The Loch Ness monster will go on display at London’s Natural History Museum if it is caught under a deal negotiated with bookmakers William Hill.
The museum has secured the rights to showcase Nessie’s remains should it be captured, in exchange for verifying her existence on behalf of the bookmakers.
Under the deal, formalised in 1987 and revealed in archive documents released by the museum, William Hill pays the museum an annual fee on return for the guarantee its experts will provide “positive identification” of the elusive creature.
The agreement, which has netted the museum at least £22,000, also covers the Yeti.
The bookmaker currently offers odds of 500/1 on the existence of the Loch Ness monster being proved within a year and 200/1 for the Yeti.
Graham Sharpe, spokesman for William Hill, said: “We have maintained our relationship with the Natural History Museum and are delighted to do so.
“As we rely on the Met Office to rule on white Christmases, we are dependent on the museum to tell us whether any carcass that may emerge from the loch is a haddock, or a previously unknown creature from the deep.”
Cheap publicity stunt? read more at Telegraph (thanks, Tammy)
People are just getting dumber everyday. This is ridiculous.
Given there’s been no sign of either for the last 22 years, the odds quoted are remarkably optimistic.
It’s a win/win situation for both parties, isn’t it? The only people losing out are those betting on the existence of such creatures…
people are getting dumber every day 22 years ago?
If the museum is obtaining funds from a bookie despite the strange details of the deal….I don’t mind in the slightest!
As long as the Museum doesn’t try to ram any strange mystical or psychic phenomenon down my throat when I visit…..
Surely the Natural History Museum should go and put a big bet on now and quickly knock something up with some spare bones :-p
It’s deep and dark in that cold Scottish water…
Forget the gamblers, the odds look even worse for nessy if they ever get him!
dosent it seem funny how it looks like a toy
you can tell by the waves in the picture.
water doesnt behave the same if you scale it down.
that picture is phony
it would be believable however if there was osme form of relative scenery to comapre sizes to.
I’ve seen something weird in the vicinity of loch ness. No proper explanation yet
http://niksargent.com/writing/2009/3/6/an-encounter-with-lizzie-sister-of-the-loch-ness-monster.html
Let’s put aside the fact that the Lock Ness Monster probably doesn’t exist for a moment…..They want to put its remains on display in the National History Museum??? So, after decades of searching for the legendary Lock Ness Monster – probably the most incredible animal on earth – we finally discover it, marvel at the fact that it really exists….and then kill it?!
London .. is the place for you … London .. is the place to be ….
When I was up at Loch Ness earlier this year I met someone who has been searching for the monster since 1967 and he hasn’t found anything yet!!
what if it’s just a big squid? Do they get to display a big squid? A taxidermist’s nightmare!