Listening to Mendelssohn.
How I get to look at the computer.
This book is written by someone who really wants to believe
in a sea monster living on Lake Champlain, but doesn't want to be
suckered.
The result is a book that thoroughly explores every legend connected to some sort of sea creature that has been reported in the Lake from Native American legends, the European discoverer of the Lake, Samuel Champlain to sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries.
It is also a book bent on debunking every eye witness report.
That's not a bad thing and I think that Bartholomew is honest in his accounts, because he doesn't out and out call anyone a liar, however, he does point out discrepancies in reports and contradictions between eye witnesses. He wants to believe, yet he can't.
Because of his skeptical approach the overall tone comes across as snarky. It would have been a more pleasant read if he simply treated the Lake Champlain monster as a legend and narrated all the stories as such. Maybe there's something there, maybe not. Who knows? The stories are still interesting to read.
The fact is, with all alleged monster sightings, eye witnesses aren't always trustworthy and with CGI these days, anything can be shown in a photo or footage.
Until someone provides a body or skeleton, sea monsters will remain mysterious and legendary.
The result is a book that thoroughly explores every legend connected to some sort of sea creature that has been reported in the Lake from Native American legends, the European discoverer of the Lake, Samuel Champlain to sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries.
It is also a book bent on debunking every eye witness report.
That's not a bad thing and I think that Bartholomew is honest in his accounts, because he doesn't out and out call anyone a liar, however, he does point out discrepancies in reports and contradictions between eye witnesses. He wants to believe, yet he can't.
Because of his skeptical approach the overall tone comes across as snarky. It would have been a more pleasant read if he simply treated the Lake Champlain monster as a legend and narrated all the stories as such. Maybe there's something there, maybe not. Who knows? The stories are still interesting to read.
The fact is, with all alleged monster sightings, eye witnesses aren't always trustworthy and with CGI these days, anything can be shown in a photo or footage.
Until someone provides a body or skeleton, sea monsters will remain mysterious and legendary.
6 comments:
what's cgi? not very likely i'd think, but how would i know? i wonder how deep it is... not that that would have much to do with it, lol...
HI Mudpuddle,
CGI is "Computer Generated Images". Movies like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings are 80% CGI.
I'd like to think there was something or in the past, but who knows? How do you separate the lies from the true stories? Probably there isn't anything there now. Maybe something was there once that died off?
The legends are still interesting.
Hope all is well. I finally found my address book, so I've mailed you a card.
tx! something to look forward to! (important to the aged, lol)
HI mudpuddle!
I think you would enjoy belonging to postcrossing. Here's the address: https://www.postcrossing.com/
It's a lot of fun to get postcards from all over the world. I now have a number of personal pen pals from the club. I know people would find you interesting.
tx, i'll look into it...
Let me know if you join it.
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