The Loch Ness Monster
Ilonka Matthey-de-l’Endroit.
2MG02
Presentation
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The Loch Ness Monster, Nessie
for her close friend, is a
cryptid, [Cryptids are creatures
presumed extinct, hypothetical
species, or creatures known
from anecdotal evidence
and/or other evidence
insufficient to prove their
existence with scientific
certainty] claimed to inhabit
Scotland’s Loch Ness, the most
voluminous freshwater lake in
Great Britain.
Here is the Loch Ness lake
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Pleaase.. Here it is.
Hoax or monster?
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The most famous picture of
the loch Ness monster, taken
in 1933, is in fact a fake… Dr
Kenneth Wilson confessed just
before his death that it was a
hoax.
Several engineer and scientist
did expedition to search
Nessie, Tim Dinsdale, an
aeronautical engineer did 56
expeditions between 1960 and
1987. All of the pictures on
which he was sure to see
Ness, have been described as
simple boat’s pictures.
There are several theories about what Nessie could be.
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She could be a plesiosaur, which is
a long-necked aquatic reptile that
is defined as extinct.
One important thing, apart from
the disappearance of this race, is
against this hypothesis:
the plesiosaur was probably a
cold-blooded reptile requiring
warm tropical waters, while the
average temperature of Loch Ness
is only about 5.5 °C. And even if
the plesiosaurs were warmblooded, they would require a
food supply beyond that of Loch
Ness to maintain the level of
activity necessary for warmblooded animals
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Here is a drawing of two pleisiosaurs.
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Nessie could be a long-necked
seal. Several scientists
supported this theory but
however, the seal are actually
visible on land during daylight
to sunbathe, and Nessie was
never known to do that.
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But there you need a little bit of
imagination…
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She may be a giant eel.
Scientists believe that an eel
might have grossly enlarged in
order to eat the bigger fish, or
that a larger eel species could
inhabit the loch. But, once
again, a detail destroy the
theory, eels are not known to
protrude from the water as
described in some sightings.
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She could be a giant
invertebrate, and cited
the extinct Tullimonstrum
as an example of the
shape, but this
hypothesis hasn’t been
accepted by a lot of
people as it is simple
speculations.
Yes, it is a false, thank you..
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[my favorite one] Nessie are
associated with the old legends of
kelpie, which is a supernatural and
fantastic water horse from Celtic
folklore that is believed to haunt the
rivers and lakes of Scotland and
Ireland. It generally has grayish black
fur, and will appear to be a lost pony,
but can be identified by its constantly
dripping mane. Its skin is like that of a
seal but is deathly cold to the touch. A
scientist claims that the accounts of
loch monsters have changed over the
ages, originally describing a horse
appearance; they claimed that the
"kelpie" would come out of the lake
and turn into a horse. When a tired
traveler would get on the back of the
kelpie, it would gallop into the loch
and devour its prey. This myth
successfully kept children away from
the loch, as was its purpose. [it was
nice, ha?]
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For some reasons that i’ll tell you one
other day, i didn’t find any
photograph… so let me show you a
picture of holidays.
Conclusion
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Rumours of a huge animal
living in the loch have existed
for centuries – since 565.
Some believers have argued
that a lengthy history of
monster sightings in the loch
provides evidence of the
creature's existence but it may
be an invention.
Some sightings are cases of
misidentified deer or boat
wakes, and of course, there
have been several hoaxes.
There are some sightings,
however, which cannot be
easily explained.
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As a conclusion I’d say that if
you want to be convinced, I let
you go to the Loch Ness lake
and see by yourself if the big
shape moving under water is,
or not, the legendary monster.
Actually I’d prefer to stay there
in safety, with this little doubt
inside my head…