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SEARCH OF LAKE MONSTERS
Peter Costello.
Garnstone Press, London.
1974.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 354
pages, index, extensive bibliography, listing of photographs taken in Loch
Ness, chronology of sightings of Loch Ness animals.
The fly blurb says it all:
"Not another book about Loch Ness!". But this is truly a serious look at
the reported sightings and fables and theories of strange and unidentified
freshwater creatures throughout the world, with dear Nessie taking centre
stage of course. It also mentions our own bunyip, albeit briefly
but perhaps that is all it deserves. I don't believe in the bunyip. I have
seen the Yarra River many hundreds of times and I've never seen one - and
as all Melbournians know, everything floats down the Yarra. I jest of course,
but this book is a very serious, interesting and important essay on a most
fascinating subject. [ps]
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