My Cryptomundo nod of the day goes to Mr. Jesse Dye of Kentucky, for his positive reinforcement of the true nature of cryptozoology.

In an article written by Howard McEwen, with photographyby Ernest Coleman (no relation), and published on Sunday, July 16, 2006, in The Enquirer of Cincinnati, mention is made of the re-naming of a lake on the campus of Northern Kentucky University.

The body of water has been called “Lake Inferior” for years. But now, in the midst of a privately funded $2.4 million renovation, the alumni association thought that a more appropriate name for the large pond near the Fine Arts Building and Applied Science Building might be in order.

Therefore, they had a re-naming contest. Winning by a large margin of student, alumni, faculty and staff votes, NKU’s “Lake Inferior” has been rechristened “Loch Norse.”

The reporter asked many people why they voted for this new moniker.

I enjoyed most the insights that Dye conveyed in the news article:

Jesse Dye of California, Ky., took a bit more serious tone linking NKU’s pond to Scotland’s mysterious Loch Ness. He wrote that he voted for Loch Norse “due to similarities to the infamous Loch Ness. The real loch is a place of intense scientific scrutiny and study as well as a place for reflection on beliefs, evidence and faith.”

The two photographs are of the Loch Ness launch in July 1969 of the World Book Encyclopedia Expedition’s Viperfish, involving minisub builder Dan Scott Taylor, Dr. Roy Mackal of the University of Chicago, and Harry Reucking, Vice President of the World Book Encyclopedia.