Steve Alten and Loch Ness

According to The Inverness Courier of June 19, 2007, popular cryptofiction author Steve Alten believes that his ideas on what the "Loch Ness Monster" is were supported by the recent Holmes footage.

Steve Alten is the author of a number of books, including four (4) with a distinct cryptozoological overtone. These cryptofiction entries are MEG, Loch Ness, MEG: Primal Waters and The Trench. Alten's 2005 novel Loch Ness was published by Tsunami Books.

As part of the publicity for the book the publisher offered a bounty for any fisherman who could produce an eel whose teeth appeared like the tooth found on Loch Ness in 2005. From this bounty a replica skull was commissioned showing what the skull of the "Loch Ness Monster" could look like based on the tooth.

Culture, fiction and the undeniable intrigue of Loch Ness.

See http://www.theloch.com/links.htm for images tied to the "tooth" mentioned above.