A community portal about Loch Ness Monster with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Loch Ness Monster, sometimes called Nessie or Ness, is said to be a mysterious and unidentified animal, or group of animals...
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A community portal about Loch Ness Monster with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Loch Ness Monster, sometimes called Nessie or Ness, is said to be a mysterious and unidentified animal, or group of animals, claimed by some to inhabit the Scottish loch of Loch Ness, the largest freshwater loch, or lake, in Great Britain by volume. Nessie is usually categorized as a type of lake monster. Along with Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman, Nessie is one of the best-known mysteries of cryptozoology. Most scientists and other experts find current evidence supporting Nessie unpersuasive, and regard the occasional reports of sightings as hoaxes or misidentification of mundane creatures or natural phenomena. However, belief in the animal persists among many people around the world, with the most popular theory being that it is a plesiosaur.
There are creatures that lurk out there in the dark, that haunt the isolated forests of the world, that hide in the icy depths of the deepest lakes. They appear unexpectedly and inexplicably, then vanish just as mysteriously, usually leaving witnesses dumbfounded, frightened and, unfortunately in most cases, without a shred of evidence. 1. Bigfoot / Sasquatch / Yeti These hairy apemen are probably the most consistently witnessed unknown creatures in the world. Whether they are called Bigfoot... Read Full Story
My calendar tells me that today is the "first modern recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster, 1930". And it's interesting that I just scanned in two old photos of the hotel we stayed at Loch Ness, Scotland oh so many years ago. Of course, there's an ANGEL STORY attached to this stay, and here's how the angels intervened on our behalf: we arrived in Loch Ness without a reservation, never dreaming the place would be packed with so many people. There wasn't a place available we discovered... Read Full Story
Okanagan B.C. — Earlier this week Lock Ness’s North American cousin, Ogopogo was spotted for the fifth time since April in the waters of Lake Okanagan.
Robyn Holman, a Kelowna resident spotted the allusive sea creature while drive down Highway 97 near Peachland when she noticed an unusual wave in the waters of Lake Okanagan.  She quickly grabbed her camera and was able to snap a picture before the creature submerged under the water.  The once in a life time photograph is now being... Read Full Story
The students at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh Scotland have created an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UAV).
They have also entered and won the Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge - Europe (SAUC-E), besting 5 other teams. The challenge was held in France this year.
The team also won the THALES Special Award for innovation in autonomy, taking home €11,000.
Their robot named Nessie III was able to autonomously complete all the competition tasks which included touching a buoy, dropping... Read Full Story
Nessie the Loch Ness Monster arrives, courtesy of Sony: The Loch Ness monster came to the world's attention in 1933, the time of the first sighting. Since then, various people claim to have seen the monster, whose nickname 'Nessie' derives from the Gaelic Niseag. The most famous photo of Nessie is below, and was taken by a London gynaecologist in 1934. The YouTube trailer for the Water Horse Legend film is here: Personally, I'm quite a fan of the idea that kids see things we adults... Read Full Story
