When Monsters Come Ashore: Stories of the Loch Ness Monster on Land Paperback – February 28, 2018

Back in 2011, Roland Watson wrote an excellent book on the Loch Ness Monster. Its title: The Water Horses of Loch Ness. Roland's book was not a rehash of old material, as is the case in so many books on Nessie. Instead, Roland made a strong case that sightings of the Nessies date back hundreds of years, rather than having begun in 1933 - the year in which there was a wave of encounters at the loch. That Roland chose to address an aspect of the Nessie controversy that few had ever tackled - and certainly at book-length - was a very good thing.Seven years later, Roland has done it again. He has a new book out right now, When Monsters Come Ashore. The sub-title is: Stories of the Loch Ness Monster on Land. Like The Water Horses of Loch Ness, Roland's new book provides us with a wealth of new and extraordinary data.Just about every book ever written on the Loch Ness Monsters has (to varying degrees) covered the matter of the creatures having been seen out of the water. But, until now, that has largely revolved around recycling old cases and equally old theories to explain such an undeniably controversial aspect of the overall puzzle. It's one thing to say that you have seen a Loch Ness Monster in that huge body of water. It's quite another thing, though, to come face to face with one of the beasts in the woods surrounding the loch - or even on the road. But, that's what you get in this book - and way more too.To his credit, given the sensational nature of some of the stories, Roland keeps a level-head on his shoulders as he pursues the stories and the witnesses. Indeed, in a field that is understandably filled with emotion, Roland takes a different path and uses logic and science to make a case. In that sense, When Monsters Come Ashore is less a straightforward hunt for unknown animals and far more a real-life detective story.There is much more to When Monsters Come Ashore, all of it fascinating and thought-provoking. If you thought there was nothing new to be said on the matter of the Nessies, you're dead wrong. This is a book that just about anyone and everyone with an interest in the Loch Ness Monster(s) should buy.

It's not often these days we get a really well researched book on a cryptozoological phenomenon. While there is a glut of books on the market which chronicle practically every aspect of cryptozoological activity and history, so much of it is retread from other, older books, or ventures off into the arcane and often the ridiculous.Roland Watson's WHEN MONSTER COME ASHORE is more along the lines of the original books written by researchers like Roy Mackal, Bernard Heuvelmans, John Green and Loren Coleman. It's refreshing to read, not only for the historical accounts of Loch Ness Monster land sightings, but many of which I had never before heard of. If you are a serious researcher on the subject of the Loch Ness Monster, or aquatic anomalies in general, or simply an armchair researcher, you can't go wrong with this book.

An excellent addition to any cryptozoology library, especially if you have a keen interest in Loch Ness. Thoroughly researched and very well written, the author presents each account with clear and critical thinking and addresses the accompanying skepticism that comes with each sighting with logic. I highly recommend this captivating book for any Nessie enthusiast and any lake monster aficionado.

I have been privileged to meet Roland via Facebook. He always does exhaustive research and mixes it with common sense to come up with really plausible stuff. Great read and totally worth the Money.

A compact guidebook to LNM land sightings all in one book, a book which needed to be written. It sheds a critical light on these claimed sightings and doesn't "fudge" when they don't seem to fit the general paradigm - i.e., one sighting where the creature looks like Nessie but has four long legs and no long tail, making it look like a freakishly long-necked camel. For me the most interesting case Roland Watson treats is the Torquil MacLeod sighting of a huge, half-submerged creature "scraping and scanning" its environs at the bottom of a steep cliff. Watson successfully debunks over-skeptical critiques, such as the "monster" having been merely a mis-perceived herd of sheep. One might have wished the book to be a bit longer and of course, it lacks photographs of land sightings because none exist. However, it does feature comparative photos of sighting locations and one photo of what could be the dorsal side of a creature just entering the water. I recommend the book as a useful supplement to anyone's Nessie library.

Prompt delivery. An excellent book. I recommend this book to all who are interested in this subject it covers.

Serious students of the Loch Ness Monster are aware of a subset of reports of encounters with the creatures on land. This book is the first time those sightings have been dealt with exclusively in a volume format. Many of the most famous (the Spicers, Arthur Grant, Torquil McLeod and Margret Munro) are dealt with in great detail (with new information thrown in), as well as many more obscure incidents. The various opinions and interpretations of these cases are gone over with rigor. I highly recommend this book as a worthy addition to the Loch Ness literature.

A good read for a Nessie fan. My only complaint is that the author reports several relatively new sightings that I have never heard of but gives no details. Otherwise pretty good, recommended if you are interested.

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This is an intriguing, exciting, clearly written account of land sightings of strange creatures reported on the shores of Loch ness. It gives full coverage to the well-known episodes, exploring them in great detail - excellent research.One or two episodes have not been included in this edition - the creature seen by a girl of Fort Augustus who saw a huge creature lying on a beach in Borlum Bay (this is different from the Margaret Munro sighting), and Mrs. McLennan's sighting near Whitefield.The book is a great addition to the books on this enduring mystery.

Sightings, accounts, of the UK's No1, cryptid. If you have books on nessie in the Loch, then this is the perfect companion. Nessie seen on land!!

A superbly researched and very well written book. I thought it was a novel and excellent idea to look at all the land sightings and whether they were possible. I found it a very interesting book and the large print made it easy to read. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has an interest in the mystery of the monsters of Loch Ness and I look forward to the future books Mr Watson has indicated that he will write.

How fabulous it is to have a pro Nessie book amongst the sea of sceptical books written by sad individuals who find it easier to believe in strings of otters,self propelling weed mats &hallucinations etc,etc,rather than the possibility of an unknown species of large animal living in Loch Ness & various other Scottish Lochs.This book has been excellently written & is an absolute pleasure to read from cover to cover.Well done Roland for such a superb work!