It was not the last time Sandy Gray would be in the papers for an unusual encounter at Loch Ness. “Beautiful Visitor to Loch Ness,” read one headline. Sandy’s remarkable find was reported in newspapers across Scotland. It seemed that the duck had escaped or otherwise been released from captivity into an unfamiliar habitat. It was native to Asia and entirely alien to Loch Ness, which carves a glaciated furrow through the rugged splendor of the Scottish Highlands. The bird, according to the Inverness librarian, was a mandarin duck. After it died, Sandy took it to the nearby town of Inverness to have it identified. He took it home but could only keep it alive for a few days. For upon this fateful day, he made short shrift of the legendary Loch Ness Monster. Sandy, a bus driver from the tiny loch-side village of Foyers, attempted to save it. On August 22, AD 565, 1,451 years ago, St. The bird was badly injured it appeared to have been shot or trapped. Sandy spent much of his free time on the loch (the Scottish word for “lake”) and knew that this creature was a rare discovery. It was a sleety Saturday in March 1932, and the animal was a large, elaborately colored bird with a glossy green head, a fan of coppery-red plumes, and a dark-metallic breast. Sandy Gray was fishing in the peat-black waters of Loch Ness when he discovered an unusual animal. Illustrations by Camilla Sucre | Edited by Justin Miller
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