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She is first spotted during the musical number " That Time of Year" and later during the scene when the sled is on fire. H. Lehn showed that atmospheric refraction could distort the shape and size of objects and animals, [139] and later published a photograph of a mirage of a rock on Lake Winnipeg that resembled a head and neck. In this edition, the selkie already had a husband of her own kind in the ocean before she was forced to stay on land. In 2008, Rines theorised that the creature may have become extinct, citing the lack of significant sonar readings and a decline in eyewitness accounts. In August 1933, Italian journalist Francesco Gasparini submitted what he said was the first news article on the Loch Ness Monster.
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According to team member Charles Wyckoff, the photos were retouched to superimpose the flipper; the original enhancement showed a considerably less-distinct object. The creature was placed in a van to be carried away for testing, but police seized the cadaver under an act of parliament prohibiting the removal of "unidentified creatures" from Loch Ness. British naturalist Peter Scott announced in 1975, on the basis of the photographs, that the creature's scientific name would be Nessiteras rhombopteryx (Greek for "Ness inhabitant with diamond-shaped fin"). Tongues first started wagging around 1933 when people began noticing unprecedented sights in and around the loch.Only two exposures came out clearly; the first reportedly shows a small head and back, and the second shows a similar head in a diving position. Gas pressure would eventually rupture a resin seal at one end of the log, propelling it through the water (sometimes to the surface). J. A Carruth Loch Ness and its Monster, (1950) Abbey Press, Fort Augustus, cited by Tim Dinsdale (1961) Loch Ness Monster pp. The Courier in 2017 published excerpts from the Campbell article, which had been titled "Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness". It is probably an Orkney variant of the Norse Jormungandr, also known as the Midgard Serpent, or world serpent, and has been described as a sea dragon.
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Romans arrived in the area and described the monster as a “strange beast with an elongated beak or muzzle, a head locket or spout, and flippers instead of feet,” per Time magazine.
Their description noted an enormous animal (approximately 4ft high and 25ft long) with a never-ending neck similar to an elephant’s trunk, lurching towards the loch. In days gone by, a dark network of tunnels was said to extend from the Cove of Grennan to the cliffs of Clanyard Bay, near Stranraer. Another legend has it that the Irish giant Finn McCool built the Giant’s Causeway between County Antrim and Scotland, so that he could cross the ocean without getting his feet wet. In April 1933, a couple saw an enormous animal — which they compared to a ‘dragon or prehistoric monster’ — and after it crossed their car’s path, it disappeared into the water. The stories about what the supposed monsters are like are as fascinating as the attempts, scientific and otherwise, that have been made to see and even capture them.
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The results were published in 2019; no DNA of large fish such as sharks, sturgeons and catfish could be found. If creatures similar to plesiosaurs lived in Loch Ness they would be seen frequently, since they would have to surface several times a day to breathe. Public interest skyrocketed, with countless letters being sent in detailing different sightings [5] describing a "monster fish," "sea serpent," or "dragon," [6] with the final name ultimately settling on " Loch Ness monster. The oldest account of Selma dates to 1750 and tells the story of a man who was rowing in his boats from Ulvenes to Nes when a huge serpent surrounded his boat and pulled it under water.
Skeptics question the narrative's reliability, noting that water-beast stories were extremely common in medieval hagiographies, and Adomnán's tale probably recycles a common motif attached to a local landmark. A stage play, and a graphic novel have told the story of the Gorbals Vampire, and a large mural of the beast guards a local railway arch. The device was fixed underwater at Temple Pier in Urquhart Bay and directed at the opposite shore, drawing an acoustic "net" across the loch through which no moving object could pass undetected. According to biologist Bruce Wright, the Greenland shark could survive in fresh water (possibly using rivers and lakes to find food) and Loch Ness has an abundance of salmon and other fish. He would then demand a meal of seven virgins for as the old tales record: "although he was a venomous beast, he had a dainty taste.
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Sunken villages, bells of church towers still ringing underwater, capsized boats, murder as in the case of Lake Starnberg/Germany and King Ludwig of Bavaria, and, of course, the legendary monsters that lurk in the depth and are so elusive.Some believe it to be an earlier, cruder attempt at a hoax, [47] and others (including Roy Mackal and Maurice Burton) consider it a picture of a diving bird or otter that Wilson mistook for the monster. Gould suggested a long-necked newt; [21] [156] Roy Mackal examined the possibility, giving it the highest score (88 percent) on his list of possible candidates. The event, named The Quest, is the biggest of its kind since the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau (LNIB) carried out its own mass survey in 1972.
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