Loch Ness Monster

Loch Ness Monster
	The "surgeon's photograph" of 1934, now known to have been a hoax
Sub grouping	Lake monster
Similar entities	Champ, Ogopogo, Altamaha-ha
First attested	565
Other name(s)	Nessie, Niseag, Nessiteras rhombopteryx
Country	Scotland
Region	Loch Ness, Scottish Highlands

The Loch Ness Monster (Scottish Gaelic: Uilebheist Loch Nis),^[3] affectionately known as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one or more humps protruding from the water. Popular interest and belief in the creature has varied since it was brought to worldwide attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal with a number of disputed photographs and sonar readings.

The scientific community explains alleged sightings of the Loch Ness Monster as hoaxes, wishful thinking, and the misidentification of mundane objects.^[4] The pseudoscience and subculture of cryptozoology has placed particular emphasis on the creature.

^ Krystek, Lee. "The Surgeon's Hoax". unmuseum.org. UNMuseum. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
^ Life of St. Columba Archived 17 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine (chapter 28).
^ Mac Farlane, Malcolm (1912). Am Faclair Beag. 43 Murray Place, Stirling: Eneas MacKay, Bookseller. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Carroll, Robert Todd (2011) [2003], The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 200–201, ISBN 978-0-471-27242-7, archived from the original on 16 October 2021, retrieved 15 November 2020

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[1] Krystek, Lee. "The Surgeon's Hoax". unmuseum.org. UNMuseum. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

[2] Life of St. Columba Archived 17 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine (chapter 28).

[4] Mac Farlane, Malcolm (1912). Am Faclair Beag. 43 Murray Place, Stirling: Eneas MacKay, Bookseller. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[5] Carroll, Robert Todd (2011) [2003], The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 200–201, ISBN 978-0-471-27242-7, archived from the original on 16 October 2021, retrieved 15 November 2020

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