Nestled along the Great Glen, Loch Ness runs 21 square miles and almost 800 feet deep. Since 1933 it has been the home place for a large dinosaur-like monster affectionately dubbed Nessie. Nessie is certainly one the most sighted monster in the world. At the age of 63 nessie has lost none of her charisma. She often appears in advertisements, is the object of sonar searched of Loch and or is exploited by public relations people cashing in on her ability to attract the international mass media. But nessie is more than just a tourist attraction.
To Date there have been over 3000 recorded sightings of the celebrity monster.
When the world learned of a Loch Ness monster in May of 1933 there had been numerous earlier sightings of a large unidentified creature in the loch. Dating back to St. Columbus" encounter with an unknown creature in the River Ness in 565 AD.
The Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University of Exeter, England Charles Thomas is cited as the person to study the first nesse encounter. Thomas concluded that the significance of the supposed encounter should be discounted as misleading since a critical examination of the original text, that was reported from oral tradition 110 years after the event, reveals that St. Columbus probably encountered a stray marine mammal in the river ness rather than a moister in the Loch. Thomas's findings are based on sound scholarship and reasoning and would lead the unbiased reader to conclude that the first non retrospective sighting of the loch ness monster actually occurred in the 1930's.
On July 22 1933, Mr. and Mrs. George Spicer of London were driving along the loch ness lake shore road returning from a holiday in the northern Scotland when their car nearly struck a huge black long necked creature the object described as a prehistoric animal shambled across the road slithered through the under bush and splashed into the murky loch.
It is said to live in the Loch Ness Lake. ... The Loch Ness Lake is an enormous lake. ... Over time this Plesiosaurs might have evolved into the Loch Ness Monster. ... The Loch Ness Monster has a long tail and four flippers. ... Campbell decided to simply call it the Loch Ness Monster. ...
Some of these mysteries include the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, and the Bermuda Triangle. The Loch Ness Monster is a legendary animal that supposedly resides in the depths of Loch Ness, a long narrow lake situated in rural Scotland. ... A large number of non- scientists believe however, that the Loch Ness is the site of a breeding colony of large unknown aquatic animals, due to the fact that Loch Ness was once an arm of the sea. ... Along with the Loch Ness monster, the abominable snowman shares fame as one the great mysteries of the world. ... Like the Loch Ness monster ...
Some of these mysteries include the Loch Ness Monster, the Abominable Snowman, and the Bermuda Triangle. The Loch Ness Monster is a legendary animal that supposedly resides in the depths of Loch Ness, a long narrow lake situated in rural Scotland. ... A large number of non- scientists believe however, that the Loch Ness is the site of a breeding colony of large unknown aquatic animals, due to the fact that Loch Ness was once an arm of the sea. ... Along with the Loch Ness monster, the abominable snowman shares fame as one the great mysteries of the world. ... Like the Loch Ness monst...
The Mystery of Loch Ness: What Lies Inside Do you beleive in ghosts, vampires, aliens or that there is a bigfoot? ... Deep in the waters of Loch Ness lives a dinosaurlike creature... ... There has been a debate for centuries about whether or not a huge creature named the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie for short) actually lives in a large lake in Scotland called Loch Ness. ... Columba who was crossing the loch with his followers. ... There is also evidence against the existance of the Loch Ness Monster. ...
Notable among the lakes, which are especially numerous in the central and northern regions, are Loch Lomond (the largest), Loch Ness, Loch Tay, and Loch Katrine. ... Loch Ness monster ("Nessie")" Since the Loch Ness monster story has been around for more than 1500 years, if there is a monster it is not likely that it is the same monster seen by St. ... The same report claims that Loch Ness is incapable of sustaining a predator weighing more than about 300 kg (about 660 pounds) Nessie" is an alleged creature living in Loch Ness, a long, deep lake near Inverness, Scotland. ... Before the photo,...
Allen begins to ask Nessie if she'd ever heard the story about the Loch Ness Monster. ... They all go their own path to search for the Loch Ness Monster along the beds. ... " Nessie tells the mother why her and he friends were there and the story of the Loch Ness Monster and she begins to laugh. ... The "Loch Ness Monster" is what you make her to be.... On the walk with the town Nessie tells her friends the real story of the Loch Ness Monster and that's how she got her name....
This nation has many deep glacial lakes that are known locally as lochs. The largest lake in all of Britain is Loch Lomond, about 28 square miles. A famous loch is the Loch Ness, which has been "the subject of a centuries-old controversy over an alleged monster in its depths" (Horn, 1998). ...
. Loch Ness monster? Sightings of large underwater animals in Loch Ness, a 24-mile-long lake in Scotland, have often been reported but never confirmed. ... The size was consistent with indications obtained from sonar apparatus, and the monster was provisionally named Nessiteras rhombopteryx, which means Ness mammal with a diamond-shaped fin. ... Although the 700 ft. deep loch supports numerous fish, the projected monster population is not large - perhaps ten to 20 animals. ...
