| Learn some things about the Loch Ness | | | | allowing Nessie to travel from Scotland to |
| Monster, that you may have never heard. | | | | the USA, changing its identity. |
| For a long time the Loch | | | | |
| Ness Monster has been a creature of | | | | Although the monster was widely publicized in |
| cryptozoology that has been sighted in the | | | | the early 1960s, the first report was made in |
| Lake (Loch) Ness in Scotland. This creature | | | | 1930. However, the documented sighting of a |
| resembles a large aquatic serpent plesiosaur, | | | | plesiosaur, a water-bound creature, in 1923 |
| which today is best known as Nessie, a | | | | made cryptozoologist believe that the |
| nickname given by its fans, whether existing | | | | specimen of these monsters existed in the |
| or not, the monster is a celebrity today. In | | | | lake at least 200 years ago. However, the |
| fact, there are video cams and web cams on | | | | description of the creature's appearance |
| different points of the lake waiting for | | | | suggests an older origin. Expeditions to the |
| Nessie to be caught. Many people have | | | | bottom of the lake began in the early 1970s, |
| relocated to tents and mobile homes nearby | | | | when a group led by American Dr. Robert Rines |
| waiting for the long time awaited "idol" in | | | | obtained vague underwater photographs. |
| which there is a reward for whoever sees him | | | | Although, many people claim to have seen the |
| arise from the depth of the waters either | | | | monster in recent years, the cameras |
| live or through the cams installed for that | | | | installed show movement in the lake but no |
| purpose. | | | | clear shots of Nessie and nobody has claimed |
| | | | the reward yet, but Nessie's enthusiasts keep |
| There are many theories surrounding the Loch | | | | watching the lake religiously. In the United |
| Ness Monster. Considering the time from when | | | | Kingdom, the confirmed existence of Nessie is |
| it was first reportedly seen to today, it is | | | | irrelevant because the monster has a |
| possible that any actual living Nessie's | | | | mythological meaning to the British people, |
| could be the offspring of many generations | | | | but particularly to the Scottish that do not |
| from the original monster. Mosy researchers | | | | need proof to believe in the monsters |
| believe that there is more than one Nessie or | | | | existence. Modern urban legend or traditional |
| there is a possible underwater passage that | | | | Celtic myth, there is a popular belief |
| allows the monster to travel. In the United | | | | rumored from person to person by way of |
| States, a similar monster has been reported | | | | legend saying that a certain hornpipe melody |
| in Lake Champlain, Vermont. This creature is | | | | has the ability to attract Nessie to the |
| known as Champ or Champie, supporting the | | | | surface, however only a few people that know |
| idea of a possible underwater passageway | | | | the music are still alive today. |