The first written account of the Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, was made by the Viking Adamnan in 565AD. He described how St. Columba heard about the monster killing a man, and then rowed to the center of the loch to order the beast to stop such attacks in the future. Ever since that time, legend has it, Nessie has never repeated its misdemeanor. But it’s still there – according to a number of people who saw her.
Sightings
In 1933 alone, there were 5 sightings of Nessie. In June 1963, Nessie was even filmed, but at such a distance that not much of it can be seen on the film. In September 1995 Lorna Taylor saw Nessie’s head, neck and body rising from the loch, but was seconds too late with her camera to get a good picture. The last sightings of Nessie were on 14th September 1999, February 2002 and in May 2007.
The most famous picture of Nessie was taken by Dr Robert Kenneth Wilson in 1934. In 2001 the doctor’s friend who was with him that famous day, claimed the picture to be a hoax. Dr Wilson has stuck to his story until his death in 2001.
Nessie is protected by the 1912 Protection of Animals Acts of Scotland. With good reason. Nessie has quite an economical impact: she is worth $40 million annually to Scottish tourism industry.
How big is Nessie? From the many reports, it is guesstimated that Nessie’s body is about 16 ft (5 metres) long. With head and tail, she would be about 3 times the size of a Nile crocodile.
Loch Ness
Loch Ness is the largest of three lochs located in the Great Glen of the Scottish Highlands. The loch is 37 km (23 miles) long and 1,6 km (1 mile) in width, and averaging 182 m (600 ft) in depth. Every summer, the popular RockNess musical festival is held on the shores of the Loch Ness.
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Video : Scotland TV reports sighting of Nessie, May 2007
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I just saw one thats why i looked this up! I am not even joking i saw in the gulf of mexico!
The loch ness monster i think is very real but will we find her?
Alot of you people need to learn to spell. It's shocking reading some of the comments on here. Unless the disbelievers can prove it's not real,then bugger off. For the people claiming it's simply a tourism ploy, why is the guy that filmed it British and not Scottish?? ahhh so now all you apparent smary-pants can answer that one. New Zealand pulled up a Plesiosaur in 1977. My dad used to be in the Navy and witnessed what was dredged up. Noone can prove anything, unless they have proof. The NZ find had photos and tissue samples taken before it was disposed of. I believe there are definatly things out there we don't know about. We all think we're too smart for our own good
its a loch
if you know nessie so well how about u take a photo of u and him together. oh yea thats right cause u dont know if shes real or not.
yes im with u nessie is not that dangerous.
yes i am with u because they would have caught something.
I am pretty sure it's not that simple to catch a mystical creature of a lake… well lakes. If it was that easy wouldn't you think they would of caught the animal(s) by now!
lolll……. theres this amazing thing i heard of not too long ago…… its called a fishing net……..why doesnt someone jst go out and set up a few massive fishing nets around the place so theres no esscape….. then ull find ur answer for sure.
if u think so, prove it!
You can't prove something's not real.
Init i agree with iluvmj because it is not real
its a lie
nobody can proove it
because its all lies init liars
thats so fake because if u look closely it looks also like an elephants trunk and it cannot be proven and all the people saying you saw it why didnt you take a photo or record it ??HMM??????
BECAUSE ITS ALL LIES LOCH NESS MONSTER NOT REAL !
what ever if your not seroiours then dont write at all
what ever i beleve in her 100%
Yeah i dont think this is a flirting site
Yeah i hope this things real that would be so cool
to actual see this creature you know and i cant believe
they named the thing Nessie
i like u bob u sound sexy?
the photo is real. If that is a toy that is a toy that can eat u like he did my family.
u r so wrong. my family is inside nessie's body right now. Nessie is a bad fish.
Nessie is a friend of mine.
man when nessie brings $40 million annually to that area, it's in their own interest to bring footage and pictures to the world.
I saw o T-rex in the forest next to my home, everybody come and take a look, i have a hotel, postcards… forget about holland vacations and come to my city… u feel me?
I am only in 6th grade and I am recently doing a report on the beast of loch ness. I believe in nessie. I already know so much about her. Thanks to YOU!!!!!! LOVE YOUR WEBSITE!!!
I think you are so right. I also believe in nessie. I am in 6th grade and I already know so much about nessie. I love your website!!!!!!!!!!
Nice one to be videoing a lake with absolutely nothing in it, oh look the lockness monster. Lets keep the scottish tourism alive, this is just what they are relying on some nut with his video camera and remote control boat.
LOL how did it ate ur dog? does ur dog know how to swim?
i saw the loch ness monster it was in my back yard and it ate my dog :(
im in gifted program and i am making jotnotes for loch ness monster!
it would rock if the reporter at 0:48 would have unknowingly talked about nessie while nessie was swimming behind her.
Ey! That photo of Nessie is a fake! Everybody knows that since the makers of the hoax made it public recently! (even they wrote a book about this fabolous lie!) It is a toy in the loch Ness floating!
u r so right
well i personally believe its real but i dont really think it would be THAT dangerous.
have you actually every seen the loch ness monster before and if you have is it actually real?