AREA 51 AND RELATED CONTROVERSIES

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Lake Loch Ness is located in Northern Scotland. It is fed by the Ness River to the north and the town of Inverness also lies on its northern shore. The lake is 23 miles long, and one mile wide, and at its deepest point it is slightly over 750 feet deep.  It is a fairly normal lake, but in its dark murky waters could be hiding something. Something large and prehistoric may hide in the waters, maybe the Loch Ness Monster.

The Loch Ness Monster (a.k.a nessie) has been a legend for over a thousand people it is a myth, but for many is as real as real gets . The Loch Ness Monster has been the center of crypto-zoological studies for many years. It is one of the greatest controversies in all of crypto zoology.

One of the earliest recorded sightings of the monster was by St. Christopher in the 14^th century. A monster had emerged from the loch and attacked a civilian. St. Christopher simply lifted his arm and, through the power of god, cast the beast away. This was most likely a myth to show the power of the Catholic Church. The sightings were very sparse until the 1930’s. In 1929, construction began on a road around the loch. Locals say that rocks, barrels, and trees falling into the lake awoke the monster, since then there has been an explosion of sightings.

In March of 1933, a couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Makey were driving on the newly built road overseeing the Loch Ness. When they were driving, Mrs. Makey saw a strange object in the water. They said that it was as large as a ship, and described it as a giant snail and said that it was carrying prey in its jaws. They claimed that the monster crossed the newly built road around the lake.

After the 1930’s, sighting were common for a few years until the start of World War II. Sightings were uncommon during this time because people were too focused on the war. Luckily for this myth, and unfortunately for the monster, it didn’t end there. During the 1960’s, there was a new generation of monster hunters looking for the monster along with plenty of technology and funds to find the monster once and for all.
In the 1960’s, Tim Dinsdail got footage of the beast swimming at the surface of the lake. In the footage, there are two bumps on the surface of the water. He claims that the creature is 40 to 50 feet long and is jet black. Video analysis shows that this was a living creature and was moving at about 10 mph. It was also forming large wake. Critics believe that this was most likely birds or a fishing boat, but later in the 60’s, Oxford and Cambrige universities conducted a scientific study. They were the first researchers to use sonar and cameras, yet there results weren’t very conclusive. But they did find a large unidentified underwater object. In 1968, Birmingham University also did research on the loch. They found a large object that rose and dove quickly. Also in 1969 there was an expedition with a small submarine. When it was down in the lake, the submarine divers found no evidence.

The 1970’s, The Academy of the Applied Sciences conducted another major research expedition. They used underwater photography to find the beast. They found a large flipper and tail, probably belonging to a gigantic organism.  In the 1980’s, another expedition by the academy was lead out to the deepest part of the lake. They used 19 boats equipped with sonar to explore the lake. They found an underwater object, larger than a shark, but smaller than a whale. This is about the size that the Loch Ness Monster would have been.

In 1992, project Urquhart was conducted by Nicholas Witchell. He was funded by The Natural History Museum of London. Unlike most of the expeditions, he did not use sonar to find the animal. They took a survey of the amount of fish and plants in the loch. Witchell found that there is simply not enough food in the lake for any organism of that size to survive. Contrary to evidence, though, they found a large underwater object, but the team did further research, they found that the underwater object was a buoy pulled underwater.

Many people have theories about what the monster is. One theory is that the monster is a plesiosaurus. They think that most of these monsters died off 65 million years ago, with the rest of the dinosaurs, but some of them survived. They think that those few survivors currently live it the loch. There are many problems with this theory. First off, you would need a substantial population, and if there was that kind of population, there would be much more evidence of them.

There are many more that do not believe that the Loch Ness Monster exists. They have their own theories about the monster. One of them includes the mist on the loch. The mist on the lake makes it difficult to see things clearly, along with the murky waters. If you have some birds on the water, or a boat, it can look a lot like a mysterious creature. There are also biases from the people visiting or the locals that there is a monster. This means that they want to see the monster.

Another theory is that the lockless monster is a hoax. The most famous picture ever taken of the monster was a hoax. The picture was taken by Chris Sour, and is the most famous picture ever taken of the monster.  A few years after it was taken, Sour admitted that it was a fraud.  There is a large motive for faking pictures of Neisse. Since the 1930’s, there has been a boom in tourists and monster hunters alike.

I personally don’t believe that the Loch Ness monster exists. There has never been a carcass found. Loch Ness is a small lake for such a leviathan, and it certainly doesn’t have enough room or food in the lake for any substantial population of organisms that large. But even though this evidence is true, monster hunters keep coming back to search for the monster.

Sources-

The Loch Ness Monster

Elaine Landon

Brookfield Connecticut

The Millwood Press

1993

The loch Ness Monster

Teri Sievert

Mankato Minnesota

Capstone press

2005

Ebsco Host

The Inner Life of a lake Monster

Huyge Patrick

Mas-Ultra

2004

Mysterious Squid to Make a splash at Seattle museum.

Sandi Doghton

Seattle times

1994

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