Loch Ness "Monster"

by Hailey Wong (4C)

A series of sightings of a monster near Loch Ness lake, Scotland, have been reported since the late 1930s. People said that the monster was humongous!! That led to people dreaming up a legend: the Loch Ness Monster. 

Since there were Loch Ness Monster sightings, the interests of the people largely grew. Then a couple claimed to have seen the Loch Ness Monster on land, which they had described as “ a dinosaur-like creature”. The incident was told in a Scottish newspaper. That captured more attention of the people. They called the Loch Ness Monster Nessie.

Then, in 1934,

a physician named Robert Kenneth Wilson photographed what appeared to be the Loch Ness Monster. The photograph was known as the “surgeon’s photograph”. The picture shows the Loch Ness Monster’s little dinosaur - like head and its long neck. Scientists thought it was an ancient marine reptile that went extinct about 65 million years ago.

Nessie attracted lots of monster hunters. The discovery led to scientists undertaking several sonar explorations to locate the Loch Ness Monster, but they didn’t succeed. 

In addition, more photographs showed the monster, but most were said to be fake and were hoaxes by people. Also, in 1994, it was revealed that Robert Kenneth Wilson’s picture was a hoax by his revenge seeking enemy Wetherell; the Loch Ness Monster in the picture was actually a plastic and wooden head stitched onto  a toy submarine.

In 2018, a group of science enthusiasts conducted a DNA survey of the Loch Ness lake to find out what creatures live in the waters. No large marine animals were found, but the research indicates the presence of large eels. There was a possibility that the Loch Ness Monster is an oversized eel.

I don’t think the Loch Ness Monster is real, though. I think it is just some scam made by people who wanted to be famous, like the Siren Head and Slender Man.