Nessie - 8 Facts About Loch Ness' Most Elusive Resident
1. Explanations
What then are the most common explanations for the Loch Ness Monster? Almost all of it depends on who you ask.
Ardent supporters of Nessie will say that she is a Plesiosaurus that became trapped in the Loch after the last Ice Age when the water levels dropped back down. Some will tell you there is not one monster, but a pair of them at the very least, to have stayed alive so long.
They may tell you about these fabled underwater structures where they hide from sonar scans and emerge only when it's safe to feed on the plentiful food of the Loch. The sightings are so rare because they have no need to go to the surface under normal circumstances.
People who do not buy into it so much will offer practical suggestions. The size of the Loch means that you can have wakes from boats that are not within your eyeline randomly ripple the water and cause people to believe that they are seeing humps in the distance. The seals that are spotted occasionally can be glimpsed breaching the surface and can look like a creature of much larger proportions.
Other sceptical explanations range from driftwood, a large sturgeon, distant watercraft and straight-up delusion and deception.
All we can really do is make up our own mind. And remember our cameras if we are ever in the area.