However, some more unconventional theories suggest that Nessie comes from some type of space-time anomaly, causing a plesiosaur, Basilosaurus, or some even say sauropod to be transported to the present day. If Nessie is an animal, it had to have a mother, and at one point there had to have been a viable breeding population of the species. Cryptozoologists and various authors claim this 6th century account was the first sighting of the Loch Ness monster. On August 22, 564, the saint Columba famously encountered a water demon in the River Ness in Scotland. However, these older legends were much more variable in how they described the appearance of Nessie, so most researchers do not rely on them much, simply noting that they exist as a reason to suppose that the Loch Ness Monster is much more than a recent fad. Cryptozoologists and various authors claim this 6th century account was the first sighting of the Loch Ness monster.īefore the wave of sightings that started today's fad, there were older legends of water dragons and Kelpies in Loch Ness. Columba famously encountered a water demon in the River Ness in Scotland. The first serious wave of Nessie sightings came in the 1930s and they have continued ever since. Most Nessie witnesses describe creatures similar to sea serpents and plesiosaurs, however, some describe creatures similiar to the extinct species of carnivorous whale, Basilosaurus. This head is the one that seems to appear in most of the famous Nessie photos. Sometimes, witnesses report a smaller, rounded, turtle-like head. Nessie's head is often described as roughly horse-shaped, it may have a straggly mane running down its neck, and some witnesses report small horns or a crest, especially those who see the Loch Ness monster from close up. Nessie usually has the serpentine body that is typical of sea serpents and lake monsters, furnished with humps along its length, and one or more sets of paddles (or sometimes, stumpy legs). Witnesses tend to describe an animal with sleek, rubbery, blackish-gray skin, about twenty feet long.
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