Misc Paranormal Topics: Lochness Monster: Page 2

For centuries, an international eye has been focused on Loch Ness and the belief that a creature, "Nessie," lives deep within the isolated body of cold green water. The Loch Ness Monster: The Evidence is the final word on this mystery; a compact but comprehensive review of the principal evidence for the existence of an unknown creature (or creatures) in Loch Ness.

The most publicised and well known of the lake monsters, Nessie has captured the popular imagination. There are hundreds of sightings on record, which describe a roughly similar creature in and out of the water over a period of 200 years. However, the nature of these sightings has not been adequately resolved, and there are numerous theories to explain and explain away the evidence. The most popular of these being the survival of an aquatic dinosaur, which like most theories has many problems.

There is mention of a monster in or around Loch Ness as long ago as the sixth century AD. We are told by Adomnan, biographer of Columba, that the saint had made a journey to visit Brude, King of the Picts, at his fort. beside the River Ness.

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Considering that the Loch Ness monster is one of the most recognized enigmas in the world, it is relatively unrepresented in the world of cult movies. Sure, Larry Buchanan made The Loch Ness Horror and there were a few others, but let's face it, we've been waiting years for a really good movie about Loch Ness and the prehistoric creature that may or may not lay beneath its surface.

A multidisciplinary study reveals close correspondences between mythological descriptions, arrangement of the cult-sites and local active faults in ancient Greece (Piccardi, 2000a and 2000b). Chthonic dragons, mostly feminine polymorph creatures, were also indicated at many of these special sacred places, and their lairs are located directly above major active faults (Piccardi, 2000c).

A modern day 'enigma' has to be the words that describe the Loch Ness Monster. Her first documented sighting was by St Columba in the 6th century A.D.. It wasn't until modern times that she became an internationally known name.