Assignment #7 Rick Marino

While browsing for influential events between September 12 and October 11, I came across paramount battles, life-changing inventions, and the births and deaths of great men and women. I would love to say that such events fascinate me and drive me to make sense of my entire existence. But, they don't. Frankly, I could care less about presidential proclamations and the Nazi campaign. I did, however, strike gold. I discovered a gem amongst a mountain of dull, lifeless B.S. - Did you know that on October 11, 1987, a team of "scientists" in Scotland completed a full survey of Loch Ness in attempt to prove the existence of the Loch Ness monster? Equipped with the best technology at the time, the team sought to settle the debate sparked by a controversial photo of the monster in the 1930s. Upon firsthand examination, the picture resembles the slobber of a baby smeared onto a pointless picture in a somewhat geometric fashion.

Despite the pure amusement that this brought me, I am perplexed as to why this is considered a "historic event." More so, why do a handful of individuals persist on creating an idiotic state of mankind? Ancient aliens built the pyramids of Egypt, Sasquatch roams the Canadian wilderness, you name it. I in terms of good and bad, this event is more laughable than anything. I guess conspiracy theories are just in human nature.

This event had absolutely no effect on my existence. Ask a pretentious philosopher and they might think differently, but its difficult for me to buy into those ideas. But, who knows, the Loch Ness monster might emerge from the murky depths of Loch Ness thirty years from now like an erupting volcano, awaking from a thousand year dormant slumber. She might exact revenge and gulp down all those who doubted her(I was always under the impression that is was a female, after all its nickname is Nessie), including me. The theorists might be right. Nessie could be shifting between dimensions, to the point where humans can't perceive her true form. We might be all a apart of an elaborate novel, with the monster representing our Achilles Heel for curiosity. This event might later be considered as the most significant event in history by humans living in the NE(Nessie Era). I mean, who knows? Nobody. That's who.