Is there really a Loch Ness monster?

In recent years, some newspapers and books in our country have published news and articles about the Loch Ness monster from time to time, which many people think is new. In fact, as early as 1933, the Loch Ness monster was discovered, and when all countries in the world were scrambling to report the news, China had already reported the news.

China was one of the first countries to report the discovery of monsters in Loch Ness. 1934 published Science Illustrated, vol. 1No. 17, p. 664, with the title of "Water Monster Discovered in Scotland", published the news of monster discovery in Loch Ness, Scotland, England.

At that time, the article introduced: "This is an anecdote that is currently sensational all over the world, and it has also been recorded in Shanghai Daily recently. According to several reliable people, they found a water monster near Luchness. Veterinary scholar Arthur Grant is also one of the normal people. One morning, he rode his motorcycle home and saw a water monster as shown in the picture on the way, which was 4.5 to 6 meters long. He jumped down from the car to watch, only heard the noise from the monster's nose, and then jumped into the water and disappeared. According to some scientists, it may be a sea eel or a missing shark. This issue is attached with the article "Dinosaur in Lake Les" written by voters on 677 pages, which records the matter in detail for readers' reference. "On pages 677-678 of this issue of Science Illustrated, the earliest discovery and preliminary investigation of the Loch Ness monster are added, and it is believed that it may be the offspring of plesiosaur. At that time, the information dissemination in China was still relatively backward, and few people knew this news report. In recent years, the news media has been more active, and there have been many reports on this matter, so it seems that news has just been introduced into China.

So, how was the Loch Ness monster discovered?

As mentioned above, one day in August of 1933, British veterinarian Grant found this monster on his way home. Almost at the same time, a couple of John MacKay who were traveling here and the workers who built roads also saw it. The mysterious monster swam in the lake, making it rattle. It has two hump-shaped backs, gray-black skin, a bit like an elephant, and is full of wrinkles. Sometimes it sticks out its slender neck like a snake, and sometimes it sinks into the water. The person who found it was particularly surprised by its huge body. According to their calculations, this monster is about 15 meters long, much like extinct plesiosaurs and other animals.

Soon, the amazing adventure of John McKay and his wife immediately caused a sensation in the British Isles and aroused the curiosity of people all over the world. People heard for the first time that there were giants in a lake we never knew! For a time, Loch Ness was famous all over the world, and curious Britons, journalists, tourists and biologists gathered at the scene, hoping to witness this monster with their own eyes. Some scientists simply live by the lake, hoping to find it and investigate it. (America, Canada, Malaysia) Tay (name)

The Times sent reporters, hired painters, brought cameras and oil paintings, and wrote amazing reports for it. However, this monster seems to be playing tricks on people, except for occasionally showing his back suddenly somewhere or dangling his long neck on the lake, which makes it disappear for a long time. People gave this monster a nice name-Nishi, which means an interesting monster in Nice Lake. To the disappointment of journalists and painters, the specific features of Nishi have never been seen.

Since then, Nishi seems to have deliberately embarrassed the explorers. People waited day after day by the lake, but it didn't show up once. However, many people have seen and observed it. Let's see what these people have to say.

Painter Davis said: "I interviewed more than 30 witnesses who lived near Loch Ness. Although they didn't know each other, they told similar stories. Some of them even saw Janice many times. Although I have been to the lake several times myself, I only saw a black shadow in the distance for the last time. In fact, it's just the shadow of a tree-which makes me very disappointed. "

A British navy major, Gold, tried to solve this amazing mystery. He came to Loch Ness alone for three weeks, ready to capture a Ness alive, but he didn't even see the shadow of Ness. Although the local police chief also sent four policemen to accompany him, hoping that the experienced water treatment expert could gain something, Gold got nothing. However, he did a meaningful job. Gao De interviewed 5 1 people who witnessed the monster and synthesized various materials. The first part systematically introduces the appearance of monsters. Among the witnesses he visited, some were school teachers, some were missionaries and some were guards. He asked them all kinds of questions, and although the answers were different, most of the stories about monsters were the same. Gold published a book called Loch Ness Monster in 1934, in which he described 42 eyewitness observations from 1923 to 1933. To sum up the words of these witnesses, the monster is very similar to the ancient snake lizard (the legendary snake lizard once appeared in large numbers in rural England), and the old face of the Loch Ness monster described by Gold is as follows:

(1) Text: length 15m-20m, with unknown weight;

(2) Skin: extremely rough, uneven, like a frog in a field, dark gray in color, like an elephant.

Almost;

(3) Neck: slender as a snake, about1.5m long;

(4) Head: smaller, slightly larger than the neck, with some appendages, perhaps gills;

(5) Back: there are 2-3 humps, which are watery and black;

(6) At least 2 to 4 fins for paddling;

(7) Tail: slender and sharp;

(8) Species: suspected amphibians and reptiles, perhaps descendants of dinosaurs?

Based on these materials, the painter Davis painted the imagination of Nice. The Times used three valuable columns to record Major Gold.

In fact, not only Grant and John McKay, but also some witnesses discovered the Loch Ness monster. When people visited the origin and development of Loch Ness Monster, they found that the legend of Loch Ness Monster has lasted for nearly 1500 years. The statement that there are some strange animals in the lake has always been accepted by local residents as one of the mysteries of life. As early as 1802, it was recorded that a farmer named alexander macdonald had seen "Nishi". At that time, the monster was only forty or fifty meters away from him. He can clearly see that the huge "Nishi" suddenly surfaced and paddled with short and thick fins. ...

1880 In early autumn, a yacht sailing on Lake Nice was suddenly overturned by a black monster with a slender neck and a triangular head, killing all the tourists on board. ...

In the same year, someone sneaked into the bottom of the lake to find a sunken ship. Suddenly, the man sent a distress signal from the bottom of the lake. When people dragged him to the shore, he was pale and in a trance, unable to say a word. Later, after several days, he said something that scared him. It turned out that near the shipwreck, he saw a huge monster lying on the rocks at the bottom of the lake, which looked like a strange frog only 20 meters long.

Strange to say, the earliest narrative poems in Britain are related to monsters. Legend has it that in Anglo-Saxon England, there was a Swedish hero named Beowulf who killed a huge dragon-like monster and protected the people. This legend is still circulating in Scandinavia today. At the end of the 7th century, the British wrote an epic poem named after this hero. The dragon monster he killed was described as a bit like the Loch Ness monster.

The first record of the Loch Ness monster appeared in 565 AD in a story about the Irish missionary St. Columba: a priest swam across Loch Ness to get a boat for St. Columba. Suddenly a monster came out of the water and shouted with his mouth open. The onlookers were shocked, but St. Columba made a cross and said, "Don't go any further, don't hurt that man." Hurry back. " The animals obeyed and sank into the lake. The intervention of saints seems to have played a huge role, so in the next 1400 years, monsters not only never attacked witnesses again, but also were very quiet and never roared again.

Ancient legends may be unreliable, but there are still many people who claim to have seen monsters. According to statistics, since 1933 annual report released the news, more than 3,000 people have witnessed the monster. From time to time, eye-catching headlines appeared in the newspaper: I also saw monsters! Monsters appear and disappear like ghosts. Especially in summer, monsters always appear several times. For example, on June 23rd, 1978, Nishi appeared again. This morning, will wright (52 years old), who works in an aluminum factory, went fishing by Nice Lake. He introduced the adventure and said, "Alas, I was convulsed with excitement, because suddenly, Nishi appeared on the water only about 30 meters away from me. It stretches out its slender neck, and its huge body only shows its back, like an upside-down boat; Its skin is very dark and its neck is at least 3.5 meters long. The head is round and as big as a football. " Wright regretted that he couldn't take the photo: "I was trying to move to a place where it was easier to see, and I accidentally tripped over a small stone. As soon as the sound rang, Nishi disappeared into the lake and never came out again. "

In 565, an Irish priest, St. Columba, saw a monster attack the ship as it passed the Nice River. The priest said, "Evil animals! Don't hurt life, don't come, go!

More scientists believe that the Loch Ness monster is a descendant of plesiosaur, a marine reptile in the dinosaur era. This terrible animal has a neck of five meters and a head of one meter.