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"LOCH NESS MONSTER"

Tales of the Loch Ness Monster have floated around the world for centuries. Described as a large aquatic animal or a plesiosaur-like creature, the Loch Ness Monster (also known as "Nessie") has been the subject of numerous amateur and scientific investigations over the years in an attempt to uncover the truth. She is said to have a long neck with a dinosaur-like head, a humped back, flippers and reptilian dark gray skin; her estimated length is anywhere between fifteen and forty feet, with a weight of up to 2,500 pounds.

She is said to have a long neck with a dinosaur-like head, a humped back, flippers and reptilian dark gray skin; her estimated length is anywhere between fifteen and forty feet, with a weight of up to 2,500 pounds. Nessie has been touted as an imaginative endeavor to attract tourists to the Inverness area, or as a bona fide lake monster with a variety of corroborating photographs to prove it.

However, the legend of Nessie is not taken seriously by most mainstream scientists and other skeptics, although sightings by a large number of reliable resources seem to lend some validity to the claims of her existence...

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