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15.06.2022 - 14:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A US travel writer has posted an incredible rant giving the reasons why he hates Loch Ness - dubbing it the "longest, deepest, most boring, and most overhyped lake" he has ever laid eyes on.
Seattle-based Rick Steves' Europe writer and photographer Cameron Hewitt stuck his views up on Facebook after driving from Inverness to the Isle of Skye via the loch.
The experienced tourism researcher explained that he was forced to take the route as part of his role due to the loch's popularity.
Taking to social media to share his frustration, he wrote: "I hate Loch Ness. There, I said it.
"Famous as it may be, there’s nothing remotely interesting about Loch Ness, once you’re actually here. Loch Ness doesn’t even crack the top 25 list of 'prettiest Scottish lochs'.
"It’s simply a long, narrow lake with a string of cheesy roadside attractions, and a not-very-dramatic mountains on the far side."
And he wasn't holding back when it came to the subject of the loch's most famous resident either.
"It’s almost as if the Scots, determined to wring a little touristic value out of this giant waste of space," He continued. "At some point said, 'Hmm...we should come up with some utterly fabricated story to get people to want to spend time and money here'.
"And so the Loch Ness Monster — Nessie — was born."
Cameron's own views on the legendary beast are equally unequivocal.
He ranted: "There is no Loch Ness Monster... period. It does not exist. Never has.
"It’s just empty hype, invented in the 1930s, kept alive by hoax after hoax, seemingly for no other reason than to get people excited about a little stretch of the nothingness contained within the Scottish interior."
He then went on to discuss the loch's boat tours (which he dubs "pointless"), the
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