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Loch Ness Monster
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. Loch Ness Monster (Nessie
Niseag[1][=>]
(Scottish Gaelic[=>]
)
The LNM
"Nessiteras rhombopteryx") {img:Lochnessmonster.jpg}[=>]
The "Surgeon's photo" (1934), later revealed as a hoax Creature Grouping Cryptid[=>]
Sub grouping Lake monster[=>]
Data First reported 565 (retrospectively),[2][=>]
1933 (chronologically) Last sighted 2009 Country Scotland[=>]
Region Loch Ness[=>]
Habitat Water Status Unconfirmed The Loch Ness Monster is a debated, mythical creature, most commonly speculated to be from a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs[=>]
,[3][=>]
that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness[=>]
in the Scottish Highlands[=>]
. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters[=>]
in Scotland[=>]
and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next. Popular interest and belief in the animal has fluctuated since it was brought to the world's attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with minimal and much-disputed photographic material and sonar[=>]
readings. The scientific community regards the Loch Ness Monster as a modern-day myth, and explains sightings as a mix of hoaxes and wishful thinking. Despite this, it remains one of the most famous examples of cryptozoology[=>]
. The legendary monster has been affectionately referred to by the nickname Nessie[4][=>]
(Scottish Gaelic[=>]
: Niseag)[1][=>]
since the 1950s. Contents
1 Origins[=>]
2 History[=>]
2.1 Saint Columba[=>]
2.2 Spicers (1933)[=>]
2.3 C.B. Farrel (1943)[=>]
2.4 Sonar contact (1954)[=>]
3 Photographs and films[=>]
3.1 The 'Surgeon's Photograph' (1934)[=>]
3.2 Taylor film (1938)[=>]
3.3 Dinsdale film (1960)[=>]
3.4 Holmes video (2007)[=>]
3.5 Google Earth (2009)[=>]
4 Searches for the monster[=>]
4.1 S
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