Is there really such thing as the loch ness monster? Does It Exsist?

Answer 1

people say it does but no body really knows 4 sure. Some ppl can get a boat trip thing i saw on discoverey and they have a pretend loc ness monster but the ppl beleive its real. many ppl beleive have seen it or gotten proof of it but theres no way we can trust photographs anymore.

The Loch Ness Monster, sometimes called Nessie or Ness (Scottish Gaelic: Niseag), is said to be a mysterious and unidentified animal, or group of animals, claimed by some to inhabit the Scottish loch of Loch Ness, the largest freshwater loch, or lake, in Great Britain by volume. Nessie is usually categorized as a type of lake monster. Along with Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman, Nessie is one of the best-known mysteries of cryptozoology. Most scientists and other experts find current evidence supporting Nessie unpersuasive, and regard the occasional reports of sightings as hoaxes or misidentification of mundane creatures or natural phenomena. However, belief in the animal persists among many people around the world, with the most popular theory being that it is a plesiosaur.

The monster is commonly identified as a plesiosaur, a prehistoric aquatic reptile with a long neck. Plesiosaurs became extinct millions of years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period during the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, but believers in Nessie suggest that a breeding colony survived in isolation in Loch Ness.[citation needed] Supporters of the plesiosaur theory also say that the coelacanth was also thought to be extinct since the time of the plesiosaurs and was rediscovered in 1938. The coelecanth is an ocean-dwelling fish, and many specimens have been found since 1938.

Arguments against the plesiosaur theory include the fact that the lake is too cold for a cold-blooded animal to survive in easily. Believers respond that there is some evidence that dinosaurs (which were contemporaries of plesiosaurs) were warm-blooded [26], although this remains controversial.

Sceptics say that air-breathing animals like plesiosaurs would be easily spotted when they surface to breathe. Supporters of the plesiosaur theory say that plesiosaurs may have lifted only their nostrils above the surface to breathe; Robert Rines and Sir Peter Scott once said that "animals can adapt" and that "some reptiles can stay in water for a long time". "Many accounts if head sightings speak of 'horns' or 'ears', which may be extentions if the nostrils into breathing tubes. With any ripple on the water it would not be difficult for a Nessie to breathe undetected. In flat calm conditions, the surface is constantly dimpled by rising fish and again the animal would be likely to go unnoticed" [27]

In addition, palaeontologist Leslie Noè points out that the neck bones of plesiosaurs (specifically Muraenosaurus) also makes the theory unlikely because "The osteology of the neck makes it absolutely certain that the plesiosaur could not lift its head up swan-like out of the water."[28] Believers respond that there is no evidence that the monster is specifically a Muraenosaurus and over time the neck muscles could have become stronger.[citation needed] Some also believe that it is not a real plesiosaur, but a distant relative.

Other skeptical arguments include the notion that the lake is too small to support a breeding colony. Sunlight does not penetrate very deep into the water because of peat washed into the loch from the surrounding hills. This limits the amount of algae in the loch, thereby reducing the number of plankton, small fish, and then large fish up the food chain. It is therefore unlikely that the loch's supply of food would be enough to support animals as big as a plesiosaur, particularly a breeding population of plesiosaurs.

A final argument against the plesiosaur theory is that the Loch itself formed only 10,000 years ago during the last ice age.[citation needed] Believers respond by saying that there is a possibility that a small colony of plesiosaurs could have gotten accidentally land-locked after the Ice Age.

According to the Swedish naturalist and author Bengt Sjögren (1980), the present day belief in lake monsters in for example Loch Ness, is associated with the old legends of kelpies. Sjögren claims that the accounts of lake-monsters have changed during history. Older reports often talk about horse-like appearances, but more modern reports often have more reptile and dinosaur-like-appearances, and Bengt Sjögren concludes that the legends of kelpies evolved into the present day legends of lake-monsters where descriptions of the monsters changed to a more "realistic" and "modern" version, reflecting greater awareness of, and interest in, dinosaurs and plesiosaurs. This idea, would need to change the kelpie from a creature of folklore to one of seeming reality. Believers argue that older witnesses compared it to what they knew, and since they had never heard of plesiosaurs they couldn't compare it to them. As an example, early explorers of Australia described an animal that "stood like a man, had a head (sometimes two) like a deer, and jumped like a frog." They were laughed at, but today anyone who claimed kangaroos didn't exist would be considered crazy.

There are some people who think that the monster will never be proven to exist, because they believe that one day the monster may become extinct before it is accepted by science.


The Loch Ness Monster is a recurrent figure in modern literature, television movies and games.

Nessie sometimes appears to represent Scotland almost as much as the Eiffel Tower does France. The common jibe that the monster helps the local tourist industry appears to be borne out in the appropriate websites (with one of the best monster websites, nessie.co.uk, being sponsored by a local hotel), although the defensive slogan "There's more to Inverness than Nessie" on one or two other sites perhaps shows that the monster is seen as a hindrance, rather than an opportunity, in some quarters.


I think its a myth, i beleive it when i see it and when it completely proven!

Answer 2

For decades now many a scientist has arrived at the shores of Loch Ness in hopes to capture a glimpse of the mythical creature,but none have returned with strong enough evidence to support the legends existence.If there was to be a creature in this lake, how has it managed to survive this long without ever being truly seen? Well consider this: the giant squid has never been captured alive.They only have found corpses here and there of the elusive creature thus know that it does exist.So if the Loch Ness Monster did exist...wouldn't we have found his remains by now? And if it is still alive...how does it survive? The same can be asked of the giant squid...but it has an entire ocean..."nessy" as the monster is known,only has...well...Loch Ness.

Answer 3

actually, that is not any longer in basic terms a delusion, in spite of the indisputable fact that that is not any longer a fact, the two. A Loch Ness monster is what's noted as a cryptid, that's an animal that would exist yet does not have sufficient information to firmly prepare that it does. Bigfoot, chupacabra, Mothman, and the Yeti are all examples of cryptids. they're secret beasts. no remember if or no longer they're fact or delusion is purely a faith place: scientifically, no person understands.

Answer 4

Hard to say for sure, Loch Ness has water like tea.

Answer 5

It maybe that there is a Lockness monster. Lake lockness is a deep lake and not fully explored it may be just a hoax but you never know. scientist believe that if there is really a monster there it just maybe a dinosaur that was frozen i the ice age and somehow survived and thawed out in the later year.

Answer 6

don,t know, but my mother new a man who went down in the loch for a swim and come up with white hair he was only 18yrs old

Answer 7

Who knows for sure? This world is full of posibilities... But the fun part about it is the magic of belief and of the imagination. Look how much fun people have had trying to catch poor Nessie on tape... It's a magical experience! :)

Answer 8

No one knows for sure, but I think if we did, it would take all the fun out of it.

Answer 9

of course it exists, and I'd like to talk to you about a bridge I have for sale.

Answer 10

yes ppl think its an elephant but i don't believe that so yeah!