With the arrival of the new Netflix doc “aka Charlie Sheen,” there’s a whole new generation of young people just finding out he went batshit crazy in the early 2010s.
Sure, his “winning” and “tiger blood” era only lasted a few years – which he somehow survived – but for better or worse, it was a huge thread in the fabric of American culture.
So it should surprise no one that Charlie firmly believes in the existence of the Loch Ness Monster… and once went looking for it. (Her?)
He booked a ticket to Scotland and bought some whiskey
In 2013, Charlie booked a trip to Scotland. He had one of his people call a local hotel owner and tell him to gather up an old-style wooden rowboat, a traditional kerosene lamp, a large hook, a thick chain, and a leg of lamb.
If some of that sounds familiar, it’s because Charlie was allegedly inspired by the scene in “Jaws” where two guys try to catch the shark off a pier by stabbing a “holiday roast” with a big hook and tossing it into the drink.
When Charlie was assured he’d have everything he needed, he flew to Scotland on a private jet, then went out onto the Loch with two friends, his leg of lamb… and of course, a bottle of whiskey.
Fishing for Nessie at 3:00 A.M.
According to the hotel owner, “He went out on the rowing boat on Friday afternoon with his friends and again on Friday night until about 3:00 A.M.”
Not surprisingly, they didn’t hook any large, aquatic cryptids. But in an appearance on “The Tonight Show” in 2014, he told Jay Leno that on his last day in Scotland, “Something happened – there was an event at the top of the water that was crazy.”
Then again, Charlie appeared a little confused even during that interview, because he also told Jay, “That’s where Loch Ness lives. In Lake Nessie.”
He had company…
An interesting side note: One of the guys who went out on the boat with Charlie was Todd Zeile, a retired baseball player who spent 16 years in the majors. (He bounced around to 12 different MLB teams in that span, but never ended up “winning” a World Series.)
The other was Brian Peck, who spent 16 months in prison from 2004 to 2005 for the sexual assault of a minor… who was later revealed to be Drake Bell of “Drake and Josh” fame. Despite his conviction, Peck continued to get work, including as a stand-in for Charlie on the series “Anger Management” in 2012.
Charlie even shared a pic of them in a tweet about the trip, joking they were “sanctioned archeologists” with a grant from MIT.
