Research Paper On The Loch Ness Monster

What is the creature that lurks in the dark murky waters of the Lochness Lake? What is the scottish monster that has said to be real, that has been argued over whether it’s a myth or reality. A monster that has been said to be related to the plesiosaurs, a dinosaur once thought to be extinct... It’s the Loch Ness Monster and she’s real.

The Loch Ness Monster has been around for a long time and it absolutely can be real. many people in today's century have reported seeing the Loch Ness Monster and even a long time ago people have said to have seen it. Many news reporters have written about the beast and have incorporated photos as well and with all of the technology today, scientists are probably studying Nessie right now. “The first reported
sighting of the Loch Ness Monster was made in the a.d. 500s by St. Columba” (Sharp) and since then people have been fascinated with the Loch Ness Monster, but the pathological beast has been a mystery since day one and continues to be of interest today. Many photos have been proven fake and sonar readings have been brushed off like dust. Scientists say what the sonar readers have been picking up is just a large fish or mammal and not anything to get excited over, but it doesn’t stop there. All the sightings can’t be determined whether there real or fake because people tend to lie just to get attention in the news. Because of this, many people have stopped coming to the lake to try and spot the monster and many think it’s all just a hoax, but in reality the Loch Ness Monster is most likely the last living “as far as we know” of the Plesiosaurs. The reports of Nessie being related to the Plesiosaurs state that it’s a big, aquatic dinosaur that had a very large neck that would act as a giraffe's neck helping the Plesiosaurs reach schools of fish easily, a flat body helping it be able to “float” and not stand out, a small head helping it blend in with small schools of fish, and the fins would work as "wings" and would help it swim fast through the water.

There has been many instances where the Loch Ness Monster has been “proven” fake, but in this instance the beast has been proven real.
Nessie was proven real in this instance because a retired scrap metal dealer Gerald McSorley, found a fossil near and in Lochness Lake and this concludes the assumption that the Loch Ness Monster is real. Although many people still believe the beast is fake, it has been real at one point in time, even if it isn’t in this century. The Loch Ness Monster has been “seen” many times and even caught on video! The beast has been compared to many things like manatees, eels, hippos, and even elephants! But that’s not the end of it, many people have seen the Loch Ness Monster, but when they photographed it, it's turned out to be a log. This is because we hear about the beast and then have the thought in our head that it's real, a scientist said that "Humans are really smart animals. And one of the things our brains are always doing is trying to find the meaning of things." (Barber) so this explains that when we actually go to the lake and we see something in the water, our brain changes it to look like the monster so we think it's there even though it might not be. Although this may seem like a good conclusion to the many sightings it may not be entirely true, your brain might be telling you “Oh this is a log so I’m going to make it the Loch Ness Monster” but you might be thinking the wrong thing, you may be seeing the real
beast.

In an article from National Geographic the author is saying that the Loch Ness Monster is an elephant, but there is no way this is possible, elephants can’t swim underwater for that long so all the sightings of the monster disappearing could not be true because after about a minute the elephant would have to resurface to breath.
Also there is no way an elephant could swim above the water for that long without having to take a break, the elephant would get tired and drown if it couldn't get to land quick enough. And how would the elephant even get there, it would have to of escaped from a zoo or something, they don't just naturally live in the lake, it's not the right habitat for an animal like that.The author says "The reason why we see elephants in Loch Ness is that circuses used to go along the road to Inverness and have a little rest at the side of the loch and allow the animals to go and have a little swim around," (Ted). This is completely unrealistic because the circus performers could get sued or fired if the animal drowned or swam away, and anyways if this is true, how would the one elephant survive that long and how did the performers not see it swimming away! Wouldn't be blatantly obvious that an elephant is in the water swimming away! In another article it give us information on how the Loch Ness Monster is fake, but that doesn’t mean it's true. The articles author wrote “On March 12, the London Sunday Telegraph revealed the "truth" about the photo, the paper
stated that the monster was actually just a small model made of plastic and wood attached to a toy submarine and the footprints were just from a stuffed hippos foot.” (O’meara) The photographer and the others involved in the hoax said it was just meant to be harmless fun but in reality, it got everyone all excited for nothing!