2006-07-10 07:55:34 · 20 answers · asked by Oldschool_icon61 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
No, sorry. I dont believe in it. If it existed EVERY scientist would be working non stop to track it and study it!
2006-07-10 08:00:12 · answer #1 · answered by Sassy 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I do, but it may be just because I want to. There is a museum up by Loch Ness which gives all the "proofs" for Nessie's existence and all the other possible explanations for the "proofs". It's a well done museum and not trying to turn your mind one way or the other.
If there was a Nessie she was probably a (I can't spell dinosaur terms but) pleisiosaur?, something like that.
The proofs that I can't personally get around are:
1. The sightings go way back in time and have continued up until (last sighting I know of was 1978). And when people have been interviewed they just were very matter of fact about it, and there are a whole lot of those people. They weren't out trying to make a buck on Nessie or anything. In other words, a lot of people have sighted her over a long period of time, and not in the way of trying to put one over on people.
2. Other water monsters have been found in modern times. In fact, during WWII my father-in-law's ship was followed by one for a while. It was eating the garbage thrown overboard. So I don't think it's sensible to rule out the existence of these creatures just because we have a prejudice against dinosaurs being around today.
3. In 1978 an underwater camera was tripped by a creature that was swimming by in Loch Ness. The picture, which has been certified, was of a type of flipper that only two sea creatures have--a great sea turtle and the pleisiosaur. There are no known sightings ever of the turtle in Loch Ness.
4. Why didn't Nessie float to the top when she died? Loch Ness is really, really, deep and there are lots of caves on the side. I'm out of my text here, meaning I don't even know if she would have floated up.
5. The guy who talked about the problem of too many Nessies has a point. But then reptiles can live a long time.
Anyway, Nessie has my heart, so maybe it doesn't matter if she's real or not.
2006-07-11 05:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is simply not possible for the monster to exist.
If it is a single monster it was first noted in in the 1930s (though some claim much longer) - any such monster would be long dead.
If you assume that there is a population of "Nessies" and therefore current sightings are not of the same monster but of descendants of the original monster consider this. You'd have to believe that this species (nessius nonexistus) would have had to have been breeding indefinitely, independently, without overpopulation, in a limited gene pool, survived an ice age in which the lake would have frozen over, in a relatively small lake (geographically) which simply could not sustain a significant breeding population of any large marine animal, reptile or otherwise.
Mind you, Loch Ness is a beautiful place to visit - monster or no monster.
2006-07-10 10:30:58 · answer #3 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is believed that the "monster"that was sighted in loch ness was actually an elephant taking a swim. This may sound odd, but in those days there were a lot of elephants around loch ness, brought there by many traveling circuses.
2006-07-10 08:01:59 · answer #4 · answered by Courage 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do. I think it is some kind of a water dinosaur that either mutated to survive or was simply bred by simpler water life and made it. Its not that far fetched of an idea... you remember those oriental fishermen that recently pulled the body of a dinosaur out of the water that had supposedly been extinct for "million and millions of years"? It not only blew a hole through the theory of evolution, it made things like Nessie quite realistic! I think that the pictures you see of this monster is actually different shots of different ones. I don't think it is the same one. If this thing survived then it has to have a family...
2006-07-10 08:02:08 · answer #5 · answered by Cyndaly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
I've seen supposed photographs but I'd have to doubt it.
Think of it.
The photo purports something akin to a brontosaurus. These were herbivorous creatures who spent much time on land.
Even if they had an amphibious streak and by some freak of nature one lived, how would it survive for soooooo long?
Undetected?
What would it feed on in that area?
If reptilian, in that cold?
The Hebrides are known for 220 M.P.H. winds even in winter, I think.
That'd be the prevailing scenario.
Doubtful.
2006-07-10 08:02:30 · answer #6 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
okay when you have the slightest thought that something could be somewhere shadows and branches seem to represent it. the lochness monster could be the same thing. besides with all of modern day technology someone would've seen it. my answer: no
2006-07-10 08:07:42 · answer #7 · answered by Niko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes!! There are many things that man have not even seen yet. Everyday he is discovering something new. Just because Scientists haven't seen it yet do not mean it is not there. Too many people have seen it not to be real. The wind blows and nobody seen the wind and nobody question if that is there.
2006-07-10 07:59:33 · answer #8 · answered by Kleersteel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it existed would be a dinosaur of some sort. Also if it existed it should be protected by law as a throw back to a time long past.
2006-07-10 07:59:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a good question, there is lots of evidence that might make people believe there is one. I personally think that there was one or two but they died long ago.
2006-07-10 08:00:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋