Mysteries Of The Sea

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Scotland's Loch Ness is believed by many people to be the home of a mysterious creature named "Nessie." Lots of researchers believe that the loch ness monster is a plesiosaur, but most scientists believe that plesiosaur have been extinct for 60-70 million years, but others think it possible that after the last Ice Age the Loch may have been connected to the sea.

Sightings, the famous picture, and more...

There have been lots of sightings in the past, here are some examples.

"On July 22, 1933, Mr. and Mrs. George Spicer of London were driving along the Loch Ness Lakeshore Road returning from a holiday in northern Scotland when their car nearly struck a huge, black long-necked creature. The "prehistoric animal," as Mr. Spicer described it, shambled across the road, slithered through the underbrush, and splashed into the murky Loch."

"British newspapers reported that on June 17, 1993 a young mother, Edna MacInnes, and her boyfriend David Mackay, both of Inverness, Scotland, claimed to have watched the Loch Ness monster for 10 minutes. MacInnes, age 25, told BBC Radio 4's Today program that the 40 foot monster swam around, waving its long giraffe-like neck and then vanished into the murky waters of the loch in what was the first major sighting of the year."It was a very light colored brown. You could see it very clearly," Miss MacInnes recalled. The creature was estimated to be a mile away, but appeared huge. Edna MacInnes reportedly ran along the shore in an attempt to keep up with Nessie."

The famous picture of the loch ness monster taken by British surgeon, Colonel Robert Wilson (top left) was a hoax! He put a nessie head model on a fake submarine and took the picture.

Also. Nessie dead?There have been no "confirmed sightings" in a long time. Veteran Nessie spotter Gary Campbell, who keeps a register of sightings, said no one said in 18 months they had seen the monster.  So, is nessie really dead? No one knows...