Creatures, Myths & Legends

Nessie Sightings Register is now 20 years old

By T.K. Randall
May 13, 2016 ·  7 comments

The Loch Ness monster continues to remain as elusive as ever. Image Credit: CC 2.0 Dave Conner There may not have been as many reports of the legendary lake monster in recent years as there have been in the past, but for registry keeper Gary Campbell it's all in a day's work.

"When I started the register I never expected to be doing it this long," he said. "Everybody has their own theory what Nessie is and I doubt anybody will come up with a definitive answer soon."

So far this year there has been one sighting added to the register - that of a woman from Texas who took pictures of a 'dark creature' swimming just beneath the water's surface.

A further five sightings were reported the year before - the most in over a decade."The best two credible accounts are from Richard White in 1997 who took a series of photographs of something coming out of the water – and Glasgow postman Bobbie Pollock who in 2000 took a video of an object swimming in Invermoriston Bay," said Campbell.

While skeptics continue to doubt whether there really is anything unusual lurking in the depths of Scotland's famous loch, this fact alone is unlikely to stop visitors to the area glancing out over the water in the hope of catching a glimpse of the world's best known cryptozoological mystery.

"It's 1,450 years now since the first report of a monster in Loch Ness," said Campbell.

"It doesn't look like Nessie's going anywhere just yet."

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