Loch Ness Monster
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The Loch Ness Monster, known affectionately as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large, long-nec
Loch Ness Monster Surgeon's photograph
Loch Ness, reported home of the monster
Cryptoclidus model used in the Five TV programme, Loch Ness Monster: The Ultimate Experiment
Reconstruction of Nessie as a plesiosaur outside the Museum of Nessie
Cryptozoology
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Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular
Loch Ness Monster
…wishful thinking, the misidentification of known animals, mundane objects, and other recognized natural phenomena. The pseudoscience and subculture of cryptozoology has placed particular emphasis on the creature. In August 1933, the Courier published the account of George Spicer's alleged sighting. Public interest…
Tombstone of Bernard Heuvelmans, the "father of cryptozoology", at Le Vésinet cemetery
A frame from the Patterson–Gimlin film (1967), whose filmmakers claimed to feature Bigfoot in Northern California. Bigfoot is a popular figure in cryptozoology.