Scientific Search for Inhabitant of Loch Ness Resumes
A scientific search for the legendary Loch Ness monster resumed Sunday.
Strong winds forced a planned sonar scanning of the loch’s murky depths to be postponed Saturday by the expedition’s leader, Adrian Shine of the Royal Geographical Society.
Ten boats equipped with sophisticated sonar equipment were sweeping the central basin of the 23-mile-long loch following a smaller search in 1982 that picked up 40 unexplained sonar contacts.
The loch’s depths range up to 720 feet. Over 3,000 sightings of the reputed inhabitant, said to look like a giant sea snake, have been reported since the wife of a local hotelier first claimed to have spotted it in 1933.
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