Couldn't It Have Been Old Age?

From NRO:

Global Warming: New Horror Andrew Stuttaford
Via the Daily Record:
Legendary Nessie hunter Robert Rines is giving up his search for the monster after 37 years...He started in 1971. The following year, he watched a 25ft-long hump with the texture of elephant skin gliding through the water...Despite having hundreds of sonar contacts over the years, the trail has since gone cold and Rines believes that Nessie may be dead, a victim of global warming.

You couldn't make these things up (well, Al Gore could, and would, but you know what I mean...)