Loch Ness is one of the largest and mysterious reservoirs in Europe! It hid in the Scottish highlands, surrounded by mountains and cliffs from all sides. Loch Ness is about 40 km long and no more than 1 km wide. The depth of the lake - more than 300 m - makes it the third in Europe in terms of fresh water among the lakes. Tradition says that in its icy depths, opaque and dark, like night, lives ... Loch Ness monster! We’ll talk about him.
As they just do not call it: water kelpie, sea horse, lake bull, gloomy spirit. Be that as it may, and parents from century to century forbid their children to be or play near this body of water. Some superstitious people still believe that the Loch Ness monster (photo 1, 2, 3) may well turn into a horse galloping, grab a child and put him on his back, and then plunge into the abyss with a small and helpless rider!
Who saw the Loch Ness monster?
One of the first and most striking observations dates back to the year 1880. It was then that the boatman Duncan MacDonald, who later became famous, was looking for a boat sunken in the lake. But something happened under the water, and he emerged from the lake with a bullet! His face was contorted with fear. When he was brought to his senses, MacDonald with trembling lips, but utterly articulate, said that he had seen the Loch Ness monster. He especially remembered his eye - a small, vicious, gray ... Since then, more than 3 thousand diverse eyewitness accounts have been accumulated, which under certain circumstances allegedly observed the Loch Ness monster from the shore and from the boat. According to them, it appeared during the day. Today, scientists are confident that the size and appearance of this uncaught creature depends on the imagination of a person.
The mystery of the Loch Ness monsterEveryone saw the monster!
Nessie (as he was called) was seen by people different in their profession: from farmers to clergy. Fishermen, lawyers, policemen, politicians and even ... Nobel laureate in chemistry - Englishman Richard Sinj spoke about him! Allegedly, he was watching a monster in the distant 1938 year.
Useless research
Expensive expeditions were equipped. They studied Loch Ness for months, conducted research and experiments, examined its surface with binoculars, and also hired special mini-submarines to scan the lake depths using the most modern electronic devices.
Search Results
Hundreds of hours spent on the lake rich in searching for a monster, a whole library of books and articles written on the theme of the Loch Ness monster, a bunch of photos that supposedly capture a real Loch Ness pangolin, several festivals called Nessie, dozens of high-profile exposures and ... neither one real evidence of value! No ancient bones or pieces of skin of this plesiosaur have yet been found.
Not caught, then not a thief!
In general, no obvious evidence has been presented to the court of experts and scientists on the existence of an ancient pangolin in the Scottish lake. But be that as it may, the most mysterious lake in the world - Loch Ness - still keeps its most important secret. Who knows, maybe Nessie is waiting in the wings, and soon we will all open our mouths in surprise?