SO YOU WANT TO. . . find the Loch Ness monster
What it is: the most famous legendary creature in the world, said to roam the murky depths of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.
Nessie was first discovered by the Irish missionary, St Columba, who allegedly gave the beast the freedom of the loch way back in 565AD.
It wasn’t until the 1930s, however, that a new motorway made the area much more accessible, prompting a flood of sightings of unknown animals with humped backs and long necks. Ever since then, a steady stream of eyewitness reports, blurred photographs and sonar scans have helped to keep the ...
