Two months ago internet chatrooms began racing with a rumour that a cock salmon nearly five feet long and the best part of 50 inches in girth had been caught in a deep pool near the northern entrance of Loch Ness.

• 格兰特花了七个小时试图在岸边停整午憩之前捕获它，接下来疲劳所致，不得已，他只好头一次把鱼线穿过自己的牙缝以保证它不会逃脱。