Recently there was a bit of excitement on the shores of Assateague Island, which runs between Virginia and Maryland. A rare Atlantic sturgeon measuring about 37 inches washed up on the beach, and caused quite the stir except among the shorebirds who wanted nothing to do with the bony plated armor of the beastie. Imagine if it had been a full grown sturgeon—they can grow to 14 feet and weigh close to half a ton. That would have spawned some interesting tales, just like The 1880s Diver Incident – Evolution of a Story. It seems a professional diver was employed to help raise up a wreck in Loch Ness but instead of fulfilling the terms of his contract, he signaled his team to pull him from the dark waters. Refusing to ever dive there again, he claimed he had encountered something near the wreck, strange enough and large enough that he was willing to put his career on the line in order to avoid a repeat experience. With fodder like this, the story took hold and grew, meaning that whatever was calling the loch its home that day was lost in a furor of heresay and embellishment. (CM)
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