Not confirmed yet. ?

Since ancient times, many scholars have been skeptical or even completely negative about the "mystery of the Loch Ness Monster". They believe that there is no monster in Loch Ness at all, but an illusion caused by the refraction of light.

Some people think that there may be some buoyant slurry rocks at the bottom of Loch Ness. These slurry rocks float to the surface and drift with the waves under certain conditions. When people stand on the shore of the lake and look from a distance, due to visual errors, they often mistake the strange-shaped slurry rocks for monsters.

But many famous scientists around the world firmly believe that there is a monster in Loch Ness that has not yet been identified. They believe that hundreds of millions of years ago, the Loch Ness area was originally a vast ocean. Later, due to frequent crustal movements, it experienced many sea and land changes and gradually evolved into what it is today.

Therefore, it is very likely that there is an ancient animal not yet recognized by humans - a unique sea-dwelling reptile that still lives in Loch Ness. This is just a hypothesis and speculation, and it requires sufficient physical evidence to prove it. It still needs further in-depth exploration and research by scientists in the future.

Extended information:

After the sighting in April 1933, the Loch Ness Monster began to gain fame. The first story about Nessie appeared in a newspaper on May 2, 1933, and the first photographic evidence of Nessie was taken in 1933.

In 1933, the "Daily Mail" reported that Marmaduke Wetherall discovered the footprints of a water monster on the shores of Loch Ness. The British Museum of Natural History later discovered that the so-called water monster footprints were actually left by hippos.

In 1934, the first large-scale search for the Loch Ness Monster was organized. 20 people looked at the lake all day but found nothing.

In 1960, the photos taken were regarded as one of the strongest evidences of the existence of Nessie.

In 1972, someone discovered a "water monster corpse", but it was later proven to be a dead walrus. There are rumors that the Loch Ness monster may be a seal or an oversized eel. Some people believe that there is no water monster at all, just foam and splash caused by the earthquake under the lake.

On April 1, 1972, many media outlets around the world announced that the Loch Ness Monster was dead. But it was actually an April Fools' Day hoax set up by Flamingo Park official John Shields, who dumped dead seal carcasses into Loch Ness.

In 1976, a group of people threw bacon into the lake hoping to find the Loch Ness Monster. A Buddhist moved to Loch Ness in 2012 to search for the monster.

The "Operation Deepscan" conducted in 1987 was the largest search for the Loch Ness Monster to date, costing about 1 million pounds (approximately RMB 9.25 million). The only information obtained by the three sonar devices is that Nessie is larger than a shark but smaller than a whale.

In 2009, someone claimed to have discovered the Loch Ness Monster on Google Maps. The BBC organized a search in 2003, but found nothing and claimed that the water monster was just a myth.

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