Do you believe in Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster?

@TheHorse (218781)
Walnut Creek, California
September 1, 2023 12:10pm CST
As a kid, I was fascinated by UFOs, or flying saucers. I even read a few books on the subject before I hit my teen years. I've grown a bit more cynical, or practical, in my dotage, but old interests die hard. Of course, I was always interested in Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, as well. Could there really be primitive sea creatures trapped in the Loch? Or is it just another fun story to keep our eyes wide? Apparently there have been couple of "sightings" recently, and a photo or two taken. Something's not quite right with this article. I'd better read it again. The photo attributed to the 12-year-old girl looks suspiciously like the one we have all seen for decades. (Edit: Nope, it's a different photo. But I'd think a modern cell phone photo would be clearer.) But the other photo is more compelling. If the first "sighting" of Nessie was before 600 AD, by a missionary, then it stands to reason that the current Nessie is a great-great-grandson of the original. Or something. Do you believe Nessie exists? Do you believe that space aliens have visited Earth? More fun to argue about than politics.
A girl has claimed to have spotted the Loch Ness monster in the same week other newly released photographs were taken allegedly showing the legendary beast.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50243)
• United States
1 Sep 23
I do believe in Nessie. I don’t believe it’s a monster. Just a water creature that is near extinct. If I’m remembering correctly other lakes throughout the world have had sightings of the same sort of creatures. I’d need to look lakes up.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (50243)
• United States
1 Sep 23
@TheHorse it surely would be.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
It would be interesting if there are primitive creatures living in our lakes that we don't know about.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
@Tampa_girl7 I hope it's shown to be true. Would make things interesting.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (92708)
• United States
1 Sep 23
I don’t believe in the Loch Ness monster, nor that aliens have visited earth. I hate to make assumptions (believe it or not), but I have a hard time believing you would either.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
Even as a wide-eyed kid, I grew suspicious when some of books started suggesting that UFO people helped the Egyptians make the pyramids.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Sep 23
More and more over the years, I tend to wonder. When I was younger I marveled at the concept but now not so much. There is an explanation for sure I am just not sure what it is.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Sep 23
@JimBo452020 .........How do you know for sure?
The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Sep 23
@JimBo452020 But have you kissed her right on the lips?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
A part of me thinks it's just an enjoyable myth.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25805)
• United States
1 Sep 23
I saw this same story about Nessie. I want to believe, but need more compelling proof. I don't believe aliens have visited Earth. Nor do I believe we'll ever visit habitable planets circling other stars. The obstacles presented by the laws of physics are too great to overcome.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
But it happened here!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
@JimBo452020 I certainly think so.
The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
@JimBo452020 De nada.
WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
1 Sep 23
Call me cynical but I hardly think it's a coincidence that there have been a couple of fresh 'sightings' of Nessie just as the newly re-vamped Loch Ness Centre has opened.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
Oh, I hadn't realized that! Heh. Case closed.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
1 Sep 23
@TheHorse Yeah, didn't take Columbo to work that one out once that little snippet of information emerged.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
@WorDazza He was my favorite TV detective.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
2 Sep 23
No, I don’t believe Nessie exists anymore than I believe in the tooth fairy.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 23
But don't you believe that Santa exists?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 23
@RubyHawk Not even St. Francis?
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
2 Sep 23
@TheHorse No, I don’t believe in Santa Claus or St Nick either.
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youless
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
2 Sep 23
I am also interested in these stuffs. I ever watched a documentary about Nessie. It is said that they set up lotf of cams there but nothing found yet. Besides, they scanned the lake and they also haven't found something odd. Besides, the fish are not enough to feed Nessie since it is so giant. OK, they just want to say Nessie doesn't exist. I have a doubt. Perhaps there is a "path" under the lake and they can go to somewhere else. I even think we can see UFO real soon.
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youless
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
3 Sep 23
@TheHorse Just don't take it serious as nobody really cares about this encouragement
The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 23
It is all fun to think about and talk about.
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (37351)
• Toccoa, Georgia
1 Sep 23
As a kid I believed it, not so much now.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
Same here, pretty much.
The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
@JimBo452020 Then it must be true.
The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
@JimBo452020 My thought exactly. And little green men. Maybe Irish. On the same night.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471494)
• Switzerland
2 Sep 23
NO, I do not believe at all that Nessie exists, but it's a great attraction, so tourists go there to see if they can spot him. They will find a way to create a fake video and show that the monster exists.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (471494)
• Switzerland
8 Sep 23
@TheHorse As I am Italian, I never believed in Santa Claus, the big fat man was not part of our culture.
The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Sep 23
Next you'll tell me you don't believe in Santa Claus. Cynic.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
2 Sep 23
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
2 Sep 23
@TheHorse There were some I'd never heard of on it, too. At least it was interesting.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 23
@DaddyEvil It's fun to speculate about.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 23
Watched it. There were some I had not heard about.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
1 Sep 23
I'm waiting for the high-tech gear to "find" Nessie... I believe that we aren't the only beings in our galaxy but not necessarily that any others have ever been to Earth.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
You'd think that the conditions for some kind of "life" must have existed elsewhere.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
1 Sep 23
@TheHorse I'm sure they have. I'm sure I told you the story of Pretty and I chasing a UFO years ago... of course we couldn't/didn't catch it but it was fun trying. (We'd been on our way to the lake for a night swim when we saw something glowing above and to the left of our car. We followed it South for ten miles and then East for twenty before is suddenly sped up and left us behind.)
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
@DaddyEvil Heh. I wonder what it was.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (79833)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Sep 23
I think there is a Nessie a sort of dragon-like creature that lives in a cave under the water but I do not believe it is a monster,
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (79833)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Sep 23
@TheHorse now that is an idea very clever got that song on my mind Puff the magic dragon and of course being magin it disappears when it wants to
The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
Maybe it's called Puff. and is dating a little mermaid.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (102799)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 Sep 23
I think Nessie the Loch Ness monster story is a myth to keep persons entertained.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
That's pretty much what I think too.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (102799)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Sep 23
@TheHorse I am sure if there was a real life Loch Ness Monster, it would be seen and be on the news.
LindaOH
@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
1 Sep 23
I did a posting about this recently. They had a 2-day event in which several hundred people, both in person and watching webcams, watched for Nessie. They had high-tech equipment to listen and watch for her/him. I know Nessie doesn't exist; but I"m a Nessie junkie and really want to believe that there's something down in that deep, deep Loch. I wish I could go there and watch for Nessie and buy souvenirs. Have a great holiday weekend.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
Buy souvenirs. You made be chuckle. Do they sell shot glasses? That might help some of us see Nessie.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 23
@LindaOHio So would other substances.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180660)
• United States
1 Sep 23
I don't believe in Nessie, but I do believe aliens have visited the earth. Just recently a ranking air force officer a UFO investigator said they have discovered remains. Much more likely to be aliens than Bigfoot. I don't believe in Bigfoot!
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snowy
@snowy22315 (180660)
• United States
2 Sep 23
@TheHorse I am sure they have done some .They said they were non human remains.
The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
Can't they do some kind of analysis of the remains?
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ryme bristol
@rymebristol (1808)
• Philippines
2 Sep 23
I used to believe the Loch Ness Monster mystery when I was a kid until I came across a documentary of how could that photo possibly was taken.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 23
I have read that it was faked.
much2say
@much2say (55601)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Sep 23
As a kid, Nessie (Big Foot, UFOs, all that) was SO intriguing. Still is ! At this point, I WANT to believe these mysteries of the earth . . . gives me some kind of strange hope about the realities of life . How dare we humans are so pompous to think we know it all!
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (106192)
• Marion, Ohio
1 Sep 23
I think it's possible that all of it is real
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
Well, just about anything's possible.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (26677)
• Singapore
2 Sep 23
It is time we have proof of its existence more acceptable than photos that may not be real. My take on UFO is ditto.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Sep 23
To me it's just fun stuff to talk about. And then there's Bigfoot.
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Winterishere
@thedevilinme (4128)
• Northampton, England
1 Sep 23
Everyone has a camera phone in Scotland . .Every image is blurry - still!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (218781)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Sep 23
Too much Glenlivet being consumed?