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United Kingdom: Kevin Carlyon has admitted, in a roundabout way, that his spells aren't very effective. Two years ago, the English self-styled witch king cast a spell to scare off Nessie, and now he claims he has reversed it so that Nessie will be seen again. But even he notes there have been very few sightings over the last couple of years
(i.e. just as many as usual), so it doesn't look as if Nessie paid much attention to his garbled ritual.
During Friday's ceremony, Carlyon said he cast a talisman into the loch -- a flat stone inscribed with ancient Nordic runes and witchcraft symbols -- while chanting the incantation:Let Nessie be free, may her spirit be free, so may it be.
The BBC gives more details:
On Friday, Mr Carlyon, a former wrestler, strode around the four cardinal compass points at the loch and called on the elements of earth, air, fire and water to use their powers to let Nessie surface to safety...
...The white witch also threw a lump of iron ore into the water which came from Hastings.
The rock carried runic symbols of peace as well as Latin words which he said meantsurfaceandto be safe.
The reports neglect to mention whether he ascribed any great Pagan significance to his chosen date -- Friday 13th. Witch to Loch Ness Monster: 'Don't Be Shy' —Reuters, 13th June 2003; Spells cast to lure monster—BBC News, 13th June 2003.
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1: Posted by: Rowanne | March 24, 2007 11:54 PM
I watched the nessie thing on tv yesterday, I dont know if it was a re-run.
Now considering this "kev" bloke, who according to his website says, and I quote "I'm not a Witch, I'm The Witch!" chucked a great big lump of Iron Ore into the loch, I'm not suprised the "Nessie" didn't come out.
He probably gave the poor thing concussion!
If someone was throwing great big stones at me I probably wouldn't want to come out either!
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