Loch
Ness Monster
The
Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid (from the Greek κρύπτω, krypto, meaning "hide", an animal or
plant whose existence has been suggested to be real even though it has yet not
been discovered or proven with scientific evidence) which is rumored to be
living in the Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. This creature resembles
other common types of lake monsters in Scotland and other areas, despite the
variety that exists within the various reports, we can clearly see that most of
them agree with it having enormously large size. Public attention and belief in
the animal's existence has gained a vivid variety since it was first introduced
to the world in 1933. Evidence of its monster’s existence is anecdotal, with
only a few and controversial photographic material and also sonar readings.
The
most widely known theory among believers is that the creature represents a
generation of long-surviving plesiosaurs. A large part of the scientific
community supports that the Loch Ness Monster is a modern-day myth, and furthermore
explains sightings as including misidentifications of more mundane and common
objects, frauds, and even wishful thinking. In spite this, it continuous to
remain one of the most famous examples of cryptozoology (is a pseudoscience
involving the search for animals whose existence has not been proven due to the
lack of evidence). In addition, the creature has been dearly called with the
nickname Nessie since the 1940s.
"Surgeon's Photograph" (1934)
The
"Surgeon's Photograph" it is considered to be the first photo of a
"head and neck", and is one of the most iconic Nessie photos. Hypothetically
taken by Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London gynecologist, it was first published
in the Daily Mail on 21 April 1934. Wilson's refusal to have his name published
with the photograph led to the photo’s nickname being the "Surgeon's
Photograph". He claimed that he was looking at the loch when he saw the
monster, so he quickly grabbed his camera and snapped four photos. Only two of
them came out clear: the first one displays a small head and back, while the
second one a similar head in a diving in motion position. The first one was the
more iconic one, while the latter attracted little attention due to it being difficult
to interpret what was pictured, because of its blurry quality.
Operation Deepscan (1987)
Operation
Deepscan has been so far the largest and most intense search of Loch Ness in an
attempt to find the proof of the Loch Ness monster’s existence. The newspapers
stated that it was "a sonar exploration of Loch Ness, an operation which
would sweep the unfathomable depths of the loch from shore to shore and end to
end with a curtain through which nothing could escape". Twenty-four boats
provided with echosounder equipment were sent across the whole latitude of the lake
and at the same time they sent out acoustic waves. BBC News claimed that the
scientists had made sonar contact with a large unidentified object of unusual
size and strength. And in fact, it did record 3 large sonar contacts in the
lake of a size too large to be made by anything known to live in the lake. It
was estimated that the search covered approximately 60% of the total lake area
as the sides and bays could not be possibly covered. Darrell Lowrance, who’s a sonar
expert and the founder of Lowrance Electronics, contributed a number of
echosounder units used during Operation Deepscan. After examining the echogram
data, especially a sonar return that revealed a large moving object near
Urquhart Bay at a depth of 180 metres (590 ft.), Lowrance said: "There's
something here that we don't understand, and there's something here that's
larger than a fish, maybe some species that hasn't been detected before. I
don't know."
The Latest spotted Nessie… in vacation?
Recently
a mysterious sea creature was photographed "swimming against the current"
on the Devonshire coastline on 10 February 2015. Shocked bystanders noticed the
unusual creature about half a mile offshore in Plymouth Sound, Devon. Allan Jones
was among those to take photos of the peculiar animal, which he said resembled
a "huge crocodile" - or was it the Loch Ness Monster on holiday? The
university technician said: “It must have been 20ft long." “There were
other people near me and they were asking if I could tell what it was because
it looked so unusual. “I have never seen anything like it – the first thing
that struck me was that it looked just like a huge crocodile. "The
creature moved in circles, appeared to curve its shape and moved a considerable
distance from left to right, turn and then move back the other way."
Whether it’s true or just a myth we can know for sure.
Many investigations have occurred in order for this mystery to be solved… Yet no
one has ever brought evident that can be scientific proved. Still we sometimes
hope or even wish for supernatural things to happen in order to keep ourselves
away from boredom. Well for the time being it’s up to Nessie whether she want
to reveal herself to us or maybe not.
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