Creatures, Myths & Legends

Deep crevice revealed at bottom of Loch Ness

By T.K. Randall
January 19, 2016

Image: Urquhart Castle from Loch Ness
Credit: Dave Conner / CC BY 2.0 (adapted) Anyone who has ever gazed out over the waters of the enigmatic Scottish loch will have likely wondered whether its famous denizen, the Loch Ness Monster, lurks in the darkness below.

While no conclusive evidence of the creature has yet been found, Keith Stewart, a skipper aboard a Jacobite Cruise vessel that frequents the loch, has revealed for the first time the existence of a deep crevice situated at the very bottom of its murky depths.

The discovery, which was made using sonar equipment aboard the boat, means that Scotland's most voluminous lake, which was previously thought to be 813ft deep, is actually 889ft deep.The find has also proven encouraging for Nessie hunters who believe that this unexplored underwater expanse could serve as an effective refuge for a large creature living in the loch.

"I wasn't really a believer of the monster beforehand," said Stewart. "But two weeks ago, I got a sonar image of what looked like a long object with a hump lying at the bottom."

"It wasn't there when I scanned the loch bed later."

Source: Daily Record

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