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The Legend is reborn – The first pictures 1933 – 1934  

In April 1933 Mr.& Mrs. Mackay were driving down the loch side from Inverness to their home in Drumnadrochit when Mrs. Mackay saw a disturbance in the loch which she at first, thought some ducks were fighting but as she watched she saw a large beast in the middle of the loch rolling and plunging in the water causing a great disturbance.

Alex Campbell, a reporter for the Inverness Courier claimed to have seen the monster 18 times. The story appeared in the paper on May 2nd. This report gave birth to the Loch Ness Monster as we know it today.

The first picture was taken by Mr. Hugh Gray at Foyers on November 12th 1933.

On April 19th, 1934 Mr. Robert Kenneth Wilson took the most impressive photograph of the monster which is known as “The Surgeons Photo” and this is the famous photo that is recognized all over the world. The famous head and neck shots which he sold to the Daily Mail Newspaper.

Primer Fotografía de Nessie

La Foto del Cirujano