The dilemma about the Loch Ness Monster has fascinated people for years. The forage for the unfathomable has led to many conspiracies. Some believe in the unnatural, while others merely do not. The Loch Ness Monster is a phenomenon that has been circulating Scotland for centuries.
Background
Loch Ness is a vast, freshwater lake located in the Scottish Highlands and reaching a surface of 16 meters above sea level.“Loch Ness is actually very large: 24 miles long, over a mile wide, and up to 754 feet deep” (Sharp 40). The lake is fed by eight rivers, sixty suFactbstantial streams and many smaller streams. “Loch Ness is a lake near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands” (Monkeyshines on Mysteries 14). Loch Ness is considered one of the largest
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“Some scientists say a group of animals could have been trapped in the lake when it was seperated during the Ice Age.” (Monkeyshines 14). This theory seemed very unlikely to a variety of scientists due to the fact that although Loch Ness is a vast, substantial lake, Nessie would not be able to survive in it due to the lack of food she would need. Yet other scientist have stated that the lake is large enough to support the monster, even during the coldest of climates. The greatest theory that scientists argue is that Nessie could be part of the plesiosaur family. Although scientists have no proof that the plesiosaur still exist, they say it is not completely …show more content…
Scientists have uncovered stone carvings that depict an unfathomable beast with large flippers. The first account of this creature dates back all the way to 565 AD. “According to that work, the monster bit a swimmer and was prepared to attack another man when Columba intervened ordering the beast to go back” (Tikkanen 3). Many of these encounters seem to solely be Scottish folklore, which is inspired by mythical water creatures. The legends hit a peak around 1933, when a road was finished giving the lake and obstructed view. Legends started to die down going into the
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In scotland there's a monster lurking in lake loch ness. A unsolved mystery of a long
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She had a passion for water, but not for the villagers. Loch Ness lake was almost always isolated, until the villagers came near. Nessie didn't like the villagers. They didn't want her living in the lake because they thought Nessie was a monster, and an evil one.
3. The Loch Ness monster obviously exists. Scientists have not been able to show that it does not exist.