The Loch Ness Monster, a sea creature with a reptilian head and six humps, is said to inhabit the deep waters of Loch Ness in Scotland. Sightings have attracted tourists, but the monster remains camera shy. Geologists suggest extinct sea creatures may have survived in the loch. The Loch Ness is narrow and twice as deep as the North Sea, making underwater exploration difficult. Some believe it’s possible for an unknown creature to live in the loch.
Stories of a sea creature that lives in the depths of Loch Ness date back to the pre-medieval period, but no images of the Loch Ness monster were ever captured until the summer of 1933. There are many who believe a throwback to the era of dinosaurs somehow survived the ice age and found a nesting place in this sheltered watery corner of the plateau. The Loch Ness Monster is said to inhabit this deepest loch in the Scottish Highlands, which is a cold, calm ribbon of water about 24 miles (39 kilometers) long and just over 430 feet (131 meters) deep.
Witnesses claim to have seen the Loch Ness monster, a fantastic long-necked marine animal with six humps and a reptilian head. Whether the sightings are true or not, the promise of a sneak peek at the Loch Ness Monster has brought hordes of tourists to Loch Ness from Japan and South Africa. The area has become one of the most photographed bodies of water on the face of the earth, although the Loch Ness Monster has always remained a bit camera shy. Cameras have captured several bulky shapes of unknown origin, and the most famous photo from 1933, which has been widely denounced as fake, revealed the small head and long, snake-like neck of the Loch Ness Monster waddling in and out of the ‘waterfall.
Geologists estimate that Loch Ness was once an inlet, a fjord, up until about 5,000 years ago. It is possible that some species of sea creatures now extinct in the oceans survived and continue to reproduce. While the Loch Ness Monster can be any type of marine animal, many scientists lean towards a gastropod, which is a huge form of sea slug.
Although Loch Ness is an extremely narrow body of water, it is also twice as deep as the North Sea and is constantly fed by no fewer than five rivers and forty-five mountain streams. At six feet (1.8 meters) down, the water becomes very cloudy, due to the floating peat particles. This severely limits underwater exploration and possible discovery of the Loch Ness Monster.
New species of animals hitherto thought to be extinct are discovered time and time again in our bewildering and complex world. Is it so implausible that an unknown creature could nest in the waters of Loch Ness? Is this possibility that scary to scientists and the world at large? Some sensitive souls might argue that it’s much scarier for the Loch Ness Monster.
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