September 25, 2012

Mummified Baby Nessie or Carnival Gaff?

Found on Facebook, not quite the same as FOAF (friend of a friend).

With almost certainty that this is a gaff as Loren posted about here on Cryptomundo in the past, I thought it interesting enough within the cryptozoological angle to share here with the Cryptomundians.

Mummified Baby Nessie with Internal Organs

The gentleman in the photo, reportedly a physician that conducted the autopsy on the wee beastie presented here (if memory serves), may have been rumored to have participated in the Bathymetrical Survey of the Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland.

The provenance card accompanying the exhibit identifies him as Dr. Alexander Moore.

“1912 Dr. Alexander Moore led an expedition to prove the existance (sic) of a creature said to live in Loch Ness. His team searched the loch for more than 3 weeks and returned with one infant specimen. The creature was already dead when it was discovered but the Dr. was able to preserve the heart, one lung and a segment of intestine.”

Doc Weitzel’s Traveling Curiosity Show
Old Gettysburg Village, Gettysburg, PAStrange World

According to Roadside America, Doc Weitzel’s Traveling Curiosity Show closed in 2010, and I’m guessing that the “Mummified Baby Nessie with Internal Organs” has disappeared forever…

About Craig Woolheater
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005. I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films: OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.

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