"The Mysterious Loch Ness: Revealing the Secrets of Nessie"
Movies, books, legends, mysteries and stories originate in the mountains of Scotland, more precisely in the Loch Ness area. How much truth is hidden behind them is not yet known, it is certain that the region is a real magnet for tourists eager to discover the mystery.
Loch Ness, 37 km from Iverness, is the largest lake in the UK and has more water than all the other lakes in the kingdom combined. It is 35 km long, two or three km wide, "hosts" 80 million cubic meters of water and has a depth of 229 meters. Seven rivers flow into Loch Ness, and only one flows from it, the Ness River .
The Loch Ness monster, caressed Nessie, is an old acquaintance of the locals. In the past, people in the area used it as a "bau bau" to keep their children away from the deep waters of the lake. They told of an animal that lived in the lake and came out on the ground in the form of a horse when it was hungry to attract people to the lake where it ate them. Today, Nessie is one of the most famous animals in cryptozoology, a science that studies strange animals that do not fall into the already established zoological categories.
Legend has it that Nessie's first appearance was in 565 when Saint Columba saved a man attacked by the famous monster by his power. After this event, Nessie did not appear until 1933 when he was seen crossing the road near the lake, by a couple traveling by car, then by a motorcyclist. The first photograph of Nessie was taken in 1934 by Dr. Wilson , who was hunting in the area.
The "surgeon's photograph," as it was called, sparked enormous controversy, and in 1992 it turned out to have been forged. However, there are still people who believe that the long-necked animal caught by Wilson is Nessie. In 1938, a South African tourist managed to film the Loch Ness monster for three minutes, but refused to make the film public, publishing only a frame of it in his book. 16 years later, the sonar of a fishing vessel detected a large object moving at a depth of 146 meters. Another film was made in 1960 by engineer Dinsdale, who caught a hump crossing Loch Ness.
After all these "meetings", a biologist from the University of Chicagoan expedition was launched to clarify the monster's problem. Unfortunately, he only managed to deepen the mystery. The microphones placed in the depths of the lake recorded strange sounds, but nothing could prove that they were produced by Nessie.
The same happened with the underwater photos taken by Robert. H. Hinnes, who caught "something" without being able to determine what. Neither the Discovery expedition nor the submarines sent to explore the lake in depth could provide clear evidence to prove the monster's existence or absence. The last meeting with Nessie took place in 2007 when a tourist managed to film a 14-meter-long black creature moving at speed on the surface of the water. Again, it could not be determined whether the hero of the film was Nessie or simply a seal.
In fact, skeptics say that all the animals ever captured in pictures and movies are either seals, or birds or fodder. Few believe that a descendant of the former dinosaurs lives in Loch Ness, especially since the lake formed only 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, so when the dinosaurs no longer existed.
Precisely because the mystery remains unsolved, Loch Ness attracts a large number of tourists ready to sit on the panda by the lake, with a video camera in hand. The truth is that, regardless of the result of the panda, the lake area is worth visiting. The mountains of Scotland offer enchanting views, fresh air, hiking trails, small villages and towns, enchanting, typically Scottish.
On a rocky peninsula of the lake are the ruins of the famous Urquhart Castle, home to the Scottish clans, whose view takes you back in time to the 1200s. And even without all this, Loch Ness should be visited for the simple fact that one was born here. one of the most famous legends of our times.
