Essay about The Loch Ness monster

The United States judicial system says that you are innocent until proven guilty. In language arts class we read a book called Monster, by Walter Dean Myers. Monster is about a 16 year old boy named Steve Harmon, and how he had to go on a trial for felony murder. The book is set as if Steve is making a screenplay. At the end of the book Steve is proven innocent, and free to go, but I believe that there was not enough information for Steve to be proven guilty. The jury did not see many parts of the story that readers of the book Monster read, for example, in his journal Steve writes about wanting to be like King, he also has flashbacks to before the crime that show him interacting with other members of the crime, and finally he had a lot of really close people doubting him.

Bigfoot’s legend has evolved over the years cause there are more sightings of Bigfoot and more evidence on what it is and where it has come from.

necked prehistoric beast. None of the stories have been confirmed to be true or any more relevant

Jonathan Vogel wrote Skepticism and Inference to the Best Explanation as a solution to accept the real world hypothesis over any skeptical hypothesis. Vogel presents a compelling argument for a definitive reason to accept that the world we are experiencing is in fact the real world. I believe that Vogel’s argument falls short of proving a reason for accepting the real world hypothesis over a skeptical one. In this paper I will clearly explain Vogels argument, explain some important concepts to understand, and attempt to refute the argument.

The Montauk Monster was the body of a dead animal that was found in Montauk, New York by Jenna Hewitt and three friends on July 12, 2008. It was a naked, bloated beast that appeared to have a beak. It both disturbed and intrigued the world, because no animal had been seen like it before.

In his lecture, “The Will to Believe,” William James addresses how one adopts a belief. There is a hypothesis and an option, where you choose between two live hypotheses. An option has the characteristics to be live or dead, forced or avoidable, and momentous or trivial. In his thesis, James argues how “our passional nature” must make our decisions about our beliefs when they cannot be certainly determined on “intellectual grounds,” however, this is not the case, we can always make the decision based on intellectual grounds. One can use Bayesian probability to gain some grasp of the situation and eventually to make a decision.

It was four feet in length and first they thought it might be a crocodile. Nevertheless, over the next year, at the tender age of 12, Mary painstakingly uncovered the rest of it, to discover a giant marine reptile called the 'ichthyosaurus'.

Although the specifics of Bigfoot may be vague, almost every culture has had its own stories regarding the human-like creatures that roam the world.

For example, according to the “Why Bigfoot is Fake” article, "It isn't logical that a large, human-like creature would escape detection for so long, and avoid capture or at least clear documentation." This proves that Bigfoot isn’t logical because it isn’t possible that Bigfoot could have averted detection from humans for such an extensive period of time. Additionally, such an immense creature couldn’t possibly fit into the food chain, because it couldn’t eat enough to survive (Fox). We would have noticed the impact on the food chain as well, because it would be enormous. Also, according to the DNEWS article, Benjamin Radford, deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine says, "If Bigfoot is a zoological reality, there has to be a breeding population." For that population to be big enough, in North America alone there would need to be tens of thousands of creatures. “Think about that for a second. Tens of thousands of Bigfoot, living, breathing, doing what they do. Where are they? Why don't they get hit by a car?” asked Radford. “The numbers just simply don't add up." If Bigfoot was legitimate, and there was this many Bigfoot on the Earth, why don’t we witness them more often? This proves that Bigfoot just isn’t

the Loch Ness Monster if it real is a sight to behold. Being near 6 meters long with a horse’s head and a

In mythology, monsters provide a challenge that humans must overcome. Heroes try to gain fame by defeating them and townspeople are afraid of them. Monsters spread fear for men to conquer. They give the opportunity for heroes to prove themselves. According to Mr. Thomas Bullfinch, “monsters are unnatural in proportions and parts and are employed for the injury and annoyance of men (Bullfinch 1).” Monsters do have strange parts and a common purpose. In Greek mythology, monsters have striking similarities. They fall into distinct categories based on form and duty. Monsters may be part snake, lion, or human. Some have multiple heads. Most monsters’ duties include guarding something for another being. Other monsters have no responsibilities

While reading my book I learned that the loch ness monster myth was more popular than I thought it was back when it was on newspapers for the first time. I found out that the loch ness monster has been seen but no one has taken a clear picture of the monster yet which raises suspicions if it is real or not. The Loch Ness is 754 feet deep and is 24 miles long but only 1 mile wide. People usually see the loch ness monster as a large shadow under water, a long neck poking out of the water, or huge ripples going through the water. The myth of the “water horse” was a surprise to learn about that it was a myth originally from Scotland and were originally called kelpie. It surprised me that people believed that the loch ness monster is a plesiosaurs

He used his nose to track the scent of the beast, it wasn’t long before he stumbled upon the rhinoceros.

On the final day of his monster hunting trip, he was driving along the road in the morning when he spotted a lump-like object on the surface of the water. When he looked through his binoculars, he noticed it was a mahogany colored oval shape with a dark spot on the left side. He then got out his camera and recorded four minutes of black and white film showing the lump swimming towards shore leaving a v-shaped wake behind. He showed this to the Royal Air Force who then determined it was most likely an animate object, or part of a living creature (“The Loch Ness Monster”). However, after his death, his friends finally admitted it was really a boat he

In the first encounter the Authors mentions the first time he saw to The Big Thicket. It was in the summer of 1973 and a school buddy and his little brother went camping with him. It was a place called the "Dynamite Ponds".He tells that somewhere between ten o clock and midnight something strange happens, his dog and Mike's dog (his buddy) both were barking to the opposite site he was about fall sleep and suddenly he could heard something walking around, it was a Big with long hair hanging from its long arms who was moving fast across the field and into the woods. In his Second encounter a few weeks after, he was in home, he was taking a shower to go to sleep when suddenly across the window he could see a big shape of someone standing at the back sliding door looking in the den area were his dad was sitting, and it was a really Big person.