Yes, you read that right. After all the buzz that surrounded the public event, created on a popular social media platform, of storming Area 51 in the USA, another one has followed suit. While Area 51 has been in the eye of the storm for long, intriguing curiosity in people across the world, the new development is no less. This time, a new event has been created on social media in search of the Loch Ness monster!
The event has been named, Storm Loch Ness, and is scheduled for September 21 this year. The event has been created to hunt the Loch Ness in Scotland in search of the creature that has remained a mystery for centuries now. While some believe that the said creature, Nessie, is mythical and a figment of people’s imagination, there are reports of its sightings as well!
Those, who have testified sighting the creature report it to be massive in size, with a long neck, and humps as well. While it has always remained a matter of much discussion, it was in the 1930s that an alleged photo of the creature was shared by a Londoner.
Now, with the Storm Loch Ness event, going viral on social media, there are concerns regarding the safety measures at the loch. Reportedly, 18000 people have signed up for the event, with 38000 signing up as “interested” in being a part of the same. If it turns to reality, there would be a massive footfall at the waterbody.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has issued a warning against being a part of the event, also stating that their number of volunteers is inadequate to handle such a situation. It also stated that when compared to the situation at Area 51, they lack the resources used by the US military to tackle this big a footfall. A spokesperson also said that getting into the water is “dangerous”.
In a statement by a RNLI spokesperson, the water is as more than twice deeper when compared to the Big Ben! It is all the more dangerous since it is a freshwater body, thus has lesser buoyancy to support in case of an accident. Even the average water temperature at the Noch reads 43-degree Fahrenheit, and has waves as high as 13 ft. The sheer number of attendees at the event makes it a scary situation, thus people are advised against storming the waterbody.
