Loch Ness monster. What Loch Ness is silent about, or Does the Loch Ness monster exist?

The famous Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, lives at the bottom of the Scottish Loch Ness lake. That's exactly what one says. Scientists around the world have been trying to prove or disprove the existence of Nessie for several years now. And sensation hunters sincerely hope to meet one of the most mysterious creatures on the planet.

Fact or fiction?

In appearance, Nessie resembles a giant seal with a long neck and the head of a lizard. People who lived near mysterious lake, for many years they kept their secret, which was eventually revealed by Roman legionnaires. The strangers noticed the stone figure of a strange animal that they had never seen before. Mentions of an unusual creature living in the lake can be found in numerous sources dating back to different centuries.

Nessie, the legendary Loch Ness monster, has allegedly been caught on camera numerous times. However, even photographs did not provide scientists with evidence of the existence of a giant seal. Some researchers believe that the long-necked creature depicted in the photographs is actually a visual effect of a seiche. Falsification in order to profitably sell the image is also possible.

Loch Ness is relatively shallow, only 230 m. A huge animal, as Nessie is supposed to be, would not be able to hide and feel comfortable in this body of water. It has been suggested that at the bottom of the lake there is a deep crevice in which Nessie is hiding. However, with the help of detailed research in 2016, it was possible to establish that there are no caves at the bottom of the reservoir. No large animals were discovered that would necessarily be noticed by modern instruments.

Eyewitness accounts

In the late 1950s, a book by K. White was published with eyewitness accounts who claimed to have personally seen the monster. The author herself lived on the shore of the lake for many years and did not notice anything unusual. But even after the book was published, there were people who met Nessie:

Amateur researcher Gordon Holmes tried to make a film about the Loch Ness monster in 2007. He managed to detect the movement of an unknown object in the lake. But this recording did not convince the experts.

No one knows if Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, really exists. The human imagination is capable of creating things that live for centuries. The Scots are unlikely to be interested in finding evidence or refutation of the monster's existence. For them, Nessie is a reliable way to attract tourists who love ancient legends and tales. There really is a monster at the bottom of the lake. The prop monster was created for the film in the late 1960s. The artificial Nessie drowned during filming.


Loch Ness monster

All essays and books mentioning Nessie - an unusual creature, a threat to the entire population of Scotland. According to legend, the monster lives in Loch Ness and regularly scares local residents with its terrible appearance. Eyewitnesses stated that they saw a huge monster with a long neck sticking its small head out of the water. Despite its size, the monster is distinguished by its relative good nature: during its entire existence, it has not strangled, drowned or harmed anyone.
The Loch Ness monster was described by eyewitnesses as a snake stretched through the body of a turtle.
Judging by the description, this monster belongs to a species of plesiosaurs, marine reptiles that lived approximately 160 million years ago. The length of their neck was about 2 meters - the same length as their body and tail combined. Why they needed such a long neck has long been a mystery, but Leslie Noe of the Sedgwick Museum in Cambridge, UK, suggests: "Plesiosaurs used their long necks to reach the bottom and get food," Noe said on International meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Ottawa, Canada. He examined the remains of a plesiosaur called Muraenosaurus and, by studying the articulation of the neck bones, concluded that the neck was flexible and could move easily. The small skulls of plesiosaurs did not allow them to cope with prey in a hard shell.

Edinburgh. Scottish scientists have denied the existence of the Loch Ness monster. According to the Yoread portal, a satellite navigation system and 600 sonars helped them in this.
It has been suggested that the Loch Ness monster may have been a marine reptile that went extinct along with the dinosaurs. Researchers did not exclude the possibility that the animal could survive in the harsh waters of Loch Ness, despite the fact that such creatures usually prefer a subtropical climate.
They explored the entire Loch Ness lake in Scotland, where, according to legend, the prehistoric monster Nessie lives, attracting hundreds of tourists from all over the world to these places every year. As a result of the study, no traces of the lake monster were found.
In most cases, tourists confuse the Loch Ness monster with logs sticking out of the water, accumulations of algae and other objects that figuratively resemble the silhouette of the monster.
According to legend, the first to tell the world about a mysterious creature in a distant Scottish lake were Roman legionnaires who, with sword in hand, mastered the Celtic expanses at the dawn of the Christian era.
Local residents immortalized in stone all representatives of the Scottish fauna - from deer to mice. The only stone sculpture that the Romans could not identify was a strange image of a long-necked seal of gigantic proportions.
In the spring of 1933, the Inverness Courier newspaper first published a detailed story of the Mackay couple, who first encountered Nessie. In the same year north shore lakes paved the way and cut down trees and bushes for better review Britain's largest freshwater body of water.
In August of the same year, three eyewitnesses noticed a disturbance on the usually quiet Loch Ness. Then, first floating to the surface, then going under the water again, several humps began to appear, arranged in a row. They moved in waves, like a caterpillar.
Gradually, based on these descriptions, the image of a certain prehistoric creature living in the depths of a reservoir began to emerge in the public imagination. A year later, this image was brought to life thanks to the so-called “Surgeon photo”.
Its author, London physician R. Kenneth Wilson, claimed that he photographed the monster by accident while traveling in the area, bird watching.
In 1994 it was determined that it was a fake, manufactured by Wilson and three accomplices. Two of Wilson's accomplices voluntarily confessed to their crime, and the first confession (in 1975) remained unnoticed by the public, since faith in the honesty of Dr. Wilson, who seemingly had no motive to deceive, was unshakable.

Tazhbentaev A.Zh. 1

Dontsova E.V. 1

1 Municipal budgetary educational institution "Adamovskaya secondary comprehensive school No. 1 named after Mikhail Iosifovich Shemenev"

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1. Introduction.

Scotland is one of the parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a country with stunning nature and magnificent sights (see Appendix No. 1). The official symbol of Scotland is a mythical animal called the Unicorn. However, this country became famous thanks to another mysterious creature.

The famous Nessie, the Loch Ness monster, lives at the bottom of the Scottish Loch Ness lake. This is exactly what one of the ancient legends says. People first started talking about Nessie back in 565 AD, when something in the waters of Loch Ness tried to drown the companion of St. Columbus. Millions of tourists come to Scotland every year in search of evidence of Nessie's existence.

In this research work I will try to find answers to a number of questions: “Does Nessie really exist? Maybe it’s just people’s fantasies? Or a sensational discovery by scientists?”

Relevance of the chosen topic: Many scientists recognize the existence of the Loch Ness monster, but fearing for their reputation, they are in no hurry to study this problem.

Purpose of the study: Conduct your own research, which proves that there is no monster in Loch Ness.

Object of study: Scotland. Loch Ness.

Subject of study: Loch Ness monster.

Tasks:

Getting to know historical facts and eyewitness accounts;

Studying the results of scientific research;

Research methods:

Studying scientific literature;

Analysis of historical facts;

Comparison;

Description;

2. Main part. 2.1.More than a legend.

Perhaps none of the existing animals on Earth has received such attention and fame as the still mysterious beast that lives in the depths of the Scottish lake Loch Ness. The Loch Ness Monster is by far the most famous of all mythical creatures.

The first chronicle record of the Loch Ness Monster dates back to the fourth century, written by Abbot Jonah. In it he tells what he saw " terrible beast", who wanted to attack the person.

There is also a record that in Loch Ness lives " big fish with a snake's neck and head" is in the geographical atlas for 1325. Stories about the monster are also recorded in other chronicles, which are now kept in the library of Scotland. But this lake became especially famous after a small sailing ship capsized on Loch Ness in 1880 and sank along with its people. The cause of this disaster shocked many. Why did the sailboat capsize? In completely calm weather, almost no wind. Ancient rumors about the “underwater devil” spread with renewed vigor. (1) A brave man was found - diver MacDonald, who decided to “give battle” to the monster. But most likely he simply did not believe the stories of eyewitnesses. The diver went down to the bottom of the lake, and when he came back up, he said only one thing: “I saw this devil!” (4)

Time passed. In 1933, construction began along the lake shore railway. They cut down the forest. Many people appeared near the lake. Almost every week he caught someone's eye (see Appendix No. 2).

A year later, one of the enthusiasts, Mountain, finally decided to solve the Loch Ness riddle. He created two dozen observation posts near the lake. Just over a month later, Nessie, as the monster was called, was seen by volunteer observers fifteen times, three of them close. However, these observations did not bring clarity.

That same summer, on the shores of a mysterious lake, hunters of the unknown discovered traces of someone. Photographers witnessed them on film. In addition, according to all the rules of forensic science, plaster casts were taken from them and sent to London for special research.

The response from zoologists was stunning. Yes, these are the tracks of a large mammal. It is well known to science. This is... a hippopotamus! But how could a southern animal get to the north of Scotland? The experts refused to answer the last question.

Probably the analysis of the traces was not erroneous. It’s just that someone laughed evilly at the hype around Nessie and fabricated the likeness of hippopotamus tracks.

After this event, the search for the Loch Ness monster was so ridiculed that for many years scientists and simply science enthusiasts did not dare to take up them again. Only in 1957, a book was published in England in which 117 eyewitness testimonies of Nessie were collected. “This is more than a legend,” the book’s author, Constance White, called it. Photos of the monster were also published.

However, public opinion was almost unanimous in reacting to this evidence very warily, to say the least. But zoological scientists chose to remain silent.(1)

2.2.Common plesiosaur.

But events continued to develop. In the spring of 1963, a series of explosions are carried out on the shore of the lake. They do not stop for five days. At the same time, 230 people are monitoring the surface of the lake. And they were not disappointed in their expectations. Clearly disturbed by the unusual, Nessie began to appear frequently from the depths. She was seen forty times over the summer! And they filmed it six times!

Now there was no time for jokes about “gullible simpletons.” Featured on English television documentary I was impressed with Nessie.

The created commission, which included zoologists and lawyers, passionately interviewed many eyewitnesses of the Loch Ness miracle. And she came to the conclusion: “We find that there is an unknown creature in Loch Ness. If this is an animal of an unknown order, then it deserves careful study. If it belongs to an already known order, then it deserves study on the same basis.”

Prior to these conclusions, an attempt was made to outline the appearance of the "animal known or unknown order" from Loch Ness, based on available eyewitness accounts and photographs. The following emerged: the length of the body was about 18 meters, of which the neck and snake-like head were about 3 meters. There are one or more humps on the body. Rounded tail. When Nessie was seen on the shore, she was counted as having four legs.

What can you say about such a portrait? If you believe the description, then it is very similar to a plesiosaur - a fossil fish lizard of the Mesozoic era that lived in prehistoric seas (see Appendix No. 3). Huge predators - their length reached 15 meters, their massive head reached a length of more than one meter and was armed with sharp teeth more than 20 centimeters long.

And this beast lives in our time?

Even if we assume that the prehistoric lizard survived to our time, then another question immediately arises: how could a sea animal end up in freshwater lake? In addition, every serious scientist will say that it is impossible to identify an unknown representative of the fauna from eyewitness descriptions and a few photographs.

The study of Nessie has moved from " dead center" Zoologists are finding out whether there is food for such a large animal in the lake. Geologists are establishing the history of the reservoir. The volume of the lake is calculated.

The findings confirm an exciting insight. There is more than enough food for Nessie. The area here is enough for dozens of plesiosaurs. The lake in the distant past was sea ​​bay and became autonomous after an earthquake or as a result of land uplift.

The marine animal could survive despite the gradual desalination of water. Mild climate, lots of fish, plankton, absence of enemies.

The mystery of the Loch Ness monster continues to excite minds. A new expedition is being organized, this time consisting of physicists. Gordon Tucker said he would use new type sound locator.

The underwater hunt has begun. At a distance of 1200 meters from the shore, the sound beam detected something massive, but it remained motionless. Finally the sound locator catches the moving mass! The expedition made the assumption that they recorded the movement of the Loch Ness monster.(1)

2.3. Is Nessie not alone?

While the mystery of the Loch Ness monster is being solved, let's talk about its relatives. Judging by the same “popular rumor”, there are not so few of them.

For example, in Yakutia, a biological detachment employee saw a huge animal crawling out onto the shore of a lake. The skin of the beast was smooth, bluish-gray in color, there was a fin on the back, the neck was long, and the head was relatively small.

In the summer of 1953, two geologists, also on a Yakut lake, noticed on the surface some living creature shining in the sun that was swimming to the shore. Its massive body, about 10 meters long, was dark gray in color and had a high fin on its back.

If you ask people living in the areas of the Yakut lakes, they will tell you about lake monsters that eat not only fish, but also birds on the shore.

A group of scientists from London, who carried out observations on Loch Morar, published a sensational report. The report contains 27 of the most reliable eyewitness accounts of the monster living on this lake. It is a large snake-like creature, more than 13 meters long.

Professor Vakhrushev suggested that not just one monster lives in the lakes, but entire families. Many skeptics ask the question why, then, the corpses of dead plesiosaurs do not float to the surface of the water. But it has long been known that crocodiles and some other reptiles swallow stones, which act as ballast. Therefore, their corpses can remain under water and are eaten by bottom-dwelling animals.

In the mid-20th century, rumors arose about a strange snake-like monster. It was seen in Lake Eutopia, on the border of the United States and Canada.

Message from Norway, 1978: an unknown animal appeared in one of the lakes here. Residents of fishing villages claim that the monster is a descendant of a prehistoric fish or beast.

Newspaper report from August 1981: “Another animal unknown to science lives in America’s Lake Champlain. Residents of the surrounding areas nicknamed it Champ; it was a snake-like creature, 5-10 meters long.(1)

So, it turns out that the Loch Ness monster is not one of its kind or is it all just a massive hoax?

2.4.Modern research. Versions.

Have prehistoric lizards survived to this day or not? This question remains open to this day. Scientists all over the world express their assumptions and guesses, science-fiction films and scientific television programs are being made, but there is no exact answer yet. The Scots are unlikely to be interested in finding evidence or refutation of the monster's existence. For them, a monster is a reliable way to attract tourists who love ancient legends and tales.

Reports of eyewitness encounters with the Loch Ness monster continue to come in. huge quantities and in our time, but modern technology even now does not help bring humanity closer to the answer to the question - who is this underwater inhabitant.

In 2001, several dead fish of the Atlantic conger family, which usually live in salt water, were found on the shore of the lake (see Appendix No. 4). It has been suggested that these animals were deliberately brought here from the ocean to act as monsters for tourists.(3)

In 2003, researchers from an international BBC team used sound sonar to explore the bottom of the lake (600 instruments), but never found anything. The 2016 study also found nothing.(3) Of course, scientific world is full of mysteries, but many believe that all the data was simply classified, and in fact Nessie, an amazing monster with a small head and a huge body, exists.

On this moment Scientists present several arguments according to which the Loch Ness monster is a fiction. I'll tell you about some of them:

1) Most supporters of the existence of the monster considered it a relict plesiosaur, but over 70 years of observation it was not possible to find a single corpse of the animal, as well as any fragment of the body, no claw, no tooth, no scales;

2) In 2005, Neil Clark, curator of paleontology at the University of Glasgow Museum, compared the first reliable data on observations of the monster with the travel schedule of traveling circuses, and came to the conclusion that local residents did not see prehistoric dinosaurs, but bathing elephants (see Appendix No. 5 );(2)

3) According to Italian seismologist Luigi Piccardi, a tectonic fault called Great Glen runs along the bottom of the lake. Huge waves on the surface of the lake, as well as huge bubbles rising from its bottom, according to the Italian, are nothing more than the results of tectonic activity at the bottom of the lake. All this, according to Piccardi, can be accompanied by emissions of flames, characteristic sounds reminiscent of a muffled roar, and also cause mild earthquakes, which are mistaken for a monster; (2)

4) According to electrical engineer Robert Craig, observers mistook for the appearance of the monster the emergence to the surface of previously submerged trunks of Scottish pine Pinus silvestris, growing in abundance along the shores of the lake; (5)

5) One alternative explanation for this phenomenon is that the owners of hotels and other establishments located near the lake used ancient legend about a monster in order to attract tourists. Therefore, local newspapers published “eyewitness accounts” and photographs supposedly confirming their claims, and even made dummies of Nessie;

3. Conclusion.

While working on this project, I watched a lot of science TV shows, worked with encyclopedias, and learned more about the Loch Ness monster. Having considered all the material and compared all the facts, I still believe that the famous monster in Loch Ness does not exist. Especially considering recent modern studies that have not confirmed its existence.

In general, not a single obvious evidence of the existence of some ancient lizard in a Scottish lake has been presented to experts and scientists.

People tend to believe in something inexplicable and mysterious, to invent and speculate on something that does not exist. A log or strong waves can be mistaken for a living creature, especially when you see it from a great distance.

Perhaps someday there will be irrefutable evidence of the existence of animals that have not yet been studied, but for now the Loch Ness monster remains a myth, an unsolved mystery and a riddle for all mankind. Who knows, maybe Nessie is waiting in the wings, and soon we will all open our mouths in surprise?

4. References:

Ermakovich D.E. “I want to know everything” / D.E. Ermakovich.-AST Publishing House, 2010.-156 p.

Internet resources.

Mezentsev V.M. “Encyclopedia of Miracles” / V.M. Mezentsev. - Main editorial office of the Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia, 1987 - 288 p.

Nepomnyashchy N.A. “Loch Ness and lake monsters” / N.A. Nepomnyashchy: Veche Publishing House, 2002.-541 p.

Appendix No. 1. Appendix No. 2. Appendix No. 3. Appendix No. 4. Appendix No. 5.

Does Nessie exist? The search for this plesiosaur either subsides or begins with renewed vigor. This - mythical creature, supposedly living in huge lake Scotland. He is also affectionately called "Nessie". “You’ll never see Nessie in this weather,” the taxi driver tells me confidently, shaking his head. We are driving along a narrow road along the Scottish lake Loch Ness. - It's too hot for him now. He will sit in the depths, where it is cooler.”

Maybe so, but I nevertheless gaze long and intently into the still waters of the lake. Others say that it is on such days that the smooth surface of the water begins to move and the creature (he or she) - huge, with a curved back like an overturned boat - floats up for a short time, and again dives into the depths: this is Nessie, the most famous underwater creature in the world monster. So far, more than a thousand witnesses claim to have seen it - or at least the waves it left behind as it plunged into the dark depths...

But Nessie is just one of many water monsters. From the foggy shores of Scandinavia to the dense forests of the Congo and the North American prairies, almost every culture has its own Loch Ness monster. And in many cases, the prototypes of the legendary monsters are real fossils of marine reptiles that lived in the seas from two hundred and fifty to sixty-five million years ago.
Nessie has allegedly been photographed or spotted on sonar several times and most closely resembles a plesiosaur, a long-necked marine reptile that went extinct at the same time as land dinosaurs about sixty-five million years ago.

Scotland began to attract the attention of the public, especially people involved in unusual natural phenomena, back in the sixth century AD. Having raised in the minds of its citizens a wondrous legend about an unprecedented beast living at the bottom of the lake, the country has secured a huge flow of researchers and ordinary tourists who want to touch or at least look at this miracle of nature. Until now, it is not known for certain whether the monster actually exists.

The abbot of the Scottish monastery of Iona told the world about the terrible murder of a man. If you believe his “life”, then the unfortunate man was killed by the wondrous river monster Nisag (as the Celts call their monster). The Abbot of Columba noticed that his students were interested in the incident, and decided to go down the river by boat to see if the killer was really Nisag. The boat sailed from the shore, and a few moments later a beast floated out in front of the students, which put them in a stupor and made everyone who saw it horrified.

In order for the beast to disappear into the abyss of water, Columba read a prayer and thereby saved everyone. Then they remembered about the unprecedented creation in 1932. This is already official documentation. “A crocodile-like creature with a very small head and a long neck,” a Miss MacDonald described Nessie, thereby starting an unofficial series of observations of the lake. After the publication of this material, more and more eyewitnesses almost immediately appeared who described the creature in almost the same way as Miss MacDonald. The news, which instantly spread not only to Scotland, but also to other countries, led to a real stir and a mass pilgrimage of tourists to the conditional place of residence of the monster .

Scientists approached this issue from a different angle, and in 1975, a group of enthusiasts used sonar and photographic devices to study the bottom. As a result of the latter, scientists received a picture in which there is something similar to the fin of a huge fish. And already in 2003, researchers from the international BBC survey used sound sonars to explore the bottom of the lake (600 instruments), but never found anything. A 2016 study also found nothing. Of course, the scientific world is full of mysteries, but many believe that all the data was simply classified, and in fact, Nessie, an amazing monster with a small head and a huge body, exists.

The first mentions of this monster date back to the era of Roman legionnaires. On paper, a case of encountering a creature is described already in the 6th century AD. In his writings, the Irish monk described a strange creature that attacked local residents. After this, people encountered the monster for several centuries. Either an animal whose head resembles a horse lured lonely travelers into the abyss, or a giant salamander overturned a ship with people in the lake...

Nessie's popularity peaked in the last century. In the 1930s, a newspaper published a story of eyewitnesses who allegedly saw in the waters of the lake a huge black something with two humps and a small head. For several years, the editors were simply inundated with messages about meetings with Nessie. Only in 1933, dozens of tourists and local residents allegedly saw him. It is noteworthy that none of them came face to face with the creature, no one saw it up close.

The essence of the testimony can be boiled down to the following: someone from the shore observed movement on the lake, saw a head or humps, heard loud splashes. And one married couple even saw how a sluggish animal gigantic size crawled from the nearest undergrowth to the water (this was almost the only meeting with Nessie on the shore; no one else noticed that he was leaving the lake).

The very first one was also made in 1933 famous photograph strange animal. The quality of the image left much to be desired: everything was “smeared” and unclear. In the water there was a large figure in the shape of the Latin letter “S”. The photo was recognized by experts as authentic. However, it is impossible to say with certainty whether the captured object is alive, or whether it is just a large snag.

In 1934, the idea of ​​​​capturing Nessie literally captured naturalists. At that time, parliament was even asked for subsidies for research, but the request was rejected. And in the 60s, a certain Mr. Dinsdale filmed the movement of an unusually large object on the surface of the lake. For comparison, he also filmed the footprint of his boat on the water - they were two completely different footprints. In subsequent years, this video recording was considered the only material evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness monster. But already in the 20s, a group of experts established that the waves on the water were still left by a certain boat (possibly different in size from Dinsdale’s vessel).

Thus, we can conclude that at the moment there is not a single photo, video or audio material that clearly demonstrates the existence of Nessie. All images are blurry, unclear or unreliable (take, for example, the very first photo of the creature - it shows just a black hook made of water, which could be a simple piece of driftwood).

Scientists present several arguments according to which the Loch Ness monster simply cannot exist:

  1. The bottom of the lake was scanned several times. According to supporters of the existence of Nessie, there may be a huge crevice at the bottom of the lake, or maybe even a whole network of caves, where the creature is hiding to this day. But this year (2016) with the help of the modern equipment experts have completely studied the topography of the reservoir and refuted the existence of caves or crevices - the bottom of the lake is flat. The waters themselves were also studied several times, but nothing was found. That is, Nessie has absolutely nowhere to hide;
  2. The reservoir is of glacial origin and was completely covered with ice for a long time. So far, no living creature has been found of sufficient size that can survive without oxygen for several years;
  3. The lake does not have the necessary biomass to feed such a large animal as the Loch Ness monster (regardless of whether it is a herbivore or a carnivore). Nessie, according to eyewitnesses, reaches a length of more than 15 meters. Moreover, it must weigh more than 20 tons, and there would be enough food in the lake only for someone weighing no more than 2000 kg. Thus, the unfortunate monster would simply starve to death;
  4. By the way, not a single fragment of the creature’s body was found - no teeth, no remains, no scales, no claws;
  5. Loch Ness is one of the favorites tourist places: on its shore there are a dozen hotels and campsites, and the reservoir is navigable. Over such a huge period of time, at least someone should have captured a rare wonder (after all, the monster needs to surface to take in air). And animals are generally not attracted to places busy with people. (with the exception of small animals that eat food thrown away by humans, but Nessie is unlikely to be able to crawl onto land to feast on an apple core forgotten by a careless tourist);
  6. An interesting fact is that in the 30s of the last century a circus group actively toured in Scotland. It included several elephants who really enjoy bathing. When the elephant swims, only its trunk, head and back part are visible above the water (the neck with the head and two humps of Nessie captured in his first photo, respectively);
  7. The first mentions of the lake wonder date back to the end of the last millennium. The monster could very well be an ancient sea dinosaur. But according to scientists’ calculations, such people lived on average for a maximum of 300 years. And Nessie has already exceeded 2000 (provided that the animal in the waters of the lake was the same, although, as indicated above, even one creature cannot feed itself there, not to mention a possible group);

Despite all the above points, there are still quite a lot of supporters of the existence of the Loch Ness monster in the world. But really, any technology can fail, any specialists make mistakes...

And at the bottom of the reservoir there may be caves and crevices. Perhaps even leading to the ocean. And Nessie managed to get out of the hungry and cold captivity of the lake outside. It is likely that the monster might not live permanently in Scotland, but only swam there for some purpose.

The video is a story about Nessie.

Quite a long time has passed since the last article in the series of unsolved mysteries of the 20th century was published, the editors of our site decided to continue this series. And next up is the Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie).

If we go back to the very depths of Celtic legends, this creature was first noticed by the Roman conquerors. The first mention of the Loch Ness monster dates back to the 5th century AD, where one of the chronicles mentions the water beast of the Ness River. Then all mentions of Nessie disappeared until 1880, when, in completely normal weather, a sailing ship with people sank to the bottom. The northern Scots immediately remembered the monster, and began to produce all sorts of rumors and legends

The avalanche of rumors reached the point that one of the major newspapers even published a story about a married couple who encountered the monster face to face. On the wave of popularity, a road was built here; many curious people came here to see for themselves the existence of the beast. The once quiet surroundings became a bustling place, and the shores of the lake were always filled with photographers and onlookers. A certain enterprising citizen even set up a number of observation posts along the perimeter of the lake. And lo and behold - within a month the Loch Ness monster was spotted as many as 15 times

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The excitement grew so much that the issue of capturing the creature was on the agenda of the Scottish government. This idea was then rejected by scientists who argued that there was in fact not a single piece of evidence for the existence of Nessie.

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Among subsequent references to the Loch Ness monster is the testimony of the English military pilot Farrel, who, flying over the island in 1943, saw something similar to Nessie. But during the war years this was quickly forgotten. In 1951, the monster caught the eye of a local forester and his friend, and a year later, a local resident walking on the shore with her son. In 1957, a book was even published that collected all the stories of eyewitnesses who saw Nessie. The title of the book spoke for itself: “This is more than a legend”

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But despite such a large number of eyewitnesses who saw the monster, only a few proofs of its real existence were provided. Among the first pieces of evidence is a photograph of a doctor named Kenneth Wilson, known as the "Surgeon's Photograph." During a detailed analysis, it was determined that this photo was a fake. Later the authors themselves admitted this.

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Another famous photograph was taken by aeronaut Tim Dinsdale. During aerial photography, a trail left by a large, long creature was recorded. For a long time, this photograph, initially recognized as real, was the only evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness monster. However, in 2005, a detailed analysis showed that it was just a trace left by a sailing boat

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Subsequent studies, including sonic scanning of the lake and many other experiments, only further confused the researchers, revealing many unexplained facts, but clear evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness monster in the lake was never found. The most recent evidence is a satellite image Google Earth, on which a strange spot is imprinted, in the distance reminiscent of the Loch Ness monster. The main argument of skeptics is a study that has proven that the flora of Loch Ness is very poor, and there simply would not be enough resources here even for one such huge animal

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Let's look at the three main theories that explain all these rumors and talk about a monster living in the lake. According to one version, in those years when the greatest number of statements about the monster were made, traveling circuses often stopped at the lake. And the Loch Ness monster is nothing more than a bathing elephant. When elephants swim, they are most similar in description to Nessie

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The version of a scientist from Italy - Luigi Picardi, is based on a geological fault at the bottom of the lake, the aforementioned Great Glen. Due to tectonic activity, huge waves often rise here, as well as bubbles from under the water. This activity could have influenced the lifting of large objects from the bottom of the lake, which were carried to the surface, and also caused strange sounds. All this taken together was taken for the Loch Ness monster

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You can also call the version about the staging of this story by the owners local hotels, who made a dummy of the monster to attract tourists. It's no secret that this place became popular only after all this hype with Nessie; tens of thousands of tourists poured here, bringing in considerable income local residents. Be that as it may, sometimes it is very useful to believe in miracles. And even despite numerous scientific evidence, some of us will still believe in the existence of the Loch Ness monster. Think for yourself what life would be like without such stories, without something mysterious and supernatural

 

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