I first visited Loch Ness when I was a kid of 10 of 11: I was already totally fascinated by dinosaurs - all prehistoric animals, in fact - and had a large library of books on the subject. The visit coincided with a campaign by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau, who had established camera watch points and semi-permanent camps around the loch: I was inspired by all this activity into a life-long interest in both cryptozoology and fossil hunting. If I couldn't see a living sea monster, I could at least hold the remains of a long-dead one! The fossils below (some of which I found, some I was given) are vertebrae and teeth of Plesiosaurs and Ichthyosaurs and the femur of a Pliosaur: genuine Mesozoic sea monsters! (Those with a long memory will recall that I was lucky enough to enjoy a sustained view of the fabled Loch Ness Monster back in the seventies....)
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