I seen the photo of this not too long ago on Unexplained a month ago or so & they weren't sure what these creatures were. I found a site that calls these creatures HELLBENDERS. They are a very rare breed of EEL Fish. Here are some pictures I found. A baby Hellbender, and some adult size ones. Was also said these creatures may grow very large. Could be mistaken for a Nessie or Lochness Monster.










Matt ~

Those are really odd looking. Kind of like a deformed platypus. Where have they been found?

gee.it's quite weird................i assume that they lived in the ocean with the dinosaurs before or maybe when they are in their super adult stages they are going to be like that of the lochness................maybe they are baby lochness........this is interesting pal!

http://hellbenders.sanwalddesigns.com/

There's a link to their breed and some history behind them...

They are rare and an odd breed, I agree.

Matt ~

Looks initially like a Salamander??

Man, that is one ugly, um... whatever it is.

hellbenders are giant salamanders. these are big ugly ones, but the little ones are cute

Oh My GoSH!!! they are all so cute..!! And Slimey!!!

I wan to pet one. it looks like it would be like peting a GIANT bugger..LOL...but i have seen and heard tons about them.. dont know much about them but yeah

I suppose they could be nessies...yeah.. if they got HUGE!!

Yeah..... that's the species name I was looking for! Thank you! It's a Salamander, I've seen it many times before, not anything cryptid

Yeah, but are there even any swimming around in the Loch?

I have actually caught a few of these in the Kokosing river in Northern Ohio. They are found from as far north as Michigan and as far south as Tennessee. Hellbenders are now on the Endangered species list but they can be found if you know how and where to find them. Very awesome amphibian and the largest in America...

Aww, I love anything amphibian! It's so cute.

So these live in North America? How do they get to Scotland, if there are any there?

That is pretty much what I was wondering.
They are cool looking, aren't they? The little one looks like a Salamander I had as a pet when I was little.

ya the babys are always cute, until they turn into adults then they get ugly lol

Cool

Those things are huge but nessie is suposivly to have a large body and long neck, so I dought they could be mistoken for nessie.

Naw, the big slimy guy is cute to.

I would'nt want to find one sitting in my bath....

We have Hellbenders here in the rivers in East Tennessee... some get quite big.

No offence, but they can stay there LoL! don't send any my way! haha!

Hoagy

I agree with MJB222

I would!

....why are they called hellbenders?

Aww. Look at its chubby, freaky little legs.

I love it.

It looks like a well-fed salamander.

"Hellbender". What a tough name. It's like calling a puppy a "Satanwrecker".

they did a special on the discovery shannel, show casing the worlds largest salamander, and some where in north america (i forgot which state) they found 4 foot hellbenders, but the largest was in japan and was 7 1/2 feet long.

those are interesting, although they have nothing to do with Loch Ness.