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The Loch Ness Monster Where is Loch Ness? Highlands Large of Scotland lake Near Inverness What is Loch Ness? Loch: lake or sea inlet, bay, strait, estuary Eventually leads to the sea Freshwater Low visibility: lots of peat in soil Dimensions: Max length: 25 mi Max width: 1.5 mi Average depth: 433 ft Max depth: 812 ft Average temp: 42°F Why is the Loch Special? low visibility Extremely deep Caves? Access to sea Storms tectonic plates What is Nessie? Lake Monster (like Champ) Plesiosaur “water horse” Cash Cow Who has seen Nessie? Columba, 7th century CE 1930s sightings St. July: Crossed in front of a car August: Nearly hit by a motorcycle 1938 letter from head Constable 1943 Royal Observer Corps 1954 Sonar Contact Sugeon’s Photo, 1934 Films Taylor film, 1938 Dinsdale film, 1960 Holmes video, 2007 Searches Sir Edward Mountain Expedition (1934) Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau (1962– 1972) LNPIB sonar study (1967–1968) Andrew Carroll's sonar study (1969) Submersible investigations (1969…) "Big Expedition" of 1970 Robert Rines's studies (1972, 1975, 2001 and 2008) Operation Deep Scan (1987) Discovery Loch Ness (1993) Searching for the Loch Ness Monster BBC (2003) Explanations Misidentification of common animals Bird wakes, eels, elephants, seals Misidentifications of inanimate objects or effects Trees/trunks, seiches (water levels), wakes Optical effects (wakes, storms, etc.) seismic gas (tectonics) Folklore Kelpies, water horses Hoaxes Photos, fossils/”teeth”, hippo footprints, exaggerated news stories, movie special effects/movie clips