the First World War. She said "It had a huge body and its movement as it came out of the trees was like a caterpillar". She also described it as being about 20 feet long, and said that it had 2 short, round feet at the front, and that it lurched from side to side as it entered the water. She and her friends felt so sick and upset that they were unable to eat their tea afterwards.

Jock Forbes

Witchell also interviewed a man called Jock Forbes, who claimed to have seen the monster in 1919, when he was 12 years old. It was a stormy night and he and his father were travelling in a pony and trap when the pony shied, and they saw something large crossing the road ahead of them. Then they heard a splash as it plunged into the loch.

References

These are too uncoberated. Slatersteven (talk) 11:20, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 May 2026

Change "Scotland" in the short desc to "Scottish folklore" Princess Micky (talk) 13:36, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I think that's a good suggestion. Thank you. Thincat (talk) 13:48, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 July 2026

This is a request to include a link to the page for Kussie in the "See also" section. HayashiJr (talk) 06:45, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: Kussie doesn't seem to be notable enough to warrant inclusion in § See also, as its only reference is a dictionary definition rather than reliable secondary sources, per WP:GNG. Salmon of Knowledge (talk) 13:23, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Your time might be better spent expanding that article with sources. Slatersteven (talk) 13:25, 3 July 2026 (UTC)