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The lochness monster was first spotted in 1933 by a london surgeon. It has been spotted and photographs have been taken. Is it really a monster or is it a hoax?, but there are a lot of stories about it.

My Scottish pride sez: Nessie be real!!!!!!!!!!

and no one will tell me different!

:P

The reason I believe in it is because there are sooo many marine animals that haven't been discovered yet. Now that the ice caps are melting there's an entirely new ecosystem that we never knew existed until now. I think that it is very possible that it exist. There is so much area that we cannot see under water that even if we did try to find it, it could have went right past us and we could not have known.

This was the first photograph of the loch ness, and it was taken by a london surgeon on holiday.

There have been people that have seen the monster as far back the Middle Ages. But I do not see how with all the tech today it could be real .

I'm with you on that.. There is sooo much that we have not seen where she could be there are so many caves in the loch that she could be hiding in. There are new animals found all the time.. There was just a fish found not to many years ago that was belived to be gone.. Anything is possible..

This is the fish you're talking about



A fish, until recently thought to have become extinct millions of years ago, has surfaced off Indonesia.


BBC Science Correspondent James Wilkinson: "Distant cousin of land animals"
Scientists found the rare fish on a market slab after it was caught by a local fisherman - thousands of miles from its only known habitat.

The spectacular find is causing scientists to review what they know about the coelacanth and ask more questions.

Coelacanth were thought to have died out until some were found in 1938 in and around the Comoros Islands in the western Indian Ocean near Madagascar.

Since then that was thought to be the only surviving population until the Indonesian specimens were caught - 6,000 miles away.

Ancient ancestors: Coelacanth fossils
Marine biologist Mark Erdman said: "It's a spectacular discovery in the sense that it certainly opens the possibility of all types of other fish and sea monsters that might some day pop up."

The fish, often described as a "living fossil", was discovered by a scientist's wife walking through a fish market in Sulawesi island, Indonesia.

But the fantastic find was almost thrown back into the sea by the shark fisherman who caught it.

He said: "It had bad, oily fish. We didn't think we could eat it but I'm glad we decided to keep it."

Now scientists are hoping to catch further coelacanth to help answers basic questions about its life and history such as how long they live and what predators they face.

The myth dates back from the 7th century when a man called St. Columba was swimming across the loch when he was attacked by a monster. They found it in his writtings and he wrote that he was trying to save someones life in the loch.

Word, I thought the first siting was in the 1800s. You learn something new every day ;-P

And the funny thing is that nobody really has confessed to pulling a prank about it, like they did for bigfoot.

Totaly. One of the reasons I added it is because the scientist quoted about how it leads to proof that there could still be existance of other fish and monsters.

I like to believe it's real. I mean, surely not every single living thing has been discovered and documented already!

the best nessie movie i saw was the water horse... i do believe nessie to be real a prehistoric type creature. some photos show no back grounds so the object as nessie cant be measured i cant remember a set of sisters took some pics they thought to be nessie and when blown up it was just a duck and another group took pics of broken off logs this is a tuff call ...but he/she/it will always be real for me

Oops *reads Magic25UK's post* yeah I thought perhaps even earlier, memory really does fail me, can't even remember when St Columba lived. 400AD rings a bell, which is probably where I got 1400 from LOL... err but anyway, considerably before that bloke took that photo. If that's the case, it's either a really old monster, or it reproduces in a way similar to that seen in the film, 'The Water Horse' :)

i believe it is real. theres so much that we havent discovered yet so i think nessies out there in the loch

celtic folklore described the nessie as the water horse or kelpie.when the road was built by the loch the sighting started becoming known ,though local people have always known about it.half of the sightings was on land.Also loch ness has a ghost ship.nessie turns up in other lochs and when they where building a dam for an HEP station the divers came up in a hurry saying they where being followed by nessie creatures and they would not go down again.also most large cold water lakes around the world have the same animal sightings.i saw an awsome ichtheosaur jumping out of the water on youtube.a friend of mine says there is a really good book on sea serpents by a french marine biologist which included detailed sightings round the world.ive got In search of lake monsters,which is really good.

I believe it is real and amongst the hoaxes there are some real pictures.

Nice picture have you sent it in to monster quest? or had it examined by other monster seekers?because so far that picture is the most clear i have ever seen.And i have been following NESSY since i was a kid.Along with Lake Champlain monster.Which is in northwest part of New York's Lake Champlain.
Lake Champlain--which traverses New York, Vermont and Quebec--has been called "America's Loch Ness.
My Information can be continued here.
http://www.strangemag.com/champ.html

Here's a website I found dedicated to "Nessie". The information provided is a collected mixture of lore, documented facts, pictures, drawings about Loch Ness and and its most famous resident. It's whimsical, amusing and informative.

The Legend of Nessie, the Ultimate and Official Loch Ness Monster site

Do I believe in the Loch Ness Monster?.......I do. There are many species of creatures within the depths of waters that are descended from prehistoric beginnings which we have not yet discovered and have yet to identify. "Nessie" is one of them.

many of earths mysterious are yet discovered, and i do believ about 6 new species where found this year of, insects, mammals and plants, my heart says believ that nessy is true, yet the phony people who create monsters or myths give them a bad rap, just like what just happened with the bigfoot episode. so yes there is something in loch ness.

It would be a great discovery i admit but, scientists would want to get there hands on her/him to do tests, and that would ruin it for everyone!

I believe that the animal exists because we are finding more and more different types of animal why would we even think that we have found all the creatures in the sea. I know humans are conceded but come on the water is a dark and difficult place to explore.

I have heard different opinions of the Loch Ness Monster and always wished could see proof for myself.
I am not sure whether to believe or not to believe but having always been interested in Scottish folklore and/or history due to my great grandfather coming from Scotland; i believe anything is possible.

indeed there is a possibility as most fiction is the basis of fact, there is no impossibilities in the world so why not Nessy aye

I think most of the images taken are nothing more than 'Images' based on hoax, there is a nessy i am sure.

Exactly. many have thought it to be an age old dino! And some images show it to be a large serpent type animal

Indeed they have never been explored due to there depth you are right, and that would be ideal for an animal of great size to hide and shelter, as well as feed and if so, reproduce.

yeah thats what im saying they are not explored and in the long run will not be for some while yet, their too busy with mars and space.

well I say why can it not be real, isn't there like the big Bass in the pond or the Big Catfish in the lake etc, so why not the loch ness monster to me if it has been there for all these years and does not bother any one who is to say he has not just grown and lives there, only showing himself from time to time .. I feel it is a good possiblity of him /her being real and living in there.

It is and will most likely be a mystery no more when they decide to explore the depths of loch ness

indeed, it has had many years of evading humans so it will prove to be a challenge to anyone

it will be, world wide news, which will bring many numbers of people and loch ness will be made an attraction, in the long run will be bad, so i think for consivation should be left alone

Not for nessy no! as it would probably be locked up in a smaller cage so that everyone can see, and could then bring about distress to the animal and eventually kill it, and what would be the good in that?

Well I would have to agree with you , there are so many new species that are being discovered. and so many bodies of water in locations that we have not searched yet.

Yeah we would, but contradicting it would be good to finally see the real loch ness monster in the flesh

that would be so awesome to actually see it in the flesh/scales LOL as it were yet I agree I would hope they would leave it in its natural spot and not try to take it out and use to make money off of that would be very sad indeed...

Yes but i could see that the 'money' would supersede the 'attraction' and then be contained in a smaller cell if you like

Aye indeed, why waste a creature that has been here far longer than us, that could potentially kill a lot of people and itself in the process.

I think it is definitely a possibility. For instance, scientists thought that all life forms had to have sunlight to survive. Now that we have the technology to go many fathoms deeper, they have discovered many new species that live in the darkest depths. There have been creatures discovered who are totally blind, and rely upon "chemosynthesis" which has to do with receiving energy from chemicals rather than energy from the sun. Who's to say this "monster" isn't a throwback of some sort?

Indeed Ade. It happens because of distress or what have you, as far as nessy the prehistoric creature is concerned there is a fine line on what it can take! and that we do not know.

as for the point about darkness and life, yes it is totally possible that it could live without sunlight and draw its energy from chemicals so we would need to take this into consideration, if we did want to keep this animal in captivity.

According to the Lion "I do believe, I do I do...""
Prove otherwise. The kid in me believes.
But its great thing for the locals. $$$

Probably the most famous picture of the Loch Ness monster was the "surgeon's photo" supposedly taken by Colonel Robert Wilson in 1934, which you showed at the beginning of the thread. It shows a long, thin neck rising above the water connected to a hump-like body. This photo is thought to be a fake, though, after the confession of Christian Spurling who helped build the model monster that was photographed. He admitted the hoax shortly before he died in 1993 at age 90.

Most of the later pictures and movies and such have also been shown to be fakes. However, just because the evidence isnt real doesnt mean it doesnt exist...at least within your hearts and minds. Enjoy the possibility! :P

The world needs its secrets. What good would it be to live if no wonders were out there to discover. So I say--
Nessi < KEEP HIDING> we need you to. : )

I believe it might be real and still existing down there. It is true what Radu said, considering todays technology, it had to be located already successfully, so why cant we determine this precisely. It might be that the creature existed, but was hunted down by scientific teams for further research, killed, studied, or just captured, and held captive as a rare specimen of biological life. There might be this possibility that the creature is very successful hiding as well, and it might be as well, that there is no such creature at all at the first place, but a hoax, tourist story/attraction.

If it truly does exist it's more than likely a simple survivor of the dinosaur era. It's not unheard of for some sort of creature from then to still be around.

I would be happy going scuba-dive through the lake, in hope finding something, but I am afraid getting eaten. What if it is really real! Scarry.

Wow that picture = epic fail
LOL!

Anyways, I have been to Scotland but not Loch Ness.
The eco system in Scotland is fabulous, with red squirrels and bats and things that you wouldn't find anywhere else!

To be honest, Loch Ness is God knows how many times the size of the Grand Canyon ~ who knows what's in there?!

I belive it is real, it is not hard for me to belive in it, it could just be an extinct spieces of a water dinorsaur who by escaping into the sea when scared has survied all these years.

Although it is impossible to be a water Dino due to the many thousands of years, but then again it could be, if it has bread with another animal, Also i would happy to go diving down there, it would be great to go diving again, but there's something there amounts the hoaxes

Lol I wonder what monster hunters would say if I sent them my photo, and how long it would take them to realise that I created it in about five seconds with the paint brush tool ;)
There is a man who is living in a caravan on the shores of the Loch who has dedicated his life to discovering the monster. He's been there for a while now so eh, let's all just wish the man good luck :)

Aye good luck to him, as you have proved the images can take a matter of mins to create pure fictional, simple as that so whats the real and whats the fake?

I believe therewas or something there to have so many sightings over the years. Did anyone see the movie about the Noch Ness Monster (yes I forgot the name of it) I like the part when that first picture was taken a wooden raft with stuff on it.

i do believe in nessy,there are pleanty of photos some i believe to be fake but there are some that i believe to be real.but i dont really think she is a monster i think she is a dinosaur that made it to are time like we have found many others to have.i have heard plenty of diffrent storys about her and the most believing one i have heard is the dino one.in many photos there have been resimbleance to a creater that lived in the dinosaur ages and i believe thats what she is

Maybe Nessie is a dinosaur. Remember that fish that they thought was extinct? And remember when they found a ton of them? Nessie could very well be part of quite a few dinosaurs left. They have a very nifty gift and habit of being able to hid themselves. lol... A lot of that lake is too deep for us to go too. There are hundreds of caves and I'm pretty sure that quite of few of those caves lead out to the sea somewhere..... They just have to find which ones.. lol.. Whether or not Nessie is real is not for any of us to say. If she/he/it is real though, I say we leave her alone. These animals hide for a reason and they've lived as long as they have because of it. Let them live in peace. What if someone acually finds her. Her life is ruined... She'll be captured, studied, people will gawk at her and invade her home, hoping to find more.. Let them be....

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