OrgoneConclusion said:

'The most convincing Nessie photograph ever': Skipper claims to have finally found proof that Loch Ness Monster exists.
Seeing how not a single photo has ever been convincing, I am not sure what 'most convincing' means.

George Edwards has hunted Nessie for 26 years and holds tours of the Loch.
Well he has zero motivation to fake such a photo.

He even says image was verified by team of US military monster experts.
How many Monster Experts does the US Military have and what kind of training?

A Nessie sighting specialist has backed his claims, adding: 'It proves Nessie is definitely NOT a sturgeon'
What is a sighting specialist and how does a non-descript photo show what Nessie is or is not? Yes, the object in the photo is not a sturgeon, but that is all that can be concluded.

George Edwards has dedicated more than two decades of his life to the hunt for the elusive Loch Ness monster, spending 60 hours a week on the water. And now George Edwards believes he has finally fulfilled his ambition of spotting 'Nessie'; he even photographic evidence to prove it.
In other words tour sales were down and he needed to reinvigorate them.

Mr Edwards, who has spent 26 years on his quest, managed to capture this image of a dark hump slinking in and out of the lake's waters from the deck of his boat, Nessie Hunter, before it vanished back into the deep.
A still shot does NOT show movement. Apparently video cameras have yet to reach Scottish shores.

He claims the picture is the best-ever taken of the Loch Ness Monster and proves once and for all that the elusive leviathan exists - and is definitely not a sturgeon.

He says he has even had it independently verified by a team of US military monster experts as well as a Nessie sighting specialist.
Mr Edwards spends his life on the loch - around 60 hours a week - taking tourists out on his boat Nessie Hunter IV, and has led numerous Nessie hunts over the years. 'I was just about to return to Temple Pier (in Drumnadrochit) and I went to the back of the boat which was facing the pier and that’s when I saw it,' said 60-year-old Mr Edwards, a lifelong believer in the monster.
Seeing as how the only somewhat convincing photo was a confessed hoax on which he based his entire life...

The Loch Ness Monster has been the subject of many sightings in the Scottish Highlands.
Some experts believe that  the beast represents a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs, a type of carnivorous aquatic reptile from millions of years ago.
Except real experts (marine biologists) long ago determined there was insufficient food supply in the loch for a creature of that type, the case should have been put to rest.

Nessie is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next.
There have been hundreds of supposed sightings over the years. Most, however, have been dismissed as hoax or fantasy.
One of the most accepted explanations is that the monster is in fact a giant sturgeon which can grow up to 12 feet long.
Interesting that one imaginary creature is similar to other imaginary creatures.

Steve Feltham, who has dedicated the past 21 years to hunting for Nessie was unequivocval. 'It is the best photograph I think I have ever seen,' he said.
Best meaning what?

From his base on Dores beach and has studied many Nessie sighting photographs.
'I think the images are fantastic - that’s the animal I have been looking for all this time,' he said yesterday.
'I would say it doesn’t prove what Nessie is, but it does prove what Nessie isn’t, a sturgeon which is a fish that has been put forward as one of the main explanations as to what Nessie could be but this hasn’t got a serrated spine like the sturgeon.
Mr Edwards attempted to use his vessel’s sonar to make a contact but to no avail.
Bashful beast: George said the monster was slowly moving up the loch towards Urquhart Castle (pictured)
'I hung around for a good half-an-hour and used the deep scanning sonar to try and pick it up, but I’m afraid I had no luck at all.'
Mr Edwards took the photo at 9am on 2nd November last year on a compact Samsung digital camera that he always keeps on the boat.
Before releasing it publicly he sent it to the USA for analysis, though he can’t reveal further details.
'I did not want to mention my sighting until I was sure that I had not photographed a log or something inanimate in the water,' he said. 'I have friends in the USA who have friends in the military.

'They had my photo analysed and they have no doubt that I photographed an animate object in the water. I was really excited as I am sure that some strange creatures are lurking in the depths of Loch Ness.'
Ah yes - a friend of a friend  told him...

The Loch Ness Monster has been a subject of mass intrigue and debate since it came to the world's attention in 1933.
Scientists have widely written off the idea as a modern-day myth and continued sightings as set ups and wishful thinking.
Yet it has remained a contested phenomenon for almost 80 years.
Perhaps the most famous picture of Nessie was taken by Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London gynaecologist (pictured left). It was published in the Daily Mail on 21 April 1934.
The picture showed what looked like a long neck and head rising from the water.

However, it turned out to be a toy submarine bought from Woolworths with a head and neck made of wood in an elabourate hoax by big-game hunter Marmaduke Wetherell in an act of revenge on the newspaper that had ridiculed him over his hapless search for the beast.

And yet this picture, like the faked Bigfoot film and faked Meier Schneider UFO photos are the basis for many who believe.

His picture was declared 'positive evidence' by a famous biologist and cryptozoologist.
A famous biologist? So famous that he had no name?

In 1960, aeronautical engineer Tim Dinsdale filmed a hump crossing the water leaving a powerful wake.
This is fact and th hum exactly matched that of Weddell seals who sometime frequent the lake.

In February 2012, a sonar image of a large mystery object deep below the surface of Loch Ness netted boat skipper Marcus Atkinson the Best Nessie Sighting of The Year Award - the first time in several years it has been presented by bookmaker William Hill.
The sonar picture, that shows a large unidentified living object deep underwater, was recorded by Loch Ness boat skipper Marcus Atkinson.
There we go again with 'The Best'. The best of nothing is still nothing.

In summation, Edwards waited for 26 years, saw the hump for 5 minutes and in his excitement snapped exactly one photo. My out-of-date digital camers can hold several hundred images.

Why is it I use the term 'nutters'?

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Not sure.  Maybe you can elaborate a little?

OrgoneConclusion said:

Don't get me started on the Barrackness Monster.

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OrgoneConclusion said:

Over-reaching a bit?

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Not Nessie-sarily?