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22 May 2019

Nessie has inspired countless films, TV shows and comedy sketches — not least of which is this sequence from Scotland Unsolved, a new comedy series featuring two detectives investigating real-life mysteries.

Known from the hit mockumentary Scot Squad, DCs Squire and McGill – played by Julie Wilson Nimmo and Louise McCarthy – certainly aren’t the only ones to find inspiration in the waters of Loch Ness.

Doctor Who, The Simpsons and South Park have all incorporated Nessie into their storylines.

During an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said, with a smile, that she believes in the Loch Ness Monster.

During 2014’s Scottish independence referendum, a wooden sculpture of Nessie – a landmark on a roundabout in Inverness – had a sign placed on it that read ‘Yessie’.

With the huge success of fantasy titles in recent times such as Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, is it any wonder we’ve developed a renewed interest in the existence of our own mythical creatures?

Stories about dragons have always taken their inspiration from real-world animals. explores whether evolution could feasibly give rise to dragons.

In July 2018, Farming Today sent reporter Jackie O’Brien to investigate whether Nessie’s appeal is on the wane.

She reported a claim by Gary Campbell, Keeper of the Register of Sightings at Loch Ness, that there are more mentions of Nessie on the internet each month than Donald Trump.

Nessie isn’t the only loch monster spotted in Scotland, according to this man who spoke to Paul Murton, presenter of Grand Tours of Scotland’s Lochs, in 2017.

Morag also pronounced ‘Voorag’ is the monster of Loch Morar.

As well as this witness, there are reported sightings dating back to 1887. 16 of these involved multiple witnesses.

According to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, which is now 20 years old, there are about ten Nessie sightings a year. The latest occurred in April 2019 and was captured on film.

From ‘v-shaped wakes’ to ‘large double humped objects’, people from all walks of life – and from all over the world – report sightings to the official database.

There have been unsettling accounts of a strange, dinosaur-shaped creature who lives in the Loch from as far back as the sixth century, which would make Nessie 1500 years old.

Established 20 years ago, there exists a code of practice in the event that Nessie is ever found.

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), a Scottish government-funded body, created the code in 2001 when Nessie-hunting was at its peak.

It stipulates that a DNA sample should be taken from any new creature, and then it should be released back into the loch.

Perhaps the most famous Nessie photograph, taken in 1934.

Despite some theories that Nessie is a tourist conspiracy, Scotland’s national tourist board doesn’t shy away when it comes to the debate on her existence.

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“Nessie does really exist, and there are over 1,000 eye witness accounts and lots of unexplained evidence, leaving scientists baffled.”

Photograph by Jeff Zycinski.