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edhopper

(34,660 posts)
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 04:03 PM Jan 2019

There is no real evidence for the Loch Ness Monster

all the supposed eye witness sightings can be explained with more prosaic answers.
There is also much counter evidence that no large unknown animal lives there (especially any surviving aquatic dinosaur).
Young age of the Loch. Number of animals needed for a continuing group over time, no physical evidence, etc...
So the great probability is no creature exists.

Or as believers would say it's 50/50.

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There is no real evidence for the Loch Ness Monster (Original Post) edhopper Jan 2019 OP
The Lock Ness Monster is real in the Harry Potter world. nycbos Jan 2019 #1
I should have put in a caveat edhopper Jan 2019 #4
Lol nycbos Jan 2019 #8
What? It's sitting in the White House right now. Kablooie Jan 2019 #2
No real evidence for the actual monster... SoFlaDem Jan 2019 #3
Fiction can be edhopper Jan 2019 #5
"She"... NeoGreen Jan 2019 #6
I stand corrected SoFlaDem Jan 2019 #7
I's to say. Iggo Jan 2019 #14
You just have to have faith that she exists. Glamrock Jan 2019 #9
Mostly yes, edhopper Jan 2019 #10
Of course! Glamrock Jan 2019 #11
It is a part of the Mueller investigation. guillaumeb Jan 2019 #12
The Loch Ness monster is a metaphor Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #13
You can't prove the sonar didn't find the real Nessie. Pope George Ringo II Jan 2019 #15

nycbos

(6,282 posts)
1. The Lock Ness Monster is real in the Harry Potter world.
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 04:12 PM
Jan 2019
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Scotland


"Scotland is one of the most frequent breakers of Clause 73 (this is the clause that ensures the secrecy of magical creatures) of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy of any nation. This is mostly due to the world's largest kelpie residing in Loch Ness."


http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster

The Loch Ness Monster, as it is popularly known, is the world's largest Kelpie. Its favourite shape is that of a Sea serpent. Wizard observers from the International Confederation of Wizards discovered it was a Kelpie when they observed it changing into an otter on the approach of a team of Muggle investigators, then back into a Sea Serpent. The Office of Misinformation has worked diligently, convincing the Muggles that all photographic evidence of "Nessie" is actually fake.
 

SoFlaDem

(98 posts)
3. No real evidence for the actual monster...
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 04:17 PM
Jan 2019

But he has been financially beneficial for the Loch Ness community. Who's to say what existence is?

edhopper

(34,660 posts)
10. Mostly yes,
Fri Jan 18, 2019, 04:29 PM
Jan 2019

but that won't dissuade the believers.
You know if there is any possibility, we have to accept it as likely.

Pope George Ringo II

(1,896 posts)
15. You can't prove the sonar didn't find the real Nessie.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 04:49 PM
Jan 2019
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36024638

A 30ft (9m) model of the Loch Ness Monster built in 1969 for a Sherlock Holmes movie has been found almost 50 years after it sank in the loch.

The beast was created for the Billy Wilder-directed The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, starring Sir Robert Stephens and Sir Christopher Lee.

It has been seen for the first time in images captured by an underwater robot.

Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine said the shape, measurements and location pointed to the object being the prop.
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