Rupert T. Gould

A naval officer and author, Rupert T. Gould wrote the first book about the Loch Ness Monster. Late 1933. He sat down with Aldie and John Mackay and heard about their strange sighting in the loch. He also interviewed the Spicer couple. They described a long neck bent into half-hoops and a greyish body like a huge snail. In 1934 he published The Loch Ness Monster and Others. It included the Mackay case and a drawing of the Spicer creature. It also reproduced Hugh Gray's 1933 photograph, the first offered as evidence of the monster, and noted that it had been retouched.

Stories3

Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness

c. 1933 · North shore road near Abriachan Pier, opposite Aldourie, Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 45 sources

18Thinly documented

Naval officer and author who interviewed the Mackays in 1933 and published the case in 1934

The Spicer Land Sighting of the Loch Ness Monster

July 22, 1933 · Dores to Foyers road (today's B852), near Whitefield, south-east shore of Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

24Thinly documented

Researcher who interviewed the couple and published a drawing in 1934

Hugh Gray's Photograph: The First Claimed Photo of the Loch Ness Monster

November 12, 1933 · Mouth of the River Foyers, Foyers, Loch Ness, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources · 4 photos

36Partially documented

Author of the first Nessie book (1934), who reproduced the photo and noted the retouching