The Loch Ness Monster
Nessie or
the Loch Ness monster, is the name given to a gigantic creature known to have
been seen in the lake of Scotland.
Though people often speak of Nessie as a
solitary animal, if it exists there must, of course, be many of them in the
lake — not just one or two but dozens or hundreds. This is because of
biological and genetic pressures; there must be a breeding population of them
to have survived in the lake.
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Though there
are dozens, if not hundreds, of lake monsters around the world, one superstar
marine denizen outshines them all: Nessie, the beast said to inhabit Scotland's
Loch Ness.
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| The first purported photo of Nessie was published in The Daily Mail on April 21, 1934. |
Some say it's a myth;
others say it's a living dinosaur or even a sea serpent that swam into the
lake before it became landlocked.
Although
sightings of a strange creature in Loch Ness have been traced back to the sixth
century, the modern legend began in 1933 when a journalist and water bailiff (a
sort of lake policeman) reported seeing a dragon-like monster in the famed body
of water.
Like other
reputed lake monsters around the world, those who are convinced that Nessie
exists have tried to pass legal measures to protect them. There is of course a
strong incentive to protect monsters like Nessie, even if only symbolically:
tourism. Loch Ness is by far the main tourist draw in the Scottish highlands.
It's a beautiful lake in its own right — as is the town of Inverness on its
shores — but tourists come from all over the world hoping for a glimpse of the
famous monster.
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