Does the Loch Ness monster exist?

The Loch Ness Monster is one of the most mysterious and fascinating mysteries on earth.

The best record of the water monster can be traced back to 565 AD. The Irish missionary St. Columb and his servant were swimming in the lake. The water monster suddenly attacked the servant. Thanks to the priest's timely rescue, the servant was saved. The man swam back to shore and saved his life. Since then, in more than ten centuries, there have been more than 10,000 reports of the appearance of water monsters. But people at that time did not miss this, thinking it was just an ancient legend or nonsense.

Until April 1934, London doctor Wilson was passing through Loch Ness and happened to find a water monster swimming in the lake. Wilson quickly took a photo of the water monster with his camera. Although the photo was not very clear, it still clearly showed the characteristics of the water monster: a long neck and a small head, which did not look like any kind of aquatic animal at all. , and very similar to the giant reptile plesiosaur that became extinct more than 70 million years ago.

Plesiosaur is a huge aquatic reptile that lived from more than 100 million to more than 70 million years ago. It is also a distant relative of dinosaurs. It has a slender neck, oval body and long tail, with sharp teeth in its mouth. It feeds on fish and is the overlord of the Mesozoic sea. If the Loch Ness Monster is really a snake, it is undoubtedly an extremely precious surviving prehistoric animal, and this discovery will also occupy an important position in zoology.

Therefore, after this photo was published, it quickly caused a worldwide sensation. With the "dinosaur craze" of the 20th century, people began to connect the water monster and the plesiosaur that might still be alive. This is given great attention. On April 23, 1960, British aeronautical engineer Dingsted took a film of more than fifty feet in Loch Ness. Although the film was rough, it was still obvious when it was shown that a giant black creature with a long neck was swimming across Loch Ness. . Some scientists who originally had a negative attitude towards this changed their views after watching the film. The Royal Air Force's Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Center analyzed Dinsted's video and concluded that "that thing is probably a living thing."

In the 1970s, scientists began to use advanced instruments and equipment to search for water monsters on a large scale. In August 1972, Boston, USA, used underwater cameras and sonar to take some photos in Loch Ness. One of them showed a two-meter-long diamond-shaped flipper attached to a huge creature. physically. At the same time, sonar instruments also detected large objects moving in the lake.

In June 1975, the hospital sent an expedition team to Loch Ness again and took more photos. Two of them are of particular interest: one shows a large body with a long neck, and may also show the object's two stubby flippers. It is estimated from the photos that the creature is 6.5 meters long, of which the forehead is 2.7 meters long. It does look like a plesiosaur. Another photo captured the head of the water monster. After being enlarged by a computer, you can see the short tentacles and wide mouth of the water monster. The official conclusion is that "there is indeed a large unknown aquatic animal in Loch Ness."

The discoveries in 1972 and 1975 caused a sensation, making people feel that they could unravel the mystery of the water monster or capture a live snake. The neck dragon is imminent. After that, Britain and the United States jointly organized a large-scale expedition team and sent 24 research ships to form a long snake formation and sail across Loch Ness like a net in an attempt to capture the monster in one fell swoop. But unfortunately, apart from recording some more sonar data, nothing was found.

Due to the failure of hunting the water monster, negative views became popular again. A retired electronic engineer wrote an article in the British "New Scientist" magazine: The Loch Ness monster is not an animal, but an ancient pine tree. He said that more than 10,000 years ago, there were many pine trees growing near Loch Ness. At the end of the ice age, "the lake water rose and many pine trees sank to the bottom of the lake. Due to the pressure of the water, the resin in the trunks was discharged to the surface, and the resulting gas could not be discharged. So these pine trees sometimes floated to the surface, but on the water After releasing some gas, it will sink to the bottom of the water. To people from a distance, it looks like the head, neck and body of the water monster."

But this view does not satisfy those who claim to have witnessed the water monster with their own eyes. People are convinced. And in the late 1970s, someone took photos of the water monster several times.

So, why can’t people catch water monsters yet?

This starts with Nice’s special geological structure. It turns out that the water in Loch Ness contains a lot of peat, which makes the lake very turbid, and you can see the bottom less than three or four feet in the water. Moreover, the terrain at the bottom of the lake is complex, with maze-like deep valleys and ravines everywhere. Even huge aquatic animals can easily hide quietly and avoid detection by electronic instruments. There are many fish in the lake, so the water monster does not have to go out to look for food. The lake is connected to the sea, so the water monster has easy access. Therefore, it is not easy to catch the water monster.

But as long as the water monster is not actually found, the mystery remains unsolved. To this day, people are still arguing about the existence of water monsters, and no one can draw a conclusion. In this regard, the British writer Zister said: "Many suspects have less evidence of their crimes than the evidence of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, so they are hanged." This is a humorous and clever evaluation of the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster in ancient and modern times. .