The surgeon's photograph Run as an exclusive by the Daily Mail on 21 April 1934, the first photo to show the creature's head and neck. This is the photo.
1 Sources 6 Connections Robert Kenneth Wilson A London gynaecologist who said he saw the monster while driving by the loch and took four photos. In fact he received the plates from a friend and had them developed; he was said to enjoy a good practical joke.
1 Sources 2 Connections Daily Mail The British paper that bought exclusive rights to the photo. Earlier it had publicly ridiculed Wetherell when the "Nessie footprints" he found proved a hoax.
1 Sources 2 Connections M. A. Wetherell An actor and big-game hunter who worked for the Daily Mail. To get revenge for its ridicule, he staged the hoax with his stepson, his son and an insurance agent.
1 Sources 2 Connections Christian Spurling Wetherell's stepson and the group's sculpture specialist. He admitted the photo was a hoax in January 1991.
1 Sources 1 Connections Maurice Chambers An insurance agent in on the hoax, who passed the plates to his friend Wilson.
1 Sources 1 Connections The toy submarine A Woolworths toy submarine with a head and neck of wood putty. When they heard a water bailiff coming, it was sunk with a foot, and it is presumably still somewhere in Loch Ness.
1 Sources 3 Connections The ripples The ripples fit small ripples rather than large waves seen up close. An analysis of the full photograph put the object at about 2 to 3 feet long.
1 Sources 1 Connections The 1975 Sunday Telegraph article An article describing the photo as fake ran on 7 December 1975 but fell into obscurity.
1 Sources 1 Connections Loch Ness A loch in the Scottish Highlands. The photo shows Urquhart Castle on its shore.
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Item The surgeon's photograph Run as an exclusive by the Daily Mail on 21 April 1934, the first photo to show the creature's head and neck. This is the photo. User contribution ↑ ran as an exclusive On 21 April 1934. Sources 1 Organization Daily Mail The British paper that bought exclusive rights to the photo. Earlier it had publicly ridiculed Wetherell when the "Nessie footprints" he found proved a hoax. User contribution ↑ was credited with Hence "the surgeon's photograph". Sources 1 Person Robert Kenneth Wilson A London gynaecologist who said he saw the monster while driving by the loch and took four photos. In fact he received the plates from a friend and had them developed; he was said to enjoy a good practical joke. User contribution Person Robert Kenneth Wilson A London gynaecologist who said he saw the monster while driving by the loch and took four photos. In fact he received the plates from a friend and had them developed; he was said to enjoy a good practical joke. User contribution ↓ was credited with Hence "the surgeon's photograph". Sources 1 Item The surgeon's photograph Run as an exclusive by the Daily Mail on 21 April 1934, the first photo to show the creature's head and neck. This is the photo. User contribution ↑ passed the plates to They were friends. Sources 1 Person Maurice Chambers An insurance agent in on the hoax, who passed the plates to his friend Wilson. User contribution Organization Daily Mail The British paper that bought exclusive rights to the photo. Earlier it had publicly ridiculed Wetherell when the "Nessie footprints" he found proved a hoax. User contribution ↓ ran as an exclusive On 21 April 1934. Sources 1 Item The surgeon's photograph Run as an exclusive by the Daily Mail on 21 April 1934, the first photo to show the creature's head and neck. This is the photo. User contribution ↓ ridiculed After the fake footprints. Sources 1 Person M. A. Wetherell An actor and big-game hunter who worked for the Daily Mail. To get revenge for its ridicule, he staged the hoax with his stepson, his son and an insurance agent. User contribution Person M. A. Wetherell An actor and big-game hunter who worked for the Daily Mail. To get revenge for its ridicule, he staged the hoax with his stepson, his son and an insurance agent. User contribution ↑ ridiculed After the fake footprints. Sources 1 Organization Daily Mail The British paper that bought exclusive rights to the photo. Earlier it had publicly ridiculed Wetherell when the "Nessie footprints" he found proved a hoax. User contribution ↓ staged the hoax with For revenge. Sources 1 Concept The toy submarine A Woolworths toy submarine with a head and neck of wood putty. When they heard a water bailiff coming, it was sunk with a foot, and it is presumably still somewhere in Loch Ness. User contribution More shared clues (8) AI research is a draft. Read the sources and check the context.
