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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.
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 ...
The Man who Filmed Nessie: Tim Dinsdale and the enigma of the Loch Ness Monster. Hancock House. ISBN 978-0-88839-726-3. Pages are location in Kindle version. Dinsdale, Tim (1961). Loch Ness Monster. Routledge & Kegan Paul. SBN 7100-1279-9. 1968 reprint by the Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau plus postscript by the author, of the 1961 book
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.
So -- is it just a myth, or an actual creature lurking in the lakes of Scotland?
Variously described as a walrus, a sturgeon, or as a three-eyed Loch Ness Monster-like creature [42] Lake Nahuel Huapi Río Negro Province and Neuquén Province Argentina: South America: Nahuelito: Plesiosaurs or Loch Ness Monster-like creature. [43] 1910–2024 Loch Ness Scotland United Kingdom: Europe: Nessie: Plesiosaurs-like Lake Norman ...
Hundreds joined the largest Loch Ness Monster has fascinated generations of curious minds.