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Robot finds ‘monster’ in Loch Ness – but it’s a movie prop

LONDON

An underwater robot exploring Loch Ness has discovered a dark, monster-shaped mass in its depths.

Disappointingly, tourism officials say the 30-foot object is not the fabled Loch Ness Monster, but a prop left over from a 1970 film.

Billy Wilder’s “The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes” puts the great detective on the trail of the monster – which turns out to be a disguised submarine. A model of the submarine-monster sank during production to the bottom of the 750-foot-deep lake.

Tourism body Visit Scotland is backing a survey of the Highlands lake by a marine robot to study its depths and see if there is any sign of the fabled monster, which helps attract hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to the region.

Visit Scotland chief executive Malcolm Roughead said that whatever the survey finds, “there will always be a sense of mystery and the unknown around what really lies beneath Loch Ness.”

Principal won’t punish girls who hired male stripper

DES MOINES, Iowa

A Des Moines principal has decided not to punish the ninth-grade girls who arranged for a male stripper to perform at their high school’s synchronized-swimming club banquet.

Officials say the girls employed the stripper as a joke and that the stripper didn’t totally disrobe at last Friday’s event at the Des Moines Social Club. A club employee interrupted the performance and asked the stripper to leave.

Roosevelt High School Principal Kevin Biggs said Wednesday that the girls didn’t do anything illegal and didn’t violate the district’s conduct code.

Like magic, rabbit nabbed from Utah farm reappears

SALT LAKE CITY

Like a magic hat trick, a large rabbit named Dolly Parton who disappeared from a Salt Lake County farm has suddenly reappeared.

KSL-TV of Salt Lake City reported that Wheeler Historic Farm announced Dolly’s return Sunday morning.

Employees at the working public farm discovered the rabbit missing around noon April 6. Murray police say the lock on Dolly’s cage had been cut, leading investigators to believe the bunny-napping was premeditated.

Program coordinator Raegan Scharman said Sunday that a farmer found Dolly hopping around in her cage. The rabbit appeared to be in good condition.

Farm officials say they don’t know how or when she was returned. But they’re thankful to whoever brought her back.

Associated Press