Interview

For the interview portion of my research I decided to interview my mother and grandmother who have visited Scotland and Loch Ness. When asked about the actual Loch Ness they explained that it was:

"a long, slender lake in a hilly, almost mountainous area of Scotland. Scotland in general is so far north that the light of day isn't the same as Alabama, and that it looks mysterious or from another world and has an eerie feeling to the whole place."

I also asked them if they were interested in Nessie while they were there.

"Yes, there's a road that runs right along the water and we watched for Nessie the whole way."
"Then we arrived at a museum dedicated to Nessie sightings and from the point of view of the museum the Loch Ness Monster is an absolute fact."
"I asked a resident while we were there if he believed in Nessie and was expecting a casual answer to a tourist, but what he said almost sounded angry; he emphatically said 'There is a monster in the loch, She's there.' I'll never forget him because he was so passionate about it.

To sum things up I inquired on their beliefs in Nessie.

"When you're there, when you see it, the way it looks, the atmosphere and the castles, you understand why people would believe it. It's just some other worldly place, and it's not hard to believe in Nessie when you're there.




This interview was extremely educating and inspiring. Instead of some boring author explain to me all the evidence of what a fallacy Nessie is, I heard things that encouraged my imagination, not diminish it. Also, the thought of an old, angry Scot makes me want to visit there even more. I attempted to establish an interview with many different contacts from Scotland that work near or on Loch Ness such as skippers, their wives, and local museums. Unfortunatey, because of the 6 hour time difference and some bad luck, I had to settle for my family members who have visited Scotland, which turned out to be much more enjoyable than I planned.