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

The best record of water monsters can be traced back to 565 AD, when the Irish missionary St. Columbus and his servants were swimming in the lake. The monster suddenly attacked the servant. Thanks to the priest's timely rescue, the servant swam back to the shore and saved his life. In the next ten centuries, there were more than ten thousand pieces of news about the appearance of water monsters. But the children at that time didn't miss it, thinking it was just an ancient legend or nonsense.

It was not until April 1934 that London doctor Wilson passed by Loch Ness and happened to find the water monster swimming in the lake. Wilson quickly took a picture of the monster with his camera. Although the picture is not very clear, it clearly shows the characteristics of the monster: a long neck and a flat head. It doesn't look like any kind of aquatic animal at all, but like a huge reptile-jujube plesiosaur, which became extinct more than 70 million years ago.

Plesiosaur is a huge aquatic reptile, which lived from/kloc-0 to 70 million years ago and was also a distant relative of dinosaurs. It has a slender neck, an oval body and a long tail. It has sharp teeth in its mouth and feeds on fish. It is the overlord of the Mesozoic ocean. If the Loch Ness monster is really a snake, it is undoubtedly an extremely precious prehistoric animal, and this discovery will also occupy an important position in zoology.

So after this photo was published, it quickly caused a worldwide sensation. With the "dinosaur fever" in the 20th century, people began to associate water monsters with plesiosaurs and paid great attention to them. 1960 On April 23rd, British aviation engineer Ding Side filmed more than 50 feet of film in Loch Ness. Although the film is rough, during the screening, a giant creature with a long black neck can obviously swim across Loch Ness. Some scientists who are negative about this changed their views after watching this film. The Royal Air Force and the Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Center analyzed Tinsted's film and concluded that "that thing is probably a creature."

In 1970s, scientists began to search for water monsters on a large scale with the help of advanced instruments and equipment. In August, 1972, Boston, USA, some photos were taken in Loch Ness with some underwater cameras and sonar. One of the photos showed a two-meter-long rhombic flipper attached to a huge organism. At the same time, sonar also found that there were huge objects moving in the lake.

1June, 975, the hospital sent an investigation team to Loch Ness and took more photos. Two of them are particularly interesting: one shows a huge body with a long neck, and it can also show two short flippers of the object. It is estimated from the photo that the creature is 6.5 meters long, and its forehead is 2.7 meters long, which really looks like plesiosaur. Another photo captured the monster's head. After computer magnification, you can see the short tentacles and wide mouth on the monster's head. The conclusion is that "there are indeed large unknown aquatic animals in Loch Ness."

The discovery of 1972 and 1975 was a sensation, which made people feel that it is urgent to solve the mystery of the water monster or capture the live plesiosaur. Since then, Britain and the United States have jointly organized a large-scale investigation team, sent 24 investigation boats in a long snake array, and dragged fishing nets across Loch Ness in an attempt to catch the monster at one fell swoop. But unfortunately, nothing was found except recording some sonar data.

Because chasing water monsters failed, negative views became popular again. A retired electronic engineer wrote in the British magazine New Scientist that the Loch Ness monster is not an animal, but an ancient pine tree. He said that there were many pine trees near Loch Ness more than 10,000 years ago. At the end of the ice age, the lake rose and many pine trees sank to the bottom. Because of the pressure of water, the resin in the trunk was discharged to the surface, but the gas generated from it could not be discharged. So these pine trees sometimes float to the surface, but release some gas on the surface and then sink to the bottom. To people in the distance, it looks like the head, neck and body of a monster. "

But this view cannot convince those who claim to have witnessed the monster with their own eyes. Moreover, in the late 1970s, some people took several photos of water monsters.

So, why can't people catch monsters so far?

This should start with the special geological structure of Nice. It turns out that Loch Ness contains a lot of peat, which makes the lake very turbid, and the bottom can be less than three or four feet. Moreover, the topography of the lake bottom is complex, and there are labyrinthine deep valleys and gullies everywhere. Even giant aquatic animals can easily and quietly escape the detection of electronic instruments. There are many fish in the lake, so monsters don't have to go out for food, and the lake is connected with the sea, so it is easy for monsters to get in and out. Therefore, it is difficult to catch monsters.

But as long as the monster is not really found, the mystery is not solved. So far, no one can draw a conclusion about the existence of water monsters. In this regard, the British writer Chester said: "Many suspects have less criminal evidence than the Loch Ness monster, so they were hanged." This is a humorous and ingenious evaluation of the mystery of ancient and modern water monsters.

Loch Ness Monster Appears Again (Latest)

According to the Associated Press, a British man filmed a video in Loch Ness last Saturday (May 3, 20071Sunday). Loch Ness Monster observers thought that the mysterious creature in Scotland's most mysterious lake, Loch Ness Monster, appeared in this video.

The man who shot this video is Gordon Hermes, a 55-year-old laboratory technician in Yorkshire, England. He said, "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this 45-foot-long black thing swimming quite fast in the water."

Adrian Hiney, an observer of Loch Ness Monster and an expert in marine biology, said after watching this video that he hoped to make an appropriate analysis in the next few months.

He also said: "I am a skeptic. I don't have any personal subjective views on what happened in this lake. This video is really the best video I have ever seen. "

According to Hermes, living things move in a straight line in water at a speed of about 6 miles per hour. He said, "At first I thought it might be a very big eel. The eel itself has a symbol similar to a snake, which seems to explain all the observations about the Loch Ness monster in recent years. " Hein also said: "There are many possible explanations for the phenomenon observed in Loch Ness. It can be some kind of creature, but it may be just a wave on the water, or it may be just something we want to see because of psychological effects. "

Since the Loch Ness Monster was first photographed in 1930s, we have nearly 4,000 witness materials of the so-called Loch Ness Monster. Whether the Loch Ness monster is real or virtual, it will become a symbol of Scotland. Although the Scottish media are skeptical about the story of the Loch Ness monster, Hermes' video is of high quality.

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◆ Is the Loch Ness Monster a century-old eel?

The Loch Ness monster in Scotland is one of the most famous legends in the world. Every year, it attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world, hoping to see the true face of monsters. It is said that the Loch Ness Monster was recorded 500 years ago. After more than ten centuries, there are more than ten thousand kinds of such news.

For decades, the British have been arguing about whether there are monsters in Loch Ness. Recently, however, it turns out that the monster in Loch Ness is a few infertile "eunuch eels".

Freeman, a scientist specializing in this kind of research, said that according to the existing photos of the monster, the Loch Ness monster is actually several old eels seven or eight meters long. He thinks that several eels in Loch Ness have lived for about 1000 years. Freeman said that eels in Loch Ness usually swam into the Atlantic Ocean at the age of 10, and swam to Florida to lay eggs and die of old age. However, some of them have become infertile "eunuch eels". Because these eels don't lay eggs, some may not dare to venture into the sea, while others stay in Loch Ness. The eels left in Loch Ness have no natural enemies, so they grow bigger and bigger, and finally become what many people call "water monsters".

◆ The Loch Ness Monster may be a direct descendant of the ancient plesiosaur?

According to a number of British media reports, a 67-year-old British man recently discovered a plesiosaur fossil 65.438+0.5 billion years ago on the shores of Lake Nice. The discovery of new dinosaur fossils confirms that dinosaurs lived and multiplied on the shores of Lake Ness as early as the Jurassic period, and the so-called "Loch Ness Monster", which frequently appeared in the past century and troubled the whole scientific community, is probably the descendant of the ancient plesiosaur!

According to reports, the newly discovered fossil is four vertebrae of a dinosaur, which are gray, and the spinal tendons and blood vessels that have become limestone can be clearly seen on them. This dinosaur fossil was discovered by a 67-year-old British man, Gerald McSory, in a shallow water in Loch Ness.

On June 5438+05, scientists from the National Museum of Scotland confirmed that this is indeed a bone vertebra fossil of a plesiosaur in the Jurassic period, and it is the first ancient dinosaur fossil found on the shores of Nice Lake in England. It confirmed that an ancient marine killer with a length of 35 feet, plesiosaur, once lived in the Loch Ness area.

Fraudulent deception

Not long ago, many media in the world quoted a report in the British Daily Telegraph on July 16, saying that the Scottish "Loch Ness Monster" which had been publicized for thousands of years has now been confirmed-an old British man accidentally discovered a plesiosaur fossil in Loch Ness/Kloc-0.5 million years ago, and the legendary Loch Ness Monster is probably the descendant of the ancient plesiosaur! But after analysis, scientists came to the conclusion that although the whole story is true and the fossils are true, it is just another scam.

It is reported that the real plesiosaur fossil was discovered by Gerald mcsorley, a 67-year-old retired waste buyer, who was swimming in Loch Ness when he suddenly tripped over something. He dived down and picked up a stumbling block. I didn't expect it to be four ancient animal spine fossils.

Scientists at the National Museum of Scotland confirmed that those fossils were indeed the bones and vertebrae of ancient plesiosaurs. Plesiosaurs lived in the Jurassic period from 200 million years ago to 65 million years ago, and it was 1 1 meter long from beginning to end, and once ruled the ocean. Their necks are long and snake-like, hence the name plesiosaur.

For this fossil, Loch Ness monster fans quickly deduced a story: 65 million years ago, a plesiosaur took refuge in Loch Ness, thus avoiding the catastrophe. Now the Loch Ness monster is a direct descendant of the ancient plesiosaur!

However, it's all like. Loch Ness can't accommodate plesiosaurs. Lyle Anderson, a paleontologist at the National Museum of Scotland, said: "That fossil is definitely a plesiosaur fossil. This is an excellent specimen. I also believe what Mr. mcsorley said-it was found in Loch Ness, but there is evidence that this fossil came from other places and was later moved to Loch Ness. "

He said: "This fossil is embedded in gray Jurassic limestone, but the rocks in Loch Ness are much older crystalline igneous rocks." The nearest place to have rocks matching this limestone is the Eich area, 50 kilometers northeast of Loch Ness. "In this fossil, there are a lot of limestone holes eroded by marine life. It seems that this specimen has been left on the beach until recently. " Other scientists agree with Anderson.

Richard Forrest, a plesiosaur expert at the New Walker Museum in Leicester, UK, said: "The appearance of this fossil and its holes indicate that it has existed in seawater for quite a long time, but Loch Ness is fresh water." Gary Campbell, director of the Loch Ness Weird Club, also pointed out: "I think it is almost certain that this fast fossil was deliberately put into Loch Ness. There are several public entrances by the lake. The fossils were just discovered near the place where tourists stayed. It is likely to be deliberately arranged and easy to find. " He also pointed out that there were countless scams in this regard in the past.

Forest thinks that someone may have accidentally left fossils in the lake. He said: "A few years ago, a plesiosaur limb bone was found near the place where the fossil was found. Later, it was found out that a local tour guide used limb bones as a demonstration and put it on a rock, but later forgot to bring it back. "

Forest said that if there is a Loch Ness monster, it can't be plesiosaur. One of the reasons is temperature: plesiosaur is a cold-blooded animal. It can neither generate enough body temperature to keep out the cold nor find enough food in the cold water of Loch Ness. Moreover, plesiosaurs need to breathe air and emerge from the water several times a day. If the Loch Ness monster was really a plesiosaur, people would have had a chance to see it clearly.

Many paleontologists also pointed out that plesiosaur was extinct in ancient times, while the history of Loch Ness was less than 6.5438+0.2 million years, which was caused by ice erosion in the last ice age.

Forest summed up his personal views, saying: "These reports about the Loch Ness monster are very good news for Scottish tourism, but there is no real evidence to support them."

◆ The Loch Ness Monster is actually an elephant?

According to the British "Sunday Mail" report, the Loch Ness monster in Scotland is one of the most famous legends in the world, and attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world to visit Loch Ness every year, hoping to see the true face of the monster. However, a few days ago, a British paleontologist announced after several years of research that the Loch Ness monster did not exist at all, which was purely a propaganda trick concocted by a circus owner in the 1930s.

British paleontologist report

It is reported that Dr Neil Clark, a British paleontologist and dinosaur research expert, recently announced to the scientific community that according to his research, he believed that the legend of Loch Ness Monster in Scotland was purely a masterpiece of a circus owner in the 1930s, and the photos of Loch Ness Monster taken by people were just circus elephants swimming in the water. Because elephants swim underwater, witnesses who don't know the truth only see the trunk or the elephant's back out of the water, so the myth that there is a monster in Loch Ness has spread all over the world.

Dr Clark said that the legend of Loch Ness Monster originated in 1930s. At that time, Burtram Mills, the owner of a British circus, saw the elephants in his circus swimming and bathing in Loch Ness, and immediately realized that the newly rumored Loch Ness monster was just an elephant in his circus.

Circus owners "cooperate"

However, instead of telling the world the secret of the Loch Ness monster, Mills had a brainwave and came up with a wonderful way to promote the circus. 1933, he issued a reward order, announcing that anyone who caught a Loch Ness monster for his circus would receive a reward of 20,000 pounds. The Loch Ness Monster and Mills Circus became famous immediately.

Clark told reporters: "What we know about the Loch Ness monster comes from eyewitness accounts, blurred photos, distant videos and some pranks that have been proved to be false. The' monster' in the eyes of most witnesses is actually just a floating log or wave, but there are still some eyewitness records that cannot be explained, because some people did see creatures with long necks and round backs in the lake, especially in 1933. My research shows that these "unknown creatures" are actually circus elephants. At that time, many circuses often came to Furness to perform. They would stay on the shore of Loch Ness for a while and let their animals have a rest. "

He played a trick on the whole world.

According to Clark, the circus owner will let elephants swim in the lake, but because of their weight, when elephants swim, their bodies are almost not underwater, only their trunks and backs are above the water.

Bertram Mills died in 1938. After his death, the legend of Loch Ness monster became more and more rampant, and Loch Ness became one of the hot spots for tourists all over the world. Clark said, "I think Niels must have died laughing, because people all over the world have been fooled by him."

Shane, head of the British "Loch Ness 2000" project, said: "This is a very interesting theory. If an elephant swims in Loch Ness, it will really look like the Loch Ness Monster photographed by people.

◆ The theory that the Loch Ness monster is an "elephant" is questioned.

The elephant theory can't explain the "lake monster" that witnesses later saw.

The story of the Loch Ness monster in Scotland has always been talked about by people. Every year, a large number of tourists visit the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. Some people think that the lake monster is an overweight eel, while others think that it is a lost sturgeon. However, according to the Times reported on the 6th, British paleontologist Dr Neil Clark claimed that after several years of research and investigation, he had solved the mystery of the Loch Ness monster. He said there were no monsters in the lake, only elephants were resting in it! When this statement came out, the whole of Britain was shocked. So, how did the famous paleontologist and curator of the Hetland Museum of Glasgow University discover this secret?

In fact, apart from the circus on Mars, there were several other circuses that often performed in Nice in the early 1930s. These circuses also have elephants and regard Loch Ness as a "natural bathtub" for elephants. However, local residents or people who pass by Loch Ness by chance don't know the circus's behavior, so it's not surprising that they accidentally see elephants in the lake and regard them as "lake monsters".

"Loch Ness Monster" fans are obviously not serious about this research that tries to expose this strange phenomenon, because last year alone, some people claimed to have seen Loch Ness Monster four times, so they firmly believe that Loch Ness Monster really exists. Even Clark himself admits that his elephant theory can't explain the so-called sightings later, because the circus near Loch Ness basically disappeared later, but people still claim to see "lake monsters" from time to time.

A reporter asked Clark if he believed in the Loch Ness monster. Clark said, "I really believe that there are creatures in Loch Ness." But whether this creature is a fish or an unknown thing, Clark did not describe it further.

Loch Ness Monster is the oldest natural mystery in the world.

The rumor of the Loch Ness Monster first appeared in the 6th century. Later, more and more people claimed to have seen it, which became more and more vivid. The Loch Ness Monster has become the oldest natural mystery in the world. In the recent 100 year, witnesses took a lot of photos of so-called "lake monsters". Every once in a while, someone will stand up and declare, "I saw a lake monster."

At the same time, lake monster investigators from different research institutions and for different purposes staged another drama around the Loch Ness monster. They have made various explanations for the "Lake Monster", all of which sound more or less reasonable, but none of them can come up with convincing evidence to prove that the so-called Lake Monster does not exist at all.

The latest explanation of "Lake Monster" comes from Dr Neil Clark, a famous British paleontologist and curator of the Hetland Museum of Glasgow University. His public statement on March 5 was equally shocking: the Loch Ness monster in Scotland was actually an elephant. After this "conclusion" was reported by the Times, BBC and other well-known British media, it immediately became the most lively scientific debate in Britain.

Dr Clark's elephant theory is so attractive because Clark is a famous paleontologist, and he is unlikely to joke about his reputation. His conclusion is more credible than those so-called investigators who are stragglers. But more importantly, paleontologists have investigated this mysterious legend for two years. He consulted a large number of materials related to the "Lake Monster" and interviewed a large number of witnesses. Coupled with his years of scientific research experience, his research results are very cautious.

What is the purpose of an ordinary circus owner offering a reward for catching the Loch Ness monster?

Dr Clark's research report was published in this month's Journal of the Geological Association of the Open University of England. In this paper, Clark analyzed that "Loch Ness Monster" may be a "masterpiece" deliberately created by a circus owner for propaganda purposes. The so-called Loch Ness monster is just circus elephants playing in the water!

Clark was surprised to find that in the year of 1933, the rumor of Loch Ness Monster was the most serious. bertram Mills, the owner of a circus in London, England, offered a reward equivalent to 20,000 pounds today for catching Loch Ness Monster, which immediately attracted worldwide attention. These historical materials also aroused Clark's vigilance: what is the purpose of an ordinary circus owner offering a reward for catching the Loch Ness monster? Clark dug up Mills' family property from the archives and made a long-term comparative analysis. Clark believes that the initiator of the lake monster is probably Mills himself.

That year, Mills' circus basically toured around Loch Ness. According to records, there are several elephant actors in the circus. After the performance, their favorite way to relax is to jump into Loch Ness and take a beautiful bath. Clark captured this important information and associated elephants with "lake monsters", which was originally irrelevant.

Elephants bathing in rivers and lakes is the most common thing for researchers, and no one will study it as a subject. However, when Clark put the elephant and the "lake monster" together, he realized that it was necessary to carefully analyze how the elephant bathed. Clark uses the latest computer imaging technology to approximate the scene of an elephant taking a bath on the screen. He found an interesting phenomenon: elephants are huge, and when bathing, they often only show their arched heads, backs and long trunks on the water.

The owner of the circus offered a reward for catching the Loch Ness monster, because this "monster" was kept in his circus.

Clark compared the screenshots of elephants bathing from different angles with the most credible photos of "Lake Monsters" he collected. He was surprised to find that these two types of photos are so similar! The so-called "lake monster" is just an elephant's nose sticking out of the water! As a serious scientific researcher like Clark, it is obviously impossible to draw a conclusion from just a few photos, which is just the starting point of his research. After further research, investigation and analysis, Clark became more and more convinced that the "Lake Monster" was the elephant of Mills Circus. Some photos are wood or water waves floating on the lake.

Dr Clark is a heavyweight in British paleontology. In 2004, he found dinosaur footprint fossils 65438+65 million years ago on Skye Island, and became famous in one fell swoop. "The Loch Ness monster is an elephant" is another "biological weapon" thrown by Clark. According to him, the legend about the Loch Ness monster is "largely a product of the 20th century". Dr Clark said: "Most witnesses saw the so-called lake monster after 1933, when the A82 main road west of Loch Ness was just completed. Through the analysis of eyewitness statements, photos and videos, we find that the rumor of Loch Ness Monster is pure fabrication. Most of the witnesses only saw wood or water waves floating on the water surface, but for some unexplained lake monsters, it was actually an elephant with its neck or back out of the water, especially since 1933. "

Dr Clark said that according to his research, these so-called lake monsters are circus elephants. Circus often camp on the shore of Loch Ness, and elephants sometimes go to the lake to take a bath. Once an elephant bathes in the lake, people can only see its nose and back. He said: "The result is a monster with a long neck and two backs. More likely, there is more than one elephant in the lake. No wonder bertram Mills offered a reward of 20,000 pounds for catching the Loch Ness monster, which was originally kept in his circus. "

1June, 975, the hospital sent an investigation team to Loch Ness and took more photos. Two of them are particularly interesting: one shows a huge body with a long neck, and it can also show two short flippers of the object. It is estimated from the photo that the creature is 6.5 meters long, and its forehead is 2.7 meters long, which really looks like plesiosaur. Another photo captured the monster's head. After computer magnification, you can see the short tentacles and wide mouth on the monster's head. The conclusion is that "there are indeed large unknown aquatic animals in Loch Ness."

The discovery of 1972 and 1975 was a sensation, which made people feel that it is urgent to solve the mystery of the water monster or capture the live plesiosaur. Since then, Britain and the United States have jointly organized a large-scale investigation team, sent 24 investigation boats in a long snake array, and dragged fishing nets across Loch Ness in an attempt to catch the monster at one fell swoop. But unfortunately, nothing was found except recording some sonar data.

Because chasing water monsters failed, negative views became popular again. A retired electronic engineer wrote in the British magazine New Scientist that the Loch Ness monster is not an animal, but an ancient pine tree. He said that there were many pine trees near Loch Ness more than 10,000 years ago. At the end of the ice age, the lake rose and many pine trees sank to the bottom. Because of the pressure of water, the resin in the trunk was discharged to the surface, but the gas generated from it could not be discharged. So these pine trees sometimes float to the surface, but release some gas on the surface and then sink to the bottom. To people in the distance, it looks like the head, neck and body of a monster. "

But this view cannot convince those who claim to have witnessed the monster with their own eyes. Moreover, in the late 1970s, some people took several photos of water monsters.