The legend of the Loch Ness monster
The geographical location of Loch Ness determines that it is destined to be mysterious. Loch Ness is located in the Grand Canyon in the northern Scottish Plateau of England. It is about 37 kilometers long and 2.4 meters at its widest point. Its average depth is 200 meters, and the deepest point is 298 meters. It can indeed accommodate some large creatures. The temperature in Loch Ness is too low for swimming. There are a lot of peat and other substances in Loch Ness, and the visibility of the lake is less than one meter. There are often waves of more than ten centimeters in the lake, which always feel like smoke, which casts a hazy veil on Loch Ness. In the Biography of Saint Cullen written in the 7th century A.D., there is such a record, which should be the earliest description of the Loch Ness monster. It is said that St. Cullen, an Irish missionary, was passing by Loch Ness when he saw two local residents burying a man by the lake.
He went to ask, and the residents explained to him that the deceased was attacked by large aquatic animals in the lake while swimming. He was out of breath after they rescued him ashore. In order to prevent the monster from hurting people again, St. Karen let his companions go into the water to attract the monster. Before long, the monster really appeared and swam to his companion in an attempt to attack again. At this time, St. Cullen compared the movements of the cross and shouted to the water monster, don't hurt people, retreat quickly. As a result, the monster really left a story about it. Some people think it was deliberately fabricated for missionary purposes, because after this incident, many people joined him in religious belief. Moreover, Loch Ness is not suitable for swimming because of its low water temperature. If time goes back 1500 years, the water temperature will only be lower than it is now. Will anyone really swim in the lake?
But for a long time to come, people will claim to have seen the Loch Ness monster with their own eyes from time to time, which makes more and more people believe that the Loch Ness monster exists. 1802 years ago, some people said that when he was working by the lake, he looked up and saw a huge monster coming out of the water. It looked strange and swam in his direction quickly, scaring him to flee everywhere. 1933165438+10 In October, Captain Rupert Gould became interested in the Loch Ness Monster incident and began a series of investigations. After interviewing all the witnesses at that time, he still failed to describe the specific appearance of the monster. Except for the head and back, the rest of the monster is hidden in the water, and no one has seen it completely and clearly. Later, in 1934, he published a book that recorded 42 sightings of Loch Ness monster, and because of the publication of this book, Loch Ness monster also spread various versions among the people.
What really makes people believe that the Loch Ness monster exists is a photo published by the Daily Mail in April, 1934. This photo was taken by Dr. Wilson. One day, when he was passing by Loch Ness, he suddenly saw a monster he had never seen swimming on the lake. He was shocked, took out his camera and recorded the image of the monster. From the photos, we can clearly see that this monster has a long neck and a child's flat head. It looks like a creature named plesiosaur that has been extinct for more than 70 million years. Some people associate the two and suspect that the water monster is an ancient creature that survived. 1960 In April, British aviation engineer Ding Side filmed a series of films in Loch Ness. These films are a bit vague, but they can still be clearly seen through technical means. This is a huge black creature that swims across Loch Ness with a long neck. In this way, many scientists who were originally negative changed their minds after watching the movie. Maybe those so-called water monsters really exist in this world.
In August 2000, the Pollack family in England were walking near Loch Ness when they suddenly saw something swimming on the lake. He has been engaged in biology-related work and knows about most creatures in the world. But the creature in the lake, he doesn't know what it is. There are countless examples of this. Although more than 3,000 witnesses claimed to have seen the Loch Ness monster with their own eyes, even today with such advanced technology, there is still no clear picture for the world to see the Loch Ness monster. So does the Loch Ness monster exist? Is there any credible evidence?
Query and Exploration on Loch Ness Monster
What's more, over the years, the spread of various witnesses has convinced many people. Even if what he said is true, it can only show that the photo of 1934 is false, but it doesn't mean that the Loch Ness monster doesn't exist. In order to find the true body of the water monster, many experts and scholars have tried their best to find this "water monster" in the past hundred years. The research team funded by BBC used sonar beam and satellite navigation technology to cover every inch of the lake area. If there is a big monster in the lake, sonar will detect the air exhaled from its lungs, and the bubbles generated by the exhaled air in the water will distort the sonar signal. That they discovered the existence of the water monster. To their disappointment, they found nothing.
Loch Ness is muddy with low visibility, and its walls are covered with ravines and underground caves. Even giant creatures can live in it, thus avoiding their detection. Searching once or twice doesn't prove that there are no big creatures. After several explorations, a captain in Venice said excitedly that the sonar emitted by the cruise ship seemed to have found a water monster. At the depth of about 65,438+070 meters in the middle of the lake, there are images of large creatures. This legendary water monster, about 10 meters long, stayed in the sonar signal for 10 seconds and then disappeared. This discovery excites researchers, who have been looking for it for a long time. Although they are not sure what each other is, it is enough to prove that there are indeed large creatures in Loch Ness. So this monster is the Loch Ness monster? What does it look like?
Loch Ness monster hypothesis
Gemehl, a professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand, decided to use genetic testing to find this monster. As long as it appears, it will leave a trace. Since so many people have seen the Loch Ness monster with their own eyes, there will be traces of life in the water, thus leaving his identity information. Gemehl team collected ***250 water samples in different areas of Loch Ness. After that, the DNA of these 250 water samples was tested. The results show that there are more than 3,000 species in Loch Ness, but none of the genetic samples can correspond to Loch Ness Monster. However, this result also shows that there are a large number of eels in Loch Ness, and the large creature detected by sonar may be a giant eel. In fact, there have been various hypotheses about the Loch Ness monster, and the eel theory is just one of them. Next, let's see what others have said. The elephant theory put forward by the famous British paleontologist.
When it comes to publicity, we have to mention another hypothesis. The Loch Ness monster, whose true face has never been discovered, attracts people all over the world. Hundreds of thousands of people come here every year just to see the legendary mysterious creature. This mysterious monster brought millions of dollars to Scotland. We don't know whether the Loch Ness monster is a profit hype or a real thing. Anyway, the Loch Ness Monster is the biggest unsolved mystery in the 20th century. I hope that one day, science will bring us the answer.