Editing Loch Ness Monster (section)

==={{anchor|George Edwards's photograph (2011)}}George Edwards photograph (2011)===
On 3 August 2012, skipper George Edwards claimed that a photo he took on 2 November 2011 shows "Nessie". Edwards claims to have searched for the monster for 26 years, and reportedly spent 60 hours per week on the loch aboard his boat, ''Nessie Hunter IV'', taking tourists for rides.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Erin |date=15 August 2012 |title=Scottish Sailor Claims To Have Best Picture Yet of Loch Ness Monster &#124; ABC News Blogs – Yahoo! |url=http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/scottish-sailor-claims-best-picture-yet-loch-ness-100057921--abc-news-topstories.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307172658/https://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/scottish-sailor-claims-best-picture-yet-loch-ness-100057921--abc-news-topstories.html |archive-date=7 March 2016 |access-date=11 April 2013 |publisher=Gma.yahoo.com}}</ref> Edwards said, "In my opinion, it probably looks kind of like a [[manatee]], but not a [[mammal]]. When people see three [[List of animals with humps|hump]]s, they're probably just seeing three separate monsters."<ref>McLaughlin, Erin, "[http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/scottish-sailor-claims-best-picture-yet-loch-ness-100057921--abc-news-topstories.html Scottish Sailor Claims To Have Best Picture Yet Of Loch Ness Monster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307172658/https://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/scottish-sailor-claims-best-picture-yet-loch-ness-100057921--abc-news-topstories.html |date=7 March 2016 }}", [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]/[[Yahoo! News]], 16 August 2012</ref>

Other researchers have questioned the photograph's authenticity,<ref name="naish">{{Cite web |last=Naish |first=Darren |date=10 July 2013 |title=Photos of the Loch Ness Monster, revisited |url=https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/photos-of-the-loch-ness-monster-revisited/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423234921/http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2013/07/10/photos-of-the-loch-ness-monster-revisited/ |archive-date=23 April 2015 |access-date=14 November 2019 |website=[[Scientific American]]}}</ref> and Loch Ness researcher Steve Feltham suggested that the object in the water is a fibreglass hump used in a [[National Geographic Channel]] documentary in which Edwards had participated.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Roland |date=20 August 2012 |title=Follow up to the George Edwards Photo |url=http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/follow-up-on-george-edwards-photo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706151201/http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/follow-up-on-george-edwards-photo.html |archive-date=6 July 2017 |access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref> Researcher Dick Raynor has questioned Edwards' claim of discovering a deeper bottom of Loch Ness, which Raynor calls "Edwards Deep". He found inconsistencies between Edwards' claims for the location and conditions of the photograph and the actual location and weather conditions that day. According to Raynor, Edwards told him he had faked a photograph in 1986 that he claimed was genuine in the National Geographic documentary.<ref name="Edwardsclaims">{{Cite web |last=Raynor |first=Dick |title=An examination of the claims and pictures taken by George Edwards |url=http://www.lochnessinvestigation.com/georgeedwardsclaims.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008035058/http://www.lochnessinvestigation.com/georgeedwardsclaims.html |archive-date=8 October 2018 |access-date=1 September 2012}}</ref> Although Edwards admitted in October 2013 that his 2011 photograph was a hoax,<ref name="Edwards hoax">{{Cite web |last=Alistair |first=Munro |title=Loch Ness Monster: George Edwards 'faked' photo |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/loch-ness-monster-george-edwards-faked-photo-1-3126919 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511053841/http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/loch-ness-monster-george-edwards-faked-photo-1-3126919 |archive-date=11 May 2015 |access-date=5 June 2015 |website=The Scotsman}}</ref> he insisted that the 1986 photograph was genuine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gross |first=Jenny |date=5 October 2013 |title=Latest Loch Ness 'Sighting' Causes a Monstrous Fight |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304795804579099051192907582 |url-status=live |access-date=5 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710004252/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304795804579099051192907582 |archive-date=10 July 2015}}</ref>

A survey of the literature about other supposed sightings, including photographs, published in ''[[The Scientific American]]'' blog network on 10 July 2013, indicates none of them are actual sightings.<ref name="naish" />