Richard Fitter (1913-2005) Cofounder of the LNI

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Richard Fitter (1913-2005) Cofounder of the LNI

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Famed naturalist and cryptozoologist Richard Fitter (March 1, 1913 - September 3, 2005 ) has died.

Fitter was one of the founders, in 1961, of "The Bureau for Investigating the Loch Ness Phenomena Ltd," more informally known by the media as the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau (LNI). Fitter's co-founders were British Parliament member Sir David James, More Than A Legend author Constance Whyte, and naturalist Sir Peter Scott (the founder of the World Wildlife Fund).

The LNI became the leading focal point of the cryptozoological examinations at Loch Ness. Roy Mackal, after 1966, was LNI's scientific advisor, and after 1967, Dick Raynor was a frequent expedition member. The bureau privately funded in the early years, manned by volunteers, stationed cameras at strategic locations around the loch, served as a clearing-house for sightings, and assisted groups and individuals studying Loch Ness. Mackal's involved American scientific interests and got financial support of the Adventurers' Club of Chicago, and Field Enterprises, publishers of World Book Encyclopedia.

In July, 1987, a formal scientific symposium on The Loch Ness Monster was hosted by the Society for the History of Natural History and the International Society of Cryptozoology (ISC) and held at the Royal Museum of Scotland. Richard Fitter contributed a paper, as did Roy Mackal, Henry Bauer, Paul LeBlond, Adrian Shine, Robert Rines and Tim Dinsdale.

In 1988, Fitter reviewed The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence by Steuart Campbell, in Volume 8 of the ISC's journal, Cryptozoology.

Richard Fitter may have not been in the media limelight as much as other names more familiar, such as Sir David James and Sir Peter Scott, but his contributions to the investigation of cryptids at Loch Ness will never be forgotten.

The Times of London obituary was published on September 11, 2005, and detailed Fitter's well-established credentials as a mainstream naturalist.

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Hey Yankeesearch, didn’t even know you were in chat, now you have the bug so bad you will have to keep going out to see another one. :)
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:56 am »
Anyway, as I stand before God, I did not make this up!
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:55 am »
Not saying it was Sq/BF/DM/Yeti... but it was strange. And I am locking my doors tonight for sure! :lol:
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:54 am »
And just I was turning away, I thought I heard snort -- which could have been deer or maybe cattle... but... I do not know.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:53 am »
I did not have the creepy feeling I normally get in these situations... so I really do not know what to make of it.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:53 am »
One detail I forgot to mention: the whoop had almost a human like talk after it on both occasions.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:52 am »
I walked back to the other side, and thought I heard a knock...
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:51 am »
Cattle about 1/8th mile away disappeared... and strangely at that location: it sounded like something banged the metal fence. Not loud... but never ever heard it before tonight.
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:50 am »
Two whoops... and some deer scattering (they may have been scattering because of me).
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:50 am »
From 6:20 PM to maybe 6:45 PM CST
@ yankeesearch « Tue 12:49 am »
I may have just had an encounter!
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Hi gang! I know it has been a long time...
@ BrianDriver « Sat 12:59 pm »
Good quality pics. How long were the cams out?
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