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An Englishman who began selling water from Loch Ness as a joke says the enterprise has become a huge success.
Sales manager Brian Ball scoops water out of the loch and sells it at £6 a pint on the internet auction site eBay.
The 37-year-old moved from London to Aberdeenshire last year, says the Daily Telegraph.
He got the idea after American friends asked him to bring them water from the home of the Loch Ness monster as a souvenir.
"It started as a joke, but it has really taken off," he said.
He said he asked the Loch Ness Visitor Centre and public health officials about the legality of selling the water and was told that as long as it was clearly labelled as unfit to drink, he could carry on.
Each bottle has a label with an image of the monster, and a guarantee of its origin.
Mr Ball, from Turriff, has taken around 250 orders from Australia, America, New Zealand, Kenya and Canada
Sales manager Brian Ball scoops water out of the loch and sells it at £6 a pint on the internet auction site eBay.
The 37-year-old moved from London to Aberdeenshire last year, says the Daily Telegraph.
He got the idea after American friends asked him to bring them water from the home of the Loch Ness monster as a souvenir.
"It started as a joke, but it has really taken off," he said.
He said he asked the Loch Ness Visitor Centre and public health officials about the legality of selling the water and was told that as long as it was clearly labelled as unfit to drink, he could carry on.
Each bottle has a label with an image of the monster, and a guarantee of its origin.
Mr Ball, from Turriff, has taken around 250 orders from Australia, America, New Zealand, Kenya and Canada
