In 1972, the retired vicar of Chiddick in the West County of Dorset, England, apparently came to Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands,

to exercise the Loch Ness monster.

Reverend Donald Omand, a doctor of philosophy, and a man rather bizarrely said to have been

held in particular high esteem by circus people throughout

Europe for his ability to spiritually de-louse potentially dangerous places such as big tops

and wild animals, according to paranormal researcher Ted Holliday, where the Reverend had arrived at Loch Ness to rid the lake of the infamous giant water monster,

and the BBC came along to record it on film for posterity.

On the shores of the lake, De Vicar, dressed in his ecclesiastical robes,

entered a small boat alone,

and rode out to the middle of the cold water of Loch Ness.

Once he reached a spot in the middle of the lake, the vicar promptly stood up in the rowing boat and began his exorcism. Let devil worship and all nefarious magic

cease, he said, in a loud, authoritative voice. The BBC reporter commentates while he's doing

this and says, it's a strange mission, indeed, that's brought the Reverend Oman on a 700-mile journey

from his West Country home to the shores of Loch Ness. Dr. Oman just retired as vicar of Chiddick,

and he has an appointment with the monster. It's a coming together. The 71-year-old Doctor of Philosophy doesn't expect

Nessi to particularly enjoy, because Dr. Omand is here to get the monster to change its ways.

Many men would shrink from such an assignment. After all, monsters might be expected to give short shrift to elderly vicars

who come along interfering in their business. However, Dr. Armand, his canonicals fanned by the breeze,

seems to have no qualms as he heads for the centre of the lock. It's there he will perform the ceremony,

which he confidently expects will mark the end of a million years of monstrous behaviour.

The vicar, out in the roadboat, says, I adjure thee, thou ancient serpent, by the judge of the

quick and the dead, by him who made thee,

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