Loch Ness is one of the largest and mostmysterious reservoirs of Europe! It hid in the Scottish highlands, it is surrounded on all sides by mountains and cliffs. The length of Loch Ness is about 40 km, and the width is no more than 1 km. The depth of the lake - more than 300 m - makes it the third largest in Europe in terms of fresh water among lakes. Tradition says that in his icy depths, opaque and dark, like night, lives ... Loch Ness monster! About him and talk.
Who saw the Loch Ness monster?
Одно из первых и наиболее ярких наблюдений dates from the 1880s. It was then that the boatman Duncan MacDonald, who later became famous, was looking for a sunken boat in the lake. But something happened under the water, and he burst out of the lake with a bullet! His face was twisted with fear. When he was brought to his senses, McDonald trembled his lips, but uttered arrogantly that he had seen the Loch Ness monster. He especially remembered his eye - small, angry, gray ... Since then, more than 3 thousand various eyewitness accounts have been accumulated, which, under various circumstances, allegedly observed the Loch Ness monster from the shore and from the boat. According to them, it appeared in the afternoon. Today, scientists are confident that the size and appearance of this uncaught creature depends on the imagination of one or another person.
Everyone saw the monster!
Nessie (as he was nicknamed)their profession people: from farmers to priests. About him said fishermen, lawyers, police, politicians and even ... Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Englishman Richard Sinj! He allegedly watched the monster in the distant 1938-th year.
Useless research
Were equipped with expensive expeditions.They studied Loch Ness for months, conducted research and experiments, examined its surface with binoculars, and also hired special mini-submarines to scan the lake depths using the most modern electronic devices.
Search results
Hundreds of hours spent on the lakelooking for a monster, a whole library of books and articles written on the theme of the Loch Ness monster, a bunch of photos that supposedly captured a real Loch Ness lizard, several festivals called "Nessie", dozens of loud revelations and ... no real evidence of value! No ancient bones or pieces of skin of this plesiosaur have yet been found.
Not caught, then not a thief!
In general, the court of experts and scientistsThere is no clear evidence of the existence of an ancient reptile in a Scottish lake. But be that as it may, the most mysterious lake in the world - Loch Ness - still keeps its most important secret. Who knows, maybe Nessie is waiting for his hour, and soon we will all open our mouths in surprise?
