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binocular observations, he was convinced that the film of 23 April was authentic proof of the existence of the monster, so next day he got a dinghy to take a similar track which he recorded on the remaining part of the film for comparison. Having shown the film to various people, he was approached by a newspaper reporter, and on 13 June the incident was reported in the
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magazine (21 Feb 1959) caught his attention, and he began reading more about the topic. In April 1960 he made a lone expedition to the Loch, with six days of watching. On the fourth day (21 April) and sixth day (23 April) he took cine film of a moving object on the surface. Along with his
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your many years of tireless efforts and fieldwork concerning the Loch Ness
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234:Everybody's
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198:Rolls-Royce
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