Frank Searle (photographer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrank Searle (photographer)
British cryptozoologist
Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1921
Date of Death: 26-Mar-2005
Profession: photographer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Frank Searle (photographer)
- Frank Searle (born Eric Frank Searle; 18 March 1921 – 26 March 2005) was a photographer who studied the disputed existence of the Loch Ness Monster.
- He took up residence at Loch Ness in 1969 living a frugal existence in a tent looking for definitive proof of the monster's existence.
- Eventually photographs began to appear from 1972 onwards and earned Frank a degree of fame as a monster hunter. However, as the detail of the pictures increasingly improved with time, people began to suspect they were fakes.
- The matter was finally exposed in 1976 when the Scottish Sunday Mail carried a centre-page article proving that one of his photographs was taken from a postcard showing an Apatosaurus.
- Another picture was also proven to be a wooden post at a pier that was covered with cloth to make it monster-like. As his reputation declined, he was involved with some skirmishes with other monster researchers which eventually led to a failed molotov cocktail attack on one of their boats.
- Searle denied any involvement in the matter and was never charged over it.
- Eventually he left the loch for good in the early 1980s to allegedly embark on a treasure hunting expedition. Some years later he was eventually tracked down by Andrew Tullis for his documentary The Man who Captured Nessie.
- Searle had been living in a bedsit in Fleetwood, Lancashire, but had died only a few weeks before. Most Nessie analysts agree that although he added some colour and personality to the Loch Ness story, his contribution overall was negative.
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