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Do you believe in monsters in a lake or do you think there is no such thing? I believe that the loch Ness Monster is real, but I've heard people saying that she doesn't exist. Some people might b...

Lodge Hotel. (2011). ness monster sightings. Retrieved from http:__www.loch-ness-monster-nessieland.com_loch-ness-monster-sightings.shtml Edwards G. (1996 - 2009). New loch mystery. http:__www.nessie.co.uk_htm_about_loch_ness_lochness.html Parkinson D. (2

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Loch Ness Monster Sightings - Evidence that the Monster has been Found - 4 views

  • In 1972 Mrs Rines dowsed for the best position for Dr Rines' underwater cameras and they were well rewarded by the success of his subsequent flipper pictures. These pictures of a Loch Ness Monster sighting were taken in August 1972 and show, albeit a little blurred, the distinct shape of a flipper and part of the tail of a large, rough-skinned creature. This remains an important Loch Ness Monster sighting.
  • the Royal Navy during World war II when a member of the Royal Observance Corps who was on duty to report incoming enemy bombers, saw a head and neck rise above the water 250 yards away.
  • The first recorded Loch Ness Monster sighting was by St Columba in 565 AD
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Legend of Nessie - Ultimate and Official Loch Ness Monster Site - About Loch Ness - 5 views

  • A new Loch Ness mystery has unfolded with the discovery of a huge underwater cavern which sections of the media have dubbed 'Nessie's Lair'. Auxiliary coastguard and Drumnadrochit businessman George Edwards made this spectacular find when he was on a coastguard training exercise on the Loch.
  • A new Loch Ness mystery has unfolded with the discovery of a huge underwater cavern which sections of the media have dubbed 'Nessie's Lair'. Auxiliary coastguard and Drumnadrochit businessman George Edwards made this spectacular find when he was on a coastguard training exercise on the Loch.
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      subtitle:People say that she lives in caves. Gerorge Edwards www.nessie.co.uk/htm/about_loch_ness/lochness.html
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      Subtitle:People say that she lives in caves. www.nessie.co.uk/htm/about_loch_ness/lochness.html
  • George says there must be more than one creature in the Loch and this cavern could lead to a network of caves.
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      subtitle:People say that she lives in caves www.nessie.co.uk/htm/about_loch_ness/lochness.html
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The Loch Ness Monster | Mysterious Britain & Ireland - 8 views

  • There are hundreds of sightings on record, which describe a roughly similar creature in and out of the water over a period of 200 years.
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  • a long tapering neck, about 6 feet long, and a smallish head with a serpentine look about it, and a huge hump behind which I reckoned was about 30 feet long. It was turning its head constantly."
  • But, after nearly 70 years of continuous sightings since the road around the loch was built, we are still no nearer an all-encompassing explanatio
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  • One of the first recorded references to the monster harks back to 565 AD
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  • On April 14th 1933, Mr and Mrs Mackay, who owned an Inn at Drumnadriot, were driving home from Inverness when they spotted a creature in the water near Abriachan. It was about 12 to 15 feet in length, and seemed to roll and plunge in the water; the sighting lasted over a minute.
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    The most publicised and well known of the lake monsters, Nessie has captured the popular imagination. There are hundreds of sightings on record, which describe a roughly similar creature in and out of the water over a period of 200 years.
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BBC News - The murky allure of the Loch Ness monster - 4 views

  • the legend of the monster dates back to the 6th Century, but it was not until the 1930s that it really took off.
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    A scientist has spent four painstaking decades studying the loch best known for the creature affectionately known as "Nessie". Why does this mythical monster hold such fascination for so many people, ask Chloe Hadjimatheou and Vanessa Barford. Adrian Shine has patrolled lakes by day and night.
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Skipper claims to have finally found proof that Loch Ness Monster exists | Mail Online - 4 views

  • In November 1933, Hugh Gray was the first to picture something splashing in the water. Four stumpy-looking objects on the bottom of the creature's body appeared to look like appendages, such as flippers. It was later suggested the creature was a dog, possibly holding a stick.
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