Loch Ness Monster
About Loch Ness Monster
The Loch Ness Monster, known affectionately 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. Popular interest and belief in the creature has varied since it was brought to worldwide attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with a number of disputed photographs and sonar readings.
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2013 was the first year since 1933 that there was not a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.
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More facts about Loch Ness Monster
A scientist's plan to search Loch Ness for Nessie was really a publicity stunt to promote environmental DNA, and it got picked up by the papers though that was never his intention.
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In 2005 a triathlon in Scotland took out a one million pound insurance deal for its athletes in case of the Loch Ness Monster.
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Lake Okanagan in Canada has a Nessie-like monster, and every year offers a $50 prize to anyone who can shout loud enough to wake it, with no winners yet.
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- Loch Ness · United Kingdom
Coordinates: 57.3000, -4.4500