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The Loch Ness Monster (Scottish Gaelic: Uilebheist Loch Nis), [3] also known as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one or more humps protruding from the water.
Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie" (Scottish Gaelic: Niseag). It is one of a series of interconnected, murky bodies of water in Scotland; its water visibility is exceptionally low due to the high peat content of the surrounding soil.
Plesiosaurs or Loch Ness Monster-like creature. [43] 1910–2024 Loch Ness Scotland United Kingdom: Europe: Nessie: Plesiosaurs-like Lake Norman North Carolina USA: North America: Normie, Lake Norman Monster Long and serpentine with scaly fins and flippers, a dog-like head, and red eyes. [5] 1967– Great Salt Lake Utah USA: North America
In the area around Inverness (about eight miles from the loch) there are Nessie statues, Nessie souvenirs, Nessie T-shirts, a museum called the Loch Ness Centre where you can undergo a "unique 1 ...
A view of the Loch Ness Monster, near Inverness, Scotland, April 19, 1934. The photograph, one of two pictures known as the 'surgeon's photographs,' was later exposed as a hoax.
Hundreds joined the largest Loch Ness Monster has fascinated generations of curious minds.
Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, [1] particularly those popular in folklore, such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, or the Mokele-mbembe.
In 1961, he published the book The Elusive Monster which reviews the evidence for the Loch Ness Monster in the light of his professional knowledge. He concluded that it was unlikely that such creatures were living in Loch Ness. [3] He commented further on this topic in the New Scientist. [4] [5] [6] Many of Burton's books were aimed at a ...