Lock-Ness Monster

Christian Spurling, before his death at the age of 90, confessed to his involvement in a plot involving both Weatherall and Colonel Wilson. According to Spurling, he had been approached by Weatherall, his step-father, who wanted him to make a convincing serpent model. The model was then taken to Lock-Ness photographed, and the pictures were given to Wilson, whom Weatherall felt would be a creditable, front man since he was a surgeon. Apparently, Weatherall's motive for concocting the elaborate plot was revenge, since he was still smarting from his humiliation over the hippo foottracks. And once the story came out, the Daily Mail got its own revenge