Wooden Chainsaw Sculpture of 'Nessie' Loch Ness Monster at Merkinch Inverness.
The Loch Ness Monster (Nessiteras rhombopteryx) is an alleged animal, family and upward incertae sedis, purportedly inhabiting Scotland's Loch Ness. The Loch Ness Monster is one of the best-known cryptids studied by cryptozoology. Popular belief and interest in the animal has fluctuated over the years since it came to the world's attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is largely anecdotal, with minimal, and much disputed, photographic material and sonar readings: there has not been any physical evidence (skeletal remains, capture of a live animal, definitive tissue samples or spoor) uncovered as of 2008. Local people, and later many around the world, have affectionately referred to the animal by the diminutive Nessie (Scottish Gaelic: Niseag) since the 1950s.
Size: 3573px × 5380px
Location: Merkinch Moray Firth Inverness Scottish Highlands UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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