Loch Ness Monster
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The Irish missionary St Columba is said to have been the first person to encounter the oldest inhabitant of Loch Ness or at least that was what his biographer Adamnan wrote in 565. A funeral on the lake was disturbed by the monster. "Go thou no further. Quick! Go back," cried St Columba and the creature disappeared into the impenetrable depths. In the 16th century Hector Boece mentioned in "The History of Scotland" that a "terrible being" had suddenly emerged from the water and swallowed three men. The next sighting was in 1933 when the A82 was under construction. A Mr and Mrs Spicer were sitting on the north bank admiring the lakeside scenery when a strange, writhing creature crossed the road in front of them. This gave rise to wild speculation that a plesiosaur had survived from prehistoric times and was living in the lake.
The most famous picture of Nessiteras Rhombopteryx, to give Nessie its full name, came from the camera of the London gynecologist Robert Wilson.
The most famous picture of Nessiteras Rhombopteryx, to give Nessie its full name, came from the camera of the London gynecologist Robert Wilson.
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