Reports of a mysterious creature in Loch Ness, Scotland go back to around the 6th century, but the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, nicknamed "Nessie," got a boost in the early 1930s with several reported sightings and alleged photographic evidence. In 1934 an English surgeon named R. Kenneth Wilson took what is perhaps the most famous photo (sometimes called the "Surgeon's Photo"), supposedly showing a head and neck above the water and indicating a very large creature. Since then there have been thousands of reported sightings and countless attempts to find and photograph the "monster," despite repeated assurances by scientists that no such creature exists. (history.com,2012)This story interests me because it was passed down from the 6th century when a “beast from the water attacked and drowned” someone. The Loch- Ness monster resembles an ancient plesiosaur and its sightings were classified as tricks on the people and tricks of the mind.
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