The Legendary Loch Ness Monster

The legend of the Loch Ness Monster says that when dinosaurs ruled the earth, some ruled the sea, too. When a great big meteor struck the earth, it shook the land up a little bit and trapped one dinosaur in an enclosed prison called Loch Ness, which is a really big lake.

Some people have reported to have seen the dinosaur or the dinosaur's offspring. But most of the reports of sightings have proven to be lies or just people mistaking common objecs for the monster.

The first reference to the Loch Ness Monster is in 565 A.C. A missionary called Saint Columba encountered a strange creature.

Since then, the sightings of these creatures, both inside or out from the water, have been counted in hundreds.

Currently, the mysterious creature is "protected" by the law.

Following the descriptions made by people who witnessed the monster, it may be some kind of Plesiosaur: a type of marine dinosaur of the Mesozoic Era.

It is described as enormous, with long neck, small head and fins. Scientifics deny both the existence of Nessie as well as the possibility that it may be a Plesiosaur. The reason is that these creatures need to breathe air frequently. If it was that way, the sightings would have been much more usual.
In addition, the lake is not large enough to ensure the survival of these creatures.

An opposite theory would be that these Plesiosaurs would move through the underwater canals of the lake.

Scientifics explain these sightings of Nessi like simple mirages, light distortions, confusion with a wood in the water, seals, water effects, or even bubbles produced by volcanic activity.

In 1934 some photos of the Loch Ness Monster were taken. But the same people that took those photos confessed that it was a fraud.

In 1936, 50 people said that they have seen Nessie during 15 minutes, near the castle of Urquhart.

In 1960 T. Dinsale recorded a short video in which a strange shape emerges from the lake.
In 1972 Robert H. Rine said that he had been able to photograph two creatures similar to Plesiosaurs.

There are hundreds of photomontages. It seems that the myth of Loch Ness is profitable for some, and source of jokes for others. Real or not, who knows?

The dark waters of Loch Ness will continue, for many years, being an inexhaustible source of mysterious stories.