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The Lochness MonsterThe Loch Ness Monster is thought to be a large aquatic animal resembling a serpent or a plesiosaur like reptile, reported to have been seen in the waters of Loch Ness, Scotland, but not proved to exist.


History

Reports of a mysterious creature in Loch Ness, Scotland go back to around the 6th century, but the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, nicknamed "Nessie", got a boost in the early 1930s with several reported sightings and alleged photographic evidence.

In 1934 an English surgeon named R. Kenneth Wilson took what is perhaps the most famous photo (sometimes called the "Surgeon's Photo"), supposedly showing a head and neck above the water and indicating a very large creature. Since then there have been thousands of reported sightings and countless attempts to find and photograph the "monster," which apparently resides in the dark, deep lake in the Scottish highlands (Loch Ness is about 24 miles long and 700 feet deep in places) and is inexplicably referred to as a female. In the 1970s an investigation used sonar to prove that "large objects" existed in the lake, and Robert Rines, a lawyer from the United States, produced an underwater photo that was later dismissed by the British Museum (they said the photo showed gas bubbles, not a long, finned critter). Some have suggested the creature is a remnant of the Ice Age, some have suggested it is some form of mammal and others think it's the product of wishful thinking. Even the best photos and underwater cameras have failed to solve the mystery once and for all.






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Anonymous nessy 0 Monday, 12:25 PM EDT by Anonymous
 
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my name is jacob and i need help on nessy soo please help!!!
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Anonymous plesiosaurus and pictures 0 May 2 2012, 10:11 PM EDT by Anonymous
 
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did you know that the plesiosaurus is real? there have been findings of them in ponchatrain lake near new orleans. also, the picture that the english doctor took was a fake. he used a toy to take the picture and the reason why I can tell is because the waves are way too big and close, the reflections and shadows are off, and the size of the creature from where the doctor "supposedly" took it would have been smaller.
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Anonymous Uknown Hybrid 1 May 2 2012, 10:04 PM EDT by Anonymous
 
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The Loch Ness Monster is actually not a monster... It is generally en ancient dinosaurs still living. We know that the scientist is trying to make animals DNA combines to find the old dinosaurs back to the earth. I heard they are trying to bring back to prehistoric animals here and now time by days by month and years of searching... The long tooth tiger is coming back and anyway the loch ness creature is a old animal living deep in a river or ocean. That why no one see them and catch them because they are pretty hiding animals even if it is bigger then we thing. You know about the gigantic shark in the prehistoric life? Well the scientic have found one and they will try to take the DNA to be able to bring it back to the earth.

Sooooo what I was saying the Loch Ness monster does exist but it is not showing to humans easely.
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