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I remember reading in Chicago in the 1970s about a plan to stock Lake Michigan with three breeding pairs of Loch Ness monsters (“Four sinister bumps ripple on the loch. Is it you, Nessie?”, News, last week). They must be very disappointed. Barbara Hodges, Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Deep fearsQuite a few years ago, when I lived not far away, some mates and I decided to scuba dive in the loch. We agreed on a maximum diving depth of 20m. I’m not a monster-believer, but, descending down the steep slope of the loch, in clear, peaty water, I bottled out at 14m. The darkness, even at that depth, was enough to have you constantly looking over your shoulder. I still don’t believe in the
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