Loch Ness Monster

In Scottish folklore, the Loch Ness Monster or Nessie is said to be a creature that inhabits Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large in size with a long neck and one or more humps protruding from the water. Popular interest and belief in the creature have varied since it was brought to worldwide attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with a few disputed photographs and sonar readings.

The scientific community regards the Loch Ness Monster as a phenomenon without biological basis, explaining sightings as hoaxes, wishful thinking, and the misidentif
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At the Water's Edge
The Water Horse
The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating
The Ness Deception (Mysterious Scotland, #2)
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural (Esoteric Histories)
Wee Unicorn
Nessie Baby!: A Hazy Dell Flap Book
Weird Wilderness: A Cryptid Bestiary
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Ballad of Nessie
Under Loch and Key
The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep
The Loch Ness mystery solved
A Monstrous Commotion: The Mysteries of Loch Ness
In Search of the Unknown by Robert W. ChambersThe Lost World by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Lake by Ruby Jean JensenDark Twilight by Joseph A. CitroThe Morgow Rises! by Peter Tremayne
Pre-2000 Cryptofiction
106 books — 3 voters

The Water Horse by Dick King-SmithThe Loch by Steve AltenArchie Wilson & The Beasts of Loch Ness by Mark A. CooperThe Boggart by Susan CooperThe Boggart and the Monster by Susan Cooper
Loch Ness Monster
204 books — 78 voters
In the Wake of the Sea-Serpents by Bernard HeuvelmansThe Essential Guide to the Loch Ness Monster & Other Aquatic ... by Ken GerhardThe Great Orm of Loch Ness by F. W. HolidayIn Search of Ogopogo by Arlene GaalThe Enigma of Loch Ness by Henry H. Bauer
Aquatic Cryptid Studies and Research
23 books — 2 voters

Roanoke Ridge by J.J. DupuisDevolution by Max BrooksMisadventures of a Cryptid Hunter by Michael KelsoBigfoot Crank Stomp by Erik WilliamsKillerpede by Marek Z. Turner
Best Cryptid Fiction
54 books — 31 voters
Saurian by William SchoellThe Loch by Steve AltenThe Lake by R. Karl LargentLoch by Paul ZindelAt The Midway by J. Clayton Rogers
Sea Serpent Stories
51 books — 6 voters


One of the ways you know if an adult has been broken by life is if they never laugh anymore. Principal Torres? That woman bellowed. I mean, she laughed like the Loch Ness monster would, if it existed.
Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

Thomm Quackenbush
These animals are not disputed but “hidden.” It is an optimistic mission statement. It would be quixotic to seek gremlins that exist no further than storybooks. Bigfoot exists, along with Nessie and the Jersey Devil. Their formal discovery will happen tomorrow, or next week at the latest, and won’t you feel silly when they are?
Thomm Quackenbush, Holidays with Bigfoot

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