The Loch Ness Monster, fondly known as Nessie by locals and the world, is a large creature that resides the Loch Ness, Scotland. Nessie is said to be a female, and reputedly has or had children. The Loch Ness is Britain's largest body of water, with all other lakes in England, Scotland and Wales being able to fit easily inside. It does not have the greatest surface area, but it is by far the deepest. Loch Ness is in northern Scotland, and the eastern edge is only a few miles from Inverness.
The Loch Ness Monster looks like a giant sea serpent, although specific details have varied from account to account. What is generally agreed upon I will state here: The Loch Ness Monster has a very long neck and body, as well as a head that looks like one of a horse. It has no feet, instead it has giant flippers, like a seal. Its tail is also very long and is similar to that of a serpent. The Loch Ness Monster is a reptile, it has no fur, only scales. She is also approximately 40 feet long.
The Loch Ness Monster is said to have three young. These were spotted by two young fishermen, and since then many have been spotted. Although it is highly unlikely that the Loch Ness Monster could be the only one of her kind since 500 C.E., many believe she is the only one. Others believe that there is a large self-sustaining population hiding in the Loch. The old legends say that Scotland used to be lots of islands, but then they moved together. This was around the time of the dinosaurs. A small group of plesiosaurs became trapped and their descendents have lived there ever since. The legend holds that when the dinosaurs and sea reptiles were wiped out, the Loch Ness plesiosaurs survived.
Another popular theory is that there is a underwater tunnel between the Loch and the sea, and the plesiosaurs can come and go. It was this ability to come and go that had prevented them from being affected by the Mass Extinction and now the prevention of humans finding them.
The first sighting of Nessie is from the sixth century A.D., when an Irish monk was walking by the lake. Some locals were burying a man, and they explained they had seen a great beast kill him. The first modern sighting however took place in 1933. George Spicer had been driving around in a car with his wife as he saw a dragon-like monster lumber across the road. Ever since then the press and public alike have been
fascinated with the Loch Ness Monster. Many sightings have taken place,
unfortunately however, many people have simply been part of a hoax.
Today the world is split in three. There are those who believe there is no
such thing as Nessie, then there are those who are unsure, and finally, those
who are adamant the Loch Ness Monster is very real. Make up your own mind, but
beware, many people take someone saying Nessie is a fake very seriously, and
may be deeply offended!
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