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Legend

Shooting Dinsdale

The course of the boat, filmed by Dinsdale himself for comparison, numerous computer studies, additional verification by Kodak specialists, and the very initial conclusion of JARIC are convincing evidence that there could be no question of a trace left by the boat.

Professor Henry Bauer, Virginia Polytechnic, USA.

Sound scanning

Disillusioned with the effectiveness of visual surveys, those who wanted to confirm the urban legend turned to alternative search methods, in particular, sound scanning. The first session of this kind was held in the mid-1950s, and work in this area has continued uninterrupted ever since. Thus, the researchers learned a lot about Loch Ness, in particular, calculated total biomass in the lake is a key factor that is directly related to the possibility of the existence of a large creature here.

In addition, a sound study revealed the existence of a seiche effect in the lake, which is capable of causing optical illusion and to which Inspector Campbell initially attributed eyewitness observations. We are talking about the sudden occurrence of powerful short-term flows of water, provoked by sharp changes in atmospheric pressure. Such currents can drag large objects with them, which, moving against the wind, can create the illusion of moving forward "of their own free will." It is this phenomenon that experts explain the silhouette in the picture of McNab.

Film by Gordon Holmes

satellite image

In the summer of 2009, a resident of the UK said that while viewing satellite photographs on the Google Earth website, he saw the creature he was looking for. The photograph of the service really shows something that vaguely resembles a large marine animal with two pairs of flippers and a tail.

Latest research and myth busting

A group of specialists from the UK, using a robot called Munin, carried out, according to the researchers themselves, the most detailed study of Loch Ness to date (April 2016). Scientists representing the Loch Ness Project, led by Adrian Schein, decided to check the information provided in early 2016 by a certain fisherman that there is a huge crevice at the bottom of the lake. According to the fisherman, it could well accommodate the legendary monster. According to the researchers, the robot, using sonar methods, managed to get a very detailed information about this section of the lake at a depth of up to 1500 meters. Wherein maximum depth the lake reaches "only" 230 meters (this is one of the deepest lakes in Scotland). Nevertheless, experts decided to check the periodically sounding assumption that in fact it is deeper due to crevices or underwater tunnels that have not yet been discovered, Sky News reports.

No anomalies were found during the study, which means that there is no crevice in which the monster could be hiding. According to the researchers, this suggests that the Loch Ness monster, apparently, still does not exist. But the robot, moving along the bottom of the lake, stumbled upon a fake monster created in 1969 for the filming of the film "The Private Life" of Sherlock Holmes". During filming, the model drowned in the lake - due to the fact that director Billy Wilder demanded that two humps be cut off from her, which worsened her buoyancy.

Last photo of the Loch Ness monster

Amateur photographer Ian Bremner, 58, has photographed what may be one of the most convincing sightings of the Loch Ness monster to date (September 2016). Bremner rode through the highlands in search of a deer, but instead witnessed a startling sight: he saw Nessie floating in the calm waters of Loch Ness. Ian spends most of his weekends around the lake, photographing the stunning natural beauty. But when he returned to his home, he noticed in the picture a creature that, as he believes, may be that elusive monster. The picture shows a two-meter creature swimming away with a silvery wriggling body - its head flickered in the distance, and about a meter away from it one could see the tail, with which the animal rushing away splashed on the water. The creature was seen at the moment when it floated to the surface to take a breath of air. The photo taken by Ian shows a long snake-like creature, which is fully consistent with the generally accepted description of Nessie that appeared back in 1933. The picture he took is very reminiscent of some of the clearest and best-known images of this creature. In 2016, instances of "meetings" with the monster were already reported five times - including the testimony provided by Ian. Exactly this a large number of cases since 2002. Some of Ian's friends believe that the photograph actually shows three seals playing in the water. Over the years, 1081 sightings of the Loch Ness Monster hiding in the water have been recorded.

Arguments against

The main argument of skeptics remains the indisputable fact that the amount of biomass in the lake is not enough to support the life of a creature of the size that is attributed to the Loch Ness monster. Despite its huge size and abundance of water (brought here by seven rivers), Loch Ness has sparse flora and fauna. In the course of research conducted by the Loch Ness Project, dozens of species of living things have been identified. However, sound scanning showed that there is only 20 tons of biomass in the lake, which is enough to support the life of one living creature weighing no more than 2 tons. Calculations based on the study of plesiosaur fossils show that a 15-meter pangolin would weigh 25 tons. Adriant Shine believes that the search should not be one creature, but "a colony that would number from 15 to 30 individuals." In this case, all of them, in order to feed themselves, should be no more than 1.5 meters in length; in practice, this means that the lake is not able to feed a colony of creatures larger than lake salmon (salmon).

In addition to the above fact, there are a number of indirect arguments that also work against the version of the reality of "Nessie". For example:

However, supporters of the reality of "Nessie" are not convinced by the arguments. Thus Professor Bauer writes:

Shooting Dinsdale convincingly proves that the lake - at least in the 60s - really lived a giant living creature. Moreover, I am convinced that it exists here - or existed - in the singular. Something else remains unclear. All indications are that this creature needs oxygen to sustain life. But on the surface, it almost never appears. If we summarize the testimony of eyewitnesses who described a massive body with a hump, fins and a long neck, then the appearance of a modern plesiosaur looms. But the creatures that live in Loch Ness do not come to the surface and spend part of their lives at the bottom. This suggests that we are already dealing with a descendant of the plesiosaur, which has developed over time the ability to remain without air for a very long time.

Supporters of the Nessie reality refer to ancient legends, according to which there is a network of caves and tunnels at the bottom of the lake that allow the monster to swim into the sea and return back. However, studies of the bottom and coasts indicate that the existence of such tunnels is unlikely here.

Conscious hoax

One alternative explanation for this phenomenon is that the owners of hotels and other establishments located near the lake used the ancient legend of the monster to attract tourists. Therefore, “eyewitness accounts” and photographs were published in local newspapers, allegedly confirming their claims, and even dummies of Nessie were made. Wilson's hoax partner, Christopher Sparling, was Montague Whethorle's stepson and testified that people at the newspaper's office pressured Whethorle for hard evidence. Noteworthy is the closeness of the activation of the theme of "the monster from Loch Ness" (1933) and the film adaptation of "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle (1925), which popularized cryptozoology, thereby creating fertile ground for the emergence of an urban legend about the existence of a relic lizard. in Scotland. It should be noted that the "first eyewitness" - Mr. John McKay - was the owner of a hotel in Inverness, and in the film " lost World"There is a scene of a plesiosaurus swimming past the steamer and a small mise-en-scene at the very end of the picture, where a brontosaurus, having fallen off the Tower Bridge it broke through into the Thames, floats on the surface of the river, raising its head high on a thin neck and arching its back exactly as it is captured in the" photo surgeon."
This version does not explain the early references to the creature, however, these references themselves, like most medieval legends, are not accurate and have not been confirmed in any way. It can be noted that the biographies of a number of medieval Christian saints contain references to fantastic monsters that they exiled or pacified (for example, Saint Attract, Saint Clement of Metz and others); it is possible that the story of the pacification of the monster on Loch Ness was remembered a posteriori, when the urban legend about "Nessie" had already formed.

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It seemed we already know everything about the world we live in but still there are some mysteries that we want to reveal. Loch Ness is the home of probably the world's most famous monster. People say that from time to time you can see a big monster who they call “Nessie” in this lake. There are some reports about seeing great black humps on the surface of the lake and then their disappearing. The main question is – is it a fact or fiction? Experts have been discussing that question for years, but in recent times more and more people believe that a whole colony of giant creatures may live in the lake. In 1962 a group of people formed an organization called the Bureau for the Investigation of the Loch Ness Phenomena. Each summer they volunteer invites who watch the lake. And in 1966, they installed cameras on the banks to prove ‘Nessie’s’ existence. Other people made some photographs on the lake’s surface, but the pictures weren’t good enough to convince anyone, although a film made in 1961 convinced a lot of people that something exists in this lake. The film showed an object twenty-eight meters long, traveling at sixteen kilometers per hour. People who claim they saw a monster describe it in a very similar way: it has four fins, a tail and it has a length of around eighteen meters. Some years ago an 18-year old girl from England had a thirty-seven kilometers journey across Loch Ness. It took her thirty hours, some of which she was swimming in the darkness and everyone applauded her for her strength and bravery.	It seems that we already know everything about the world we live in, but there are still some secrets that we want to uncover. Loch Ness is home to perhaps one of the most famous monsters in the world. People say that a large monster can be seen in the lake from time to time, which they call “Nessie”. There are claims that someone saw large black humps on the surface of the lake, which then disappeared. The big question is, is this fact or fiction? Experts have been discussing this issue for many years, but in recent times more and more people believe that there is a whole settlement of huge creatures in the lake. In 1962, a group of people created an organization called the Loch Ness Bureau of Investigation. Every summer they invite volunteers to watch the lake. In 1966, they set up cameras on the shore to prove the existence of Nessie. Others took photographs of the surface of the lake, but they weren't good enough to convince anyone, although a movie was made in 1961 that convinced many that something existed in the lake. This film showed an object twenty meters long, which was moving at a speed of 16 kilometers per hour. Those who claim to have seen the monster describe it in much the same way: it has four fins, a tail, and is about 18 meters long. A few years ago, an eighteen-year-old Englishwoman swam 37 kilometers across Loch Ness. It took her 30 hours, several of which she swam in the dark and everyone applauded her for her strength and courage.

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Loch Ness lake

Loch Ness is the most deep freshwater lake throughout the UK, clearly visible on the map, it connects the western and East Coast, stretches 37 kilometers, and a depth of up to 230 meters.

The reservoir, if we discard all the legends and myths about the monster, is unique in itself. Most lakes eventually turn into swamps, with the exception of Baikal and Loch Ness.

Loch Ness is not closed, unlike most lakes. The water surface of this reservoir shimmers in the sun like a diamond, located near the town of Inverness, replenished by the waters of the Moriston River. The lake gives rise to the Ness River, the reservoir has remained in its original form for more than 300 million years and is surrounded by picturesque mountains and forests.

The lake is part of the Caledonian Canal connecting the two coasts of Scotland. This feature of the lake allows us to put forward a version that the legendary monster can migrate and is not always in the lake itself. There are versions that several historical animals sail at once to reproduce offspring. Some of the opinions deserve attention and are checked by experts.

Geologists say that Loch Ness was formed during the Ice Age. The reservoir, along with medieval castles, is the most visited place in Scotland. More than half a million tourists from all over the world visit every year. the globe.

Most of the people are attracted by "Nessie", as the monster was affectionately called, but not everyone believes in legends and visits the reservoir for the sake of magnificent landscapes and virgin nature. It has been observed that tourists who do not look at a dinosaur in the water often become witnesses his appearance.

Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster

As already noted, it is the Loch Ness monster attracts travelers and many research groups with the most respected geologists, paleontologists and ichthyologists. In 565, the first written mention of the Loch Ness monster. In those days, the monster was attributed to the appearance of evil spells. People sent a fisherman on a boat on their last journey, on which the monster attacked.

Saint Columbus asked the people: "For what reason are you burying such a young man?" He was told that a monster jumped out of the water and killed the fisherman. The boat with the body has already left the shore. Columbus was sure that the demon committed murder and asked the student to return the boat to inspect the body. The guy, without hesitation, rushed into the water after the boat, but the face of the monster appeared from the water and wanted to have a bite to eat the daredevil. Saint Columbus offered up a prayer and ordered the monster to return to the abyss. The words of the saint worked.

The legend was found in the chronicles of Abbot Ion, who described the exploits of St. Columbus. Of course, the authenticity of this legend cannot be verified, but the fact that the monster was mentioned so long ago deserves attention. But there is still an early written mention of "Nessie". In search of habitable land, the ancient Romans found a wonderful lake. On the stones depicted all the animals that lived in this area, even the mouse. Only one drawing does not fit into the "big picture" - the image of a monster with a long neck that resembles a plesiosaur.

Until the early 19th century, there is no further mention of the Loch Ness monster. As soon as a road was built near the lake, the monster began to appear regularly. He was often seen by locals and tourists, workers. From 1933 to the present, the monster was noticed about 5,000 times! There was a rumor that a baby "Nessie" was surfacing.

As soon as stories about the appearance of the monster began to flicker on the pages of newspapers, the Scottish government in 1934 considered monster capture question. But the question was dismissed as irrelevant and non-existent.

Loch Ness monster - myths and legends

In 1943, information appeared that a pilot flying over the lake saw a prehistoric monster that slowly cut through the quiet expanse of the lake. In those days, no one began to do research because of the height of the Second World War.

The monster is described as:

huge body,
big flippers,
button head on a long neck.

One famous paleontologist who to the existence of a monster treats with skepticism, claims that such a description has spread along with a book called "It's more than a legend!", written by Constance White.

Is there a monster? Or is it a legend to lure tourists? The answer to this question has not yet been decided by any of the experts. But there is footage taken by Tim Dinsdale that supposedly proves the existence of a huge creature in the lake.

Proof of the monster's existence:

Tim Dinsdale photography
filming Gordon Holmes
ultrasound research.

This is one of the largest and mysterious reservoirs in Europe! It is hidden in the Scottish highlands, it is surrounded by mountains and cliffs on all sides. The length of Loch Ness is about 40 km, and the width is no more than 1 km. The depth of the lake - more than 300 m - makes it the third largest lake in Europe in terms of volume. The legend says that in its icy depths, opaque and dark, like night, lives ... the Loch Ness monster! We'll talk about him.

Whatever they call it: water kelpie, sea horse, lake bull, gloomy spirit. Be that as it may, parents from century to century forbid their children to be or play near this reservoir. Some superstitious people still believe that the Loch Ness monster (photos 1, 2, 3) may well turn into a galloping horse, grab a child and put him on his back, and then plunge into the abyss with a small and helpless rider!

Who saw the Loch Ness monster?

One of the first and most striking observations dates back to the 1880s. It was then that the boatman Duncan McDonald, who later became famous, was looking for a boat sunken in the lake. But something happened under water, and he emerged from the lake like a bullet! His face was contorted in fear. When he was brought to his senses, MacDonald but quite articulately said that he had seen the Loch Ness monster. He especially remembered his eye - small, vicious, gray ... Since then, more than 3 thousand various eyewitness accounts have been accumulated, who, under certain circumstances, allegedly observed the Loch Ness monster from the shore and from a boat. According to them, it appeared during the day. Today, scientists are confident that the size and appearance of this uncaught creature depends on the imagination of a person.

Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster

Everyone saw the monster!

Nessie (as he was called) was seen by people of various professions: from farmers to clergymen. Fishermen, lawyers, policemen, politicians and even ... the winner - the Englishman Richard Singe, spoke about him! Allegedly, he watched the monster back in 1938.

Useless Research

Expensive expeditions were equipped. They explored Loch Ness for months, conducting research and experiments, inspecting its surface with binoculars, and also hired special mini-submarines to scan the lake depths using the most modern electronic devices.

Search results

Hundreds of hours of intense work spent on the lake searching for the monster, a whole library of books and articles written on the subject of the Loch Ness monster, a bunch of photographs that allegedly depict the real Loch Ness lizard, several festivals called "Nessie", dozens of high-profile revelations and ... one real proof of value! So far, no ancient bones or a piece of skin from this plesiosaur have been found.

Not caught, so not a thief!

In general, not a single obvious evidence of the existence of some ancient lizard in a Scottish lake has been presented to the judgment of experts and scientists. But be that as it may, the most mysterious lake in the world - Loch Ness - still keeps its most important secret. Who knows, maybe Nessie is biding her time, and soon we will all open our mouths in surprise?

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

Maybe so, but I still gaze long and hard 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 a creature (he or she) - huge, with a curved back like an upturned boat - rises briefly, and again dives into the depths: this is Nessie, the world's most famous underwater monster. On the this moment 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 misty 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 fossil marine reptiles that lived in the seas from two hundred and fifty to sixty-five million years ago.
Several times Nessie, presumably, managed to be photographed or spotted by sonar, she most of all resembles a plesiosaur - a marine reptile with a long neck, which became 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, as early as the sixth century AD. Having brought up in the minds of its citizens a wondrous legend about an unprecedented beast that lives 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 Aion told the world about the terrible murder of a man. If you believe his "life", then the unfortunate river monster Nisag killed the unfortunate (as the Celts call their monster). Abbot Columba noticed that his students were interested in the incident, and decided to go down the river in a boat to see if the killer was Nisag. The boat sailed away from the shore, and a few moments later a beast swam out in front of the students, which brought them into a stupor and made everyone who sees it horrified.

In order for the beast to disappear in the abyss of water, Columba read a prayer and thereby saved everyone. Then the unprecedented creation was remembered in 1932. This is the official documentation. “A creature that looks like a crocodile, with a very small head and a long neck,” a certain Miss MacDonald described Nessie in this way, thereby starting an unofficial cycle of observations of the lake. After the publication of this material, more and more eyewitnesses almost instantly appeared, who described the creature in almost the same way as Miss MacDonald. The news, which instantly spread not only in Scotland, but also in 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, using sonar and photographic devices, explored the bottom. As a result of the latter, scientists received a picture in which there is something that looks like a fin. huge fish. And already in 2003, the researchers of the international roughness BBC with the help of sound sonars explored the bottom of the lake (600 devices), but did not find anything. Research in 2016 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 mention of this monster dates back to the era of the Roman legionnaires. On paper, the case of a meeting with a creature is described as early as the 6th century AD. In his writings, an Irish monk described a strange creature that attacked local residents. After that, people for several centuries met with a monster. That animal, whose head looks like a horse, lured lonely travelers into the abyss, then a giant salamander overturned a ship with people in the lake ...

The peak of Nessie's popularity came in the last century. In the 30s, the 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 editorial office was simply bombarded with messages about meetings with Nessie. In 1933 alone, dozens of tourists and locals allegedly saw it. It is noteworthy that none of them encountered the creature “face to face”, no one saw it up close.

The essence of the testimony can be reduced 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 of 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).

In 33, the very first known photograph of the strange animal was also taken. The quality of the picture left much to be desired: everything was “smeared” and fuzzy. In the water was a large figure in the form of the Latin letter "S". The picture 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 big snag.

In 1934, the idea of capturing Nessie literally captured the naturalists. The parliament was then 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 took a footprint on the water from his boat - these were two completely different tracks. In subsequent years, this video was considered the only material evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness monster. But already in the 20s, a group of experts found that a certain boat still left waves on the water (possibly different in size from the Dinsdale ship).

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, fuzzy, or unreliable (take, for example, the very first picture of the creature - it just shows a black hook made of water, which may be a simple driftwood).

Scholars provide several reasons why loch ness monster simply cannot exist.

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, and maybe even a whole network of caves, where the creature is hiding to this day. But this year (2016), with the help of the most modern equipment, experts fully studied the relief of the reservoir and refuted the existence of caves or crevices - the bottom of the lake is flat. The waters themselves were also studied repeatedly, but nothing was found. That is, Nessie has absolutely nowhere to hide;
The reservoir is of glacial origin and for a long time was completely covered with ice. Until a living creature of sufficient size has been found that can survive without oxygen for several years;
The lake does not have the necessary biomass to feed such a large animal as the Loch Ness monster (regardless of whether it is herbivorous or carnivorous). Nessie, according to eyewitnesses, reaches a length of more than 15 meters. At the same time, it should weigh more than 20 tons, and food in the lake would be enough only for someone weighing no more than 2000 kg. Thus, the unfortunate monster would simply starve to death;
By the way, not a single fragment of the creature's body was found - no teeth, no remains, no scales, no claws;
Loch Ness is one of my favorite tourist spots: there are a dozen hotels and campsites on its shore, besides, the reservoir is navigable. For such a huge period of time, at least someone should have captured a rare curiosity (after all, the monster needs to emerge to take in air). And animals in general are not attracted by places busy with people. (with the exception of small animals that eat up food thrown out by a person, but Nessie is unlikely to be able to get out onto land to feast on an apple core forgotten by a careless tourist);
An interesting fact is that in the 30s of the last century a circus group was actively touring in Scotland. It included several elephants who love to bathe. When an elephant swims, only its trunk, head and back (the neck with a head and two humps of Nessie captured in his first picture, respectively) are visible above the water;
The first mention of the lake curiosity dates back to the end of the last millennium. The monster could very well be an ancient marine dinosaur. That's just according to the calculations of scientists, such people lived especially on average up to 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 already indicated above, even one creature cannot feed 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 technique is capable of malfunctioning, any experts are mistaken ...

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. It is likely that the monster might not have lived permanently in Scotland, but only swam there for some purpose.

The video is about Nessie.