The Legend of Nessie

       The story of the Loch Ness Monster has been pasted on from generation to generation, each portraying a four legged, long necked, humped back, reptilian-like creature living in the largest of the three Lochs in the Scottish Highlands. 
       
        In the many years this story has been circulating, multiple sightings and photographs have been submitted as proof of this creature's actual existence. However, many people are still nonbelievers because of the simple facts that it has yet to be confirmed by an expert and that this creature is the only one to have ever been spotted in the world. People are reluctant to believe this creature lives alone and has been alive since the first water sighting in 1871 and land sighting in 1879. Many questions arise when trying to validate the creatures' existence: What does it eat? Why doesn't it show it's self more often? Are there more than one reproducing? Why doesn't it move to another Loch or another lake? Because humans cannot answer these questions, it makes the story of the Loch Ness monster even harder to believe. 

 

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      Investigators have taken sonograms of the supposed cave where the monster spends most of it's time and multiple pictures have been taken, some of rather convincing footage. There have been no accounts saying this creature is aggressive or that it has caused any trouble in the Loch or to humans. The only unsettling aspect of this creature's physique is it's huge size that intimidates people from taking a dive to investigate the situation, which is understandable considering we don't know what it eats: could eat people for all we know.


      Essentially, this creature adds a flare of mystery to the Loch that attracts travelers to try and settle their curiosity. This story could be a concocted ploy to increase tourism to the Scottish Highlands and therefore increase profit. Some of the photos show nothing more than a blurry, grainy "smudge" on the lens while other photos are clearly photo-shopped or superimposed.    


      I consider this to be a great story among folklore. It seems to be a huge, docile creature trapped within the boundaries of the Loch and is forced to live there with humans constantly exploiting it everything it pops it's head above water. I'm not saying that I believe this story in the least bit, but until someone drags this creature out of the water, I'll enjoy wondering the 'what if's.' But to steadfast believers, this story represents a phenomenon among humans of the most bizarre form and will continue defending Nessie's true existence within Loch Ness. 

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