The Famous ‘Loch Ness Monster photo’ (and the man who faked it)

Jacob tells Rosie about a guy called Marmaduke Wetherell, a surgeon who just wanted to cut people open in peace, and how a crazy plot to bring down The Daily Mail is actually what led to the most (totally real!) photo of the Loch Ness Monster in history.

Story starts at approx 21:26

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more there’s this:

NYT article about Marmaduke and the hoax: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/weekinreview/loch-ness-fiction-is-stranger-than-truth.html

Background on how ‘The Surgeon’s Photo’ came to be: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/legend3.html

Book Jacob read - Nessie: The Surgeon’s Photograph Exposed by David MArtin and Alastair Boyd: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5541953-nessie

Very nerdy blog deep-diving on all things Nessie and Marmaduke: http://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2010/08/motives-of-marmaduke-wetherell.html

The recommendations of Aboriginal and Black Lives Matter voices/material/everything you should be looking into right now (CLICK ON LOTS OF THESE PLEASE!):

Listen to:

Speaking Out with Larissa Behrendt: https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/speakingout/

Pretty For An Aboriginal with Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell: https://www.buzzfeed.com/prettyforanaboriginal

Breathless - Guardian podcast covering the death in custody of David Dungay Jr: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2019/nov/26/after-the-inquest-david-dungays-family-say-theyre-still-searching-for-justice-breathless-podcast

1619 - New York Times podcast covering the USA’s history of slavery: https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project

Floodlines - Atlantic podcast covering the racist response to and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/floodlines/

Read:

Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss: https://www.booktopia.com.au/growing-up-aboriginal-in-australia-anita-heiss/book/9781863959810.html

Welcome To Country by Marcia Langton: https://www.booktopia.com.au/marcia-langton-welcome-to-country-marcia-langton/ebook/9781743585269.html

Australia Day by Stan Grant: https://www.booktopia.com.au/australia-day-stan-grant/book/9781460753187.html

The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper: https://www.booktopia.com.au/the-tall-man-chloe-hooper/book/9780143010661.html

Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe: https://www.booktopia.com.au/dark-emu-bruce-pascoe/book/9781921248016.html

Blood On The Wattle - Massacres and Mistreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788 by Bruce Elder: https://www.booktopia.com.au/blood-on-the-wattle-3rd-edition-bruce-elder/book/9781741100082.html

So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: https://www.booktopia.com.au/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race-ijeoma-oluo/book/9781580056779.html

White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin Diangelo: https://www.booktopia.com.au/white-fragility-robin-diangelo/book/9780807047415.html

How To Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal M Fleming: https://www.booktopia.com.au/how-to-be-less-stupid-about-race-crystal-marie-fleming/book/9780807050774.html

White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Haamd: https://www.booktopia.com.au/white-tears-brown-scars-ruby-hamad/book/9780522875584.html

#BlackInTheIvory on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackintheIvory?src=hashtag_click

Follow:

Lynda June-Coe: https://twitter.com/LyndaJune1

Amy McQuire: https://twitter.com/amymcquire

Nakkiah Lui: https://twitter.com/nakkiahlui

Roxy Moore: https://twitter.com/Roxy_Moore_

Nayuka Gorrie: https://twitter.com/NayukaGorrie

Indigenous X: https://twitter.com/IndigenousX

NITV: https://twitter.com/NITV

Rae Johnston: https://twitter.com/raejohnston

Roxane Gay: https://twitter.com/rgay

Watch:

The 8/6/20 episode of QandA (Hard Truths): https://iview.abc.net.au/show/qanda but in particular Meyne Wyatt’s monologue from his play City of Gold at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys2FTUmOnIg

The Final Quarter: https://10play.com.au/the-final-quarter and The Australian Dream: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/australian-dream - documentaries about the racism Adam Goodes faced in the AFL

In My Blood It Runs - about a ten year old Aboriginal Boy trying to balance his traditional upbringing with public school education: https://inmyblooditruns.com/

After The Apology: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1333274179947/after-the-apology - about Grandmothers Against Removals, a group that reveals the racism inherent in the child protection system in this country: https://www.facebook.com/GMAR.GrandmothersAgainstRemovals/

Anything on NITV (National Indigenous TV): https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/

13th - Oscar Nominated documentary about the criminalisation and imprisonment of African Americans: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741

When They See Us - miniseries about the wrongful imprisonment of the Central Park Five: https://www.netflix.com/title/80200549

Donate:

GoFundMe for Justice for David Dungay Jr - the Aboriginal man killed in custody in 2015: https://au.gofundme.com/f/d9qkb6-justice-for-david

FreeHer - many Aboriginal women are in prison just for being unable to pay simple fines. FreeHer aims to pay these fines, court costs etc to keep women out of the prison system: https://au.gofundme.com/f/bfvnvt-freethepeople

Aboriginal Legal Service - provides legal representation for the Aboriginal community: https://www.alsnswact.org.au/

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