The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence

by Steuart Campbell

Book by Campbell, Steuart

Genres: Cryptozoology, Monsters, Nonfiction, Cryptids, Scotland, Science

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Steuart Campbell (born 1937) is a British writer and skeptic who lives in Edinburgh. He trained as an architect and worked as one until the mid-1970s. He obtained a BA in mathematics and science from the Open University in 1983. Campbell has written articles for Skeptical Inquirer, The Skeptic magazine and The Scotsman.

Reviews

[Actually-A -Badger · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this entire book because I wanted to see how believers justify the monster's existence (I don't believe in Nessie myself) but the book is written by a skeptic! Two stars because the debunking was okay, but it clearly wasn't mentioned anywhere in the blurb that this is a book disproving Nessie.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

the dryest most boring book and the guy didn't really even believe in Nessie

[azhar · Rating 5 out of 5]

ok, basically, there are 16 pages worth of books about the loch ness monster on this site, and i just added this one to represent the topic of the loch ness monster cuz i liked the cover, rather than add them all...cuz believe me, i've read them all...

[Erik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Key sentence: "According to [cryptozoologist Roy] Mackal, estimates of size of unknown objects on water by untrained observers vary from exactly right to 3-5 times too great, and in tests he found estimates of speed ranged from correct to five times too great."