Have you ever heard of the Loch Ness Monster (or Nessie as some people call her)? Well of course you have, and at one point you may have believed. I don't believe as of NOW! (November 30th, 2011). But maybe after I write this blog post I will, who knows? According to Urban Dictionary Loch Ness Lake is:
Okay, so here are some basic facts about Nessie.
The popular huge loch located in scotland, with memorable sites still standing believed to be the home to scotland's beloved nessie, the world famous Loch Ness Monster.
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- The first "sight" was in 1933, and the newspapers blew up with articles on her.
- The fist photo of Nessie was taken by George Spicer in 1934. There's a big story about this photo, known as "The Surgeon's Photograph", I'll explain it below.
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| The First Photo |
- One of the most famous sightings was on May 24th, 1960. The same guy again saw her 3 days later, on the 27th (also known as my birthday).... creepy.
- Nessie is known to live in Loch Ness (thus her name) in The Scottish Higlands, in Scotland, obviously.
- The earliest report of a monster associated with the name of Loch Ness appears in the Life of St. Columba by Adomnán, written in the 7th century, so stories of Nessie have been around for a while now.
- In 1938, a man named William Fraser wrote a letter saying that there was no doubt that Nessie was real. He said that a hunting party was needed, and that they should catch her dead or alive. The note was not released until about a year ago.
Okay, so The Surgeon's Photograph. This photograph was taken in 1934 by George Spicer, as I said above. He was fishing and saw her, and took five photographs (two of them were clear, and they used the first one). It was first published in the newspaper, "The Inverness Courier". In 1975 the photo was proved fake, and it tuned out the photo was made by Robert Kenneth Wilson, and George Spicer wanted nothing to do with it, so he asked the newspaper to put it as "The Surgeon's Photograph".
It turned out that the photograph was actually a toy submarine with a sea-serpent head attached to it, which makes it fake.
Okay, so there are many explanations as to why the Loch Ness Monster is there, if she even is (I honestly doubt it). The most common one is that it's just another animals, such as an eel, or a seal. In 2001, two eels were found on the coast of Loch Ness (The lake not the monster). They were conger eels, which are only found in salt water and are the longest eels in the world. Some think they were placed in the water to look like "Mini-Nessie's". But who knows?
Many other objects such as trees, or even optical effects such as wind that add to it (yeah right). But most people just say it's a long amphibian, like a newt. Anyways, hopefully you have learned some cool sutff, and maybe you believe, maybe you don't. I sure don't.... SuperSaraSuperBye!!!
Top Nessie Website
Skeptic's Dictionary
Informative Nessie Site
Oh Meeba's Blog (Fatima)
Kiwi's (Or preferably LaTisha's) Blog
Logan's Blog
It turned out that the photograph was actually a toy submarine with a sea-serpent head attached to it, which makes it fake.
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| They cropped this photo into the one you see above because they wanted Nessie to look bigger. |
Many other objects such as trees, or even optical effects such as wind that add to it (yeah right). But most people just say it's a long amphibian, like a newt. Anyways, hopefully you have learned some cool sutff, and maybe you believe, maybe you don't. I sure don't.... SuperSaraSuperBye!!!
Top Nessie Website
Skeptic's Dictionary
Informative Nessie Site
Oh Meeba's Blog (Fatima)
Kiwi's (Or preferably LaTisha's) Blog
Logan's Blog
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