Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, might be dead, says article

The Loch Ness Monster of Scotland was first sighted in 565 AD by Irish monk St. Columba when he went for a swim in Loch (Lake) Ness, but gained greater interest from July 1933. That was when George Spicer and his wife saw “a most extraordinary form of animal” in the lake. The Spicers described a 7.6 metre long body (25 feet) with a 3-4 metre long neck (10-12 foot).

The BBC sponsored a search for Nessie in 2003 (M2Magazine, Issue 30, July/August 2014). But no animals were found at all. Scientists involved in the search labelled the Loch Ness Monster a myth. Even so, around a million people visit the lake each year, just to see if they can witness the creature.

However, the monster might be dead. According to Gary Campbell of Scotland, who has been searching for the monster for years, no one has reported a sighting in the past 18 months. Campbell has declared “no confirmed sightings” might mean that something has happened to the animal, especially since this is the first time since 1925 that such a long period of time has elapsed since a sighting. The number of sightings has been reducing but this is the first time in 90 years that Nessie hasn’t been ‘seen’ at all.

Some say that Nessie is not dead – some say she just moved herself to a new lake. Or even a new country. Some people even think that Nessie migrated to Australia. In November 2013 a photograph emerged of a ‘Nessie-like’ creature near Magnetic Island off the coast of Queensland! If that’s the case, it might be a record long-distance swim – for any animal.

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