Scottish celebs hit back at scientists and insist Loch Ness Monster is real as they back our campaign
COMIC book legend Mark Millar has warned scientists they face a monster backlash — as The Scottish Sun launches our “Don’t Mess With The Ness” campaign.
It comes after boffins launched TWO scathing attacks on our national icon this month claiming the legendary beastie is simply an overgrown eel.
But leading the charge is Millar, who created hit Hollywood movies Kick-Ass, Kingsman and Wanted.
The 49-year-old from Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, said: “If I learned anything from Jurassic Park, Jaws and all the other big monster movies, the scientists who try to come up with a rational explanation for these beasts are always the first to get eaten.
“She’s a dinosaur. Get over it, science!”
Scientists reveal 'plausible theory' for Loch Ness Monster legend
Earlier this month a team of experts from Otago Uni in New Zealand, led by Professor Neil Gemmell, announced their theory to the world after analysing DNA taken from the Highland loch.
Then this week their outrageous slur was apparently backed up by underwater footage taken by the Ness Fishery Board which appeared to show a giant eel swimming through the murky depths.
But full-time Nessie hunter Steve Feltham, 56 — who has been camped out on the shores of Loch Ness scanning the surface since 1991 — rubbished the murky video clip.
He said: “The man who put the camera there is adamant it’s a stick. It was in about 3ft of water so looks bigger.”
But the The Scottish Sun believes, instead of trying to debunk the 1,000-year-old legend, boffins should back off and leave our anachronistic aquatic anomaly alone.
In fact they have probably unwittingly helped PROVE her existence.
Because if there are giant eels thrashing around in the Loch then that just means there’s an abundant food source for what really lies beneath the choppy waves — such as a plesiosaur left over from the Jurassic age.
And R2-D2 star Jimmy Vee insists he’s been left bleeping mad with boffins who keep dissing the Loch Ness Monster.
The 3ft 8in Jimmy — who has played the Star Wars droid since The Force Awakens in 2015 — fumed: “I am getting really peeved with scientists who keep saying our Nessie is just a big fish.
And the 59-year-old from Harthill, Lanarkshire, admits he nearly short- circuited over the pic of underwater snap in the River Ness.
He says: “That picture of the big eel could just be a log. In the words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, ‘This is not the monster you are looking for’.”
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The Krankies also leapt to the defence of fellow Scottish icon Nessie.
Husband-and-wife team Ian and Janette Tough were left aghast at the picture of a giant eel which boffins claim is actually our fabled watery reptilian.
Janette says: “Why do scientists always have to stick their nose in where it’s not wanted?
“Next they’ll be declaring Wee Jimmy Krankie is nothing more than a 72-year-old woman.”
Carnival Row star Scott Reid insists the legendary loch-loving lizard is not a fantasy like the smash hit TV show he’s currently starring in.
The 26-year-old — who shot to fame as Still Game’s Methadone Mick — plays the half- man/half-goat called Puck in the Amazon series with Hollywood A-listers Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne.
But he maintains there’s nothing mythical about the secretive submersible saurian.
He says: “Like our national animal the unicorn, Nessie should be left alone in peace.”
And just like Mark, he also warned scientists not to go poking around in the Highland loch.
He added: “You should never try to wake a sleeping princess. Nessie just needs her beauty sleep.”
Skittish Radio 2 legend Ken Bruce reckons anything large lurking in Loch Ness would give him the heebie jeebies.
There is no way that’s Nessie. That sort of flimsy evidence would never stand up in a court of law.
The 68-year-old — who presents the UK’s No1 most listened-to radio show — insists: “To me, a giant eel sounds just as scary as a plesiosaur. So whatever it is, it’s still a monster to me.”
Rebus creator Ian Rankin believes scientists are chasing the wrong clues over the elusive monster.
The 59-year-old best-selling author said: “Nessie an eel? She’s always been a slippery customer but she’ll always be OOR monster!”
Two Doors Down actor Alex Norton — who plays long-suffering Eric in the hit BBC comedy — reckons the footage of the eel is no laughing matter.
The 69-year-old simply said: “In the words of Victor Meldrew, ‘I don’t bEELieve it!’”
And the star, who also played DCI Matt Burke in Taggart, added: “There is no way that’s Nessie. That sort of flimsy evidence would never stand up in a court of law.”
Rab C. Nesbitt legend Tony Roper is adamant the eel pic proves absolutely nothing. The 78-year-old, who played Jamesie Cotter in the BBC comedy, declared: “That is definitely not Nessie.”
And he insists he’s heard the legendary monster’s talents even extend to the football pitch.
He joked: “Nessie does have a talent for football though but, annoyingly, leaves her footy gear all over Davy Jones locker hence her nickname Messi Nessi.”
Former Scotland, Celtic and West Ham striker Frank McAvennie also joined the chorus of Nessie fans.
The 59-year-old said: “For as long as I can remember, doubters have tried to pour cold water on the Nessie legend and nobody yet has managed to prove she doesn’t exist.
“She is a national treasure and must have brought millions into the economy over the years. The scientists should put on their lab coats and do one, as far as I am concerned. I can’t stand people who aren’t happy unless they can prove things beyond scientific doubt. These people need to get out more and live a little.”
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