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| What is the Loch Monster? And how people call it? |
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| The Loch Ness Monster is a world famous animal called affectionately “Nessie”. |
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How is the Loch Ness Monster called by scientists? |
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It is called Nessiteras rhombopteryx by scientists. |
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When does the legend of the Loch Ness Monster date back? |
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The legend of the Loch Ness Monster dates back a long way. |
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When did the first sighting of the monster occur? |
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According to tradition the first sighting of the monster occurred in 565 AD by St. Columba. |
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Why was St. Columba travelling in the Loch Ness area? |
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St. Columba was travelling in the Loch Ness area to spread Christianity across the land. |
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Who did St. Columba try to convert in that area? |
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| There he tried to convert the heathen Picts. |
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| What story did St.Columba’s biographer tell? |
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His biographer, St. Adamman, tells the story of the driving away of the monster by the 12. power of prayer. |
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What did St. Columba do when he was on the banks of the Loch Ness? |
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Whilst on the banks Loch Ness, St. Columba came upon some Picts burying a man who had been ravaged by a 'monster of the water'. St. Columba restored the man to life by laying his staff accross the man's chest. |
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What happened according to another version? |
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According to another version, when one of the Picts was swimming in the loch the monster arose from the depths rushing towards him and St. Columba raised his hand, gave the sign of the cross and invoked the name of the Lord. At this, the beast was afraid and ran away. |
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What can we say about other stories of the monster after St. Columba’s sighting? |
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After St. Columba’s sighting, there were lots of stories about the beast. In 1933 “The Scotsman” told of a story of the slaying of dragons but no one has managed to slay the monster. In the same year Mr and Mrs Mackay saw “an enormous animal rolling there.; but they didn’t tell the story widely because they were the owners of a hotel near the loch. |
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| What happened after the story was published in the “Scottish National Newspaper”? |
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Mr and Mrs Mackay’s story was published in the “Scottish National Newspaper” and experts in photography and other such skills came to the loch to find the monster. Even the Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, planned a trip to the loch to find the monster. And the hunter Mr A. Wetherall, fellow of the Royal Geographical Society , said it was a four fingered beast, a powerful animal of about 20 feet length. |
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. What about today’s research? |
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Since then to the present day there have been many accounts of sightings but sonar surveys have failed to find any conclusive evidence of Nessie’s existence, but neither have they proved that she doesn’t exist. |
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