An underwater camera set up 55 years ago to try and photograph the Loch Ness Monster has been found by accident by a robot submarine.

The ocean-going yellow sub - called Boaty McBoatface - was being put through trials when its propeller snagged the mooring for the 1970s camera system.

It is believed it was lowered 180m (591ft) below the loch’s surface by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau, a group set up in the 1960s to uncover the existence of Nessie in the waters.

No footage of Nessie has been found on the camera, but one of the submarine’s engineers was able to develop a few images of the loch’s murky waters.

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      18 days ago

      Personally I’m betting on Nessie having camouflage skills like an octopus, and instead of squirting ink they can create the equivalent of an underwater dust cloud. That would absolutely explain these photos.

      Edit to add: /jk since apparently that wasn’t obvious 🙄

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        -518 days ago

        And it knew to react to an unmoving camera how? It just perfectly puts out its camouflage cloud every time it passes a camera? You realize that makes zero sense, right?

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          618 days ago

          Um, you’re taking my comment way too seriously. I replied to a cartoon picture. I literally just made up a silly explanation that would fit the photos. Please take a deep breath and go touch some grass.

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            18 days ago

            Oh shut the fuck up. Telling someone to touch grass after spouting your delusion? People like you need to be told to shut up more. We shouldn’t entertain your nonsense. Trying to call it a joke after the fact is the only laughable part.

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                Nah, I’m just done with handling ignorance with kid gloves. It’s how we got to the state of the US today.

                You clearly put forth your unsubstantiated theory that Nessie has active camouflage and it totally explains the murky photos. You took the LACK of evidence and used that as proof of something even more extreme and requiring of even more proof. When asked a very simple question like “well then how would it work with a stationary camera?” suddenly it’s “well I was just playing make believe, you need to touch grass!”

                Nah, fuck your goal post moving ass.

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                  618 days ago

                  You clearly put forth your unsubstantiated theory

                  you need better reading skills. their comment was incredibly clearly a joke. You’re the only one here that thought it was serious.

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                    You’ve clearly not been on the Internet long if you haven’t seen someone spout that exact line of bullshit as absolute truth before.

                    Maybe save your jokes for your comedy hour instead of thinking every discussion needs your half assed jokes? This isn’t the meme community.