Loch Ness is in Scotland, near the city of Inverness. Loch Ness is a lake of fresh water, with warm waters in the surface and very cold waters in the depths. It has got 56.4 square km.In some points the depth reaches 200 m. and there are numerous underwater canals that flow to the sea.
It´s a lake surrounded by mountains, what makes it very shady.
People say that the Loch Ness Monster, also known as Nessie lives there.
The legend about the existence of a huge creature living in the Loch Ness is not modern. The first reference to the monster is in the year 565 AC when a missionary called Saint Columba encountered a strange creature.
Following the descriptions made by people who saw the monster it must be a kind of Plesiosaur, a marine dinosaur from the Mesozoic Era.It is described as an enormous animal, with a round body, a long neck, a small head and fins.
It has got dark red skin similar to anphibians´skin.
It is about 8 or 9 m. long and it looks like a giant eel.
In 1938, a person took some photos of the monster, but later they confessed they were a fraud.
In 1936, 50 people said that they had seen Nessie near the castle of Urquhart during 15 minutes.
In 1960, T. Dinsdale recorded a short video in which a strange shape emerges from the lake.
Scientists don´t believe in the existence of Nessie, because they say the sightings would have been much more usual and they would have found bones from other Nessie´s relatives.
Scientists explain these sightings like simple mirages, light distorsions, confusion with a wood in the water, seals, water effects or even bubbles produced by volcanic activity.
This is the video recorded by Tim Dinsdale about "Nessie" swimming along the lake, but a lot of people think that it is only a motor boat going at high speed.
At this time, nobody can say if "Nessie" exists or not.
So the mistery continues...
Published by Gloria Magaña
