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= The Loch Ness Monster = The Loch Ness Monster (Nessie) is an aquatic life form that is believed to live in the Highlands of Scotland in Loch Ness. Although the monster’s tale has been debunked and proven wrong, many people still believe it’s story. Loch Ness, along with two other lochs, are part of The Great Glen, a long and narrow body of water.

One of the first recorded accounts of Nessie’s sighting was in the 6th century by an Irish saint, St. Columbia. The story goes as this, the saint ordered one of his monks to swim across the loch and fetch a boat for him, as the monk entered the water a reptilian monster surfaced and charged the monk. The saint ordered it to stop and leave the man alone. The monster stared at the saint and soon fled.

In 1933 the first ever photograph was captured of the sea beast. A circus owner who was traveling on the loch offered £ 20,000 for anyone who could bring him the monster for his circus. But of course nobody found the elegid monster, and although this picture is very famous it is most likely a picture of an elephants trunk and ear, due to the fact that the circus animals were bathed on the bank of the loch.

There have been many attempts to find Nessie, one way being via sonar. In 1954 the Rival III was traveling through the loch while a sonar camera was trailing below the boat. There was a claim that an object 480 feet below the surface was following the boat for over two minutes before turning away. Thousands of claims have been made to have seen Nessie, and although most are fakes for attention and have been proven to be lies, some people still stick by their beliefs.

Nessie, to this day, still remains a mystery. There have been many sightings of Nessie, and yet no one knows what it is. Some believe it is an undocumented animal, some believe it is an ancient dinosaur called the plesiosaurus, and there are still plainly the people who do not believe in it at all. But even if all these theories and pictures are false, the Loch Ness Monster is quite famous and important in Scottish culture and will never be forgotten. Even from the 6th century to now, the mystery of the Loch Ness monster remains to be solved and may never be, but what is a mystery without an answer?

By: Elijah Weis