By Tim Binnall
A new search for the Loch Ness Monster has been announced for later this year and the organizers of the endeavor are calling on NASA to join in on the hunt. The forthcoming event is reportedly a joint effort by the Loch Ness Centre tourist attraction and the Loch Ness Exploration (LNE) research group. The search is something of a sequel to a similar sizeable endeavor put together by the two organizations last summer. That effort, believed to be the largest hunt for Nessie in 50 years, was hampered by poor weather, though it did result in worldwide headlines as well as at least one piece of compelling footage captured by an observer on the shore of Loch Ness.
The forthcoming hunt will occur over the course of four days beginning on May 30th, which is the 90th anniversary of the first search for Nessie, organized by Sir Edward Mountain back in 1934. As with last year's event, the hope is to enlist a considerable number of volunteers to set up watch around Loch Ness while a boat on the water will employ a hydrophone to possibly capture sounds that may come from the famed cryptid. In announcing the new search, the Loch Ness Centre stressed that they are also "asking for experts to help" in the endeavor and specifically called on the "pioneers of exploration NASA" to lend a hand in looking for Nessie.
As for how the famed space agency could possibly aid in the effort, the Loch Ness Centre's marketing manager Aimee Todd explained that "we are hoping that experts from NASA might have some advanced imaging technology to scan the loch." That said, she indicated that the search organizers have yet to actually connect with the space agency and said that they are "hoping to reach them through the power of social media" by way of "Nessie hunters around the world" joining in on the entreaty to NASA, which is likely only just now learning that they are being called upon to help hunt for the legendary 'monster.'