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Real Survival Stories

Race Against Time: Deep in Loch Ness

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A diver explores the depths of Loch Ness - on the lookout for a submerged World War Two plane. But suddenly, Hugh Williams finds himself trapped underwater. Something grabs him from below… and whatever it is, it’s not letting go. With his air supply running down, Hugh must make a series of pivotal choices. One wrong move could spell the end… A Noiser production, written by Anne-Marie Bullock. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:32.9

It's July, 1977. A bright summer's day shines across the Great Glen in the Scottish Highlands, a deep,

0:42.3

ancient valley formed during the Ice Age.

0:46.3

Wild, rugged mountains tower into the broad skies above.

0:51.3

The sun glows across the greens and yellows of the steep wooded hillsides and

0:57.0

dances on the surface of the world's most famous lake, Loch Ness.

1:03.0

The wind is gentle today, and the water seems calm and clear to the tourists walking and sailing along the northern shore.

1:15.4

But moving downwards, beneath the surface, the water quickly becomes murky and dark, stained black by the surrounding peat.

1:25.6

In places, the immense lake drops down 750 feet, shrouded in mystery. Deep in the

1:35.1

lock, swimming far beyond the sun's reach, 24-year-old Hugh Williams is exploring. His orange

1:43.7

neoprene dry suit protects him from the icy temperatures.

1:47.9

He drifts through the water, slowly paddling his legs, scanning left, then right.

1:55.0

Complete darkness surrounds him, save for a sharp beam of light that he angles from his lamp.

2:01.6

The only sounds he can hear are his steady breath through his diving mask

2:06.6

and the loud, rhythmic thud of his heart.

2:11.6

Below ten meters and you're in pitch darkness.

2:15.6

And when I say pitch darkness,

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