Scientists Just Solved the Loch Ness Monster Mystery

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For years, people have wondered if the Loch Ness Monster is real, but scientists might have finally cracked the case! A team of researchers studied the waters of Loch Ness and found no evidence of a giant reptile or anything prehistoric lurking below. Instead, they discovered that the legend may have started because of giant eels—yes, huge, slithery eels that live in the loch. DNA tests showed that Loch Ness has a ton of eel DNA, suggesting that some could grow way bigger than usual, possibly being mistaken for a monster. While it’s not as exciting as a real-life dinosaur, it does explain all those mysterious sightings. So, sorry Nessie fans—it looks like the monster was just a really big eel all along!  Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/   Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV   Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official   Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.

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00:00Scientists have finally solved the Loch Ness Monster mystery.

00:04Here's the spoiler, you ready?

00:07It's not a real monster.

00:08It's probably a dinosaur that survived through the ages, or just a bunch of debris floating

00:13on the water.

00:14Thanks to many findings on the Loch Ness creature, we have proof of another story to tell you.

00:22It was 1933 when a man named George Spicer and his wife were driving along the shores

00:27of Loch Ness.

00:29That's when they saw something massive, with a long neck, moving across the road.

00:33It looked like a creature straight out of the prehistoric era.

00:37A dinosaur-like beast, unlike anything they'd ever seen.

00:40That was the moment that Loch Ness Monster theories started spreading around like wildfire.

00:46One of the most famous Loch Ness Monster sightings came just a year later, in 1934, when a man

00:52took a photograph that became the most well-known image of Nessie.

00:56That's the nickname she was given.

00:58She?

00:59Anyways, the photo, known as the Surgeon's Photograph, showed a long-necked creature

01:04rising out of the water, and for years it convinced people that the monster was real.

01:09But years later, the truth came out.

01:12One of the men who helped take the photo confessed it was all a hoax.

01:16The photo had been staged after all.

01:19When the photo was published, it had been significantly cropped.

01:22This made the animal in the picture look much bigger than in real life, fueling the

01:26theories that the Loch Ness Monster did, in fact, exist.

01:32In the 1960s, one of the first big scientific attempts to investigate the mystery of the

01:36Loch Ness Monster happened.

01:38A research team took sonar equipment to the lake, and spent hours scanning the waters

01:43in search of evidence of large creatures.

01:46What they found was puzzling.

01:48They recorded several objects moving deep in the loch, or lake, with no clear explanation

01:54as to what it was.

01:56Though the team didn't manage to capture anything definitive, this sighting helped fuel the

02:00belief that there was, indeed, something massive living in Loch Ness.

02:05After that, research about the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster kept popping up.

02:10In 1972, with the help of underwater photography, some researchers managed to capture strange

02:16images, which got people's hopes up for a minute.

02:19But the truth is, this early research about the Loch Ness Monster was far from conclusive.

02:24Now, of course, not everyone bought into the mystical, magical theories about the Loch

02:29Ness Monster.

02:30Theory 1, from a professor of zoology at Oxford University, has made it clear that the monster

02:36is a biological impossibility.

02:38Hey, my pediatrician said that about me, too.

02:42Meanwhile, he says that no skeletal remains have ever been found in the region.

02:47Plus, no fishermen have ever caught anything resembling the creature in their fishing nets.

02:52For him, this works as proof that it simply can't be real.

02:56When it comes to the famous photos of the Loch Ness Monster as evidence, well, that's

03:00pretty simple.

03:01The professor offers a more down-to-earth explanation.

03:05He argues that these images are either showing floating debris or birds, like cormorants,

03:11which have long necks and often appear to be low in the water.

03:14When people refute his suggestion, he takes us back to human psychology and explains that

03:20people often make mistakes and misjudge the size of things, especially when they just

03:25caught a glimpse of it, and even more so when they are hoping to see something specific.

03:30Now, many of those alleged photos depict an animal with a long neck and a small head,

03:36which has led some to believe that what they're seeing is a plesiosaur, a giant marine reptile

03:41that lived 215 million years ago and disappeared with the dinosaurs.

03:47The idea of a plesiosaur surviving all these years is a theory that's been around since

03:52the first sightings of the creature.

03:54But this researcher isn't buying it.

03:57He explains that no plesiosaur fossils have been found in the region, dating to anything

04:02later than 66 million years ago.

04:05The idea of a prehistoric creature still lurking in the waters of Loch Ness just doesn't hold

04:10up scientifically.

04:14Then there's theory number two from a British naturalist who has spent over 50 years investigating

04:20the Loch Ness monster phenomenon.

04:22His conclusion is a little less dramatic.

04:24He believes that most people who report sightings of long-necked creatures are misidentifying

04:29other animals.

04:31He suggests people think they are seeing a sea serpent.

04:34Reports of sightings from the Loch Ness monster have been around since the 6th century CE.

04:39Long before they were distilling scotch whiskey or other explanations.

04:44Early reports of these sea serpents describe large creatures with long, snake-like bodies

04:49and multiple humps.

04:51Some say the creatures were as big as boats, and many swore they saw something swimming

04:56in the waters.

04:57Many of these early sea serpent sightings may have been misunderstandings or exaggerations

05:02of normal animals in the Loch, like large fish or even swimming birds.

05:07They could have been large eels, which are known to live in Loch Ness.

05:11These eels, especially when they're moving, might have given the impression of a long,

05:16undulating creature in the water.

05:18People who saw these eels from a distance, particularly in low light or misty conditions,

05:23might have mistaken them for something much more mysterious.

05:29Theory number three says something else.

05:31Loch Nessie is just a series of standing waves.

05:34These happen when two boat wakes move in opposite directions, creating a big hump in the water

05:39that could look like a creature from a distance.

05:42Loch Ness enthusiasts even showed how it works with footage from Fort Augustus, where a river

05:47meets Loch Ness.

05:49These enthusiasts had big plans to use drones with infrared cameras and special underwater

05:54microphones to search the Loch.

05:57Now Loch Ness is massive, stretching around 23 miles long and more than 700 feet deep.

06:04So they thought they needed drones and infrared cameras to put an end to this discussion.

06:08But despite everything, they haven't found Nessie.

06:13But it's not only the Loch Ness monster that lacks scientific explanation.

06:18There have also been scores of sightings of yetis and satsquashes that no one can really

06:23explain.

06:24Some folks have made movies dreaming of finding the truth about these creatures.

06:28But according to recent research and evidence, it looks unlikely that we'll ever find definitive

06:33evidence of their existence.

06:36Science says they can explain satsquash sightings, and this is how.

06:40Biologists who study wildlife using camera traps, which are set up in remote areas to

06:45capture images of passing animals, have long attempted to find elusive species.

06:51These cameras detect movement and snap pictures, providing invaluable data on the biodiversity

06:56of different ecosystems.

06:58As camera traps collect more photos over time, the number of species recorded grows.

07:04However, after a while, the number plateaus, suggesting that no new species are being detected.

07:10While it's impossible to claim 100% certainty, researchers say that after significant camera

07:17It's safe to say the likelihood of discovering new species, especially large ones like Bigfoot

07:23or the yeti, drops significantly.

07:27Camera trap studies have been running for years in regions where these creatures are

07:31rumored to live.

07:33But so far, no conclusive evidence has surfaced.

07:36Instead, the supposed proof of Bigfoot or the yeti often comes from blurry photos or

07:42shaky videos taken by individuals who claim to have encountered them.

07:47The scientific understanding of biology also makes the existence of Bigfoot highly unlikely.

07:53Often described as a great ape, Bigfoot would have had to evolve in North America.

07:58However, great apes evolved in Africa, and the only great ape to make it to the Americas

08:03is Homo sapiens, whose ancestors crossed the Bering Strait only about 16,000 years ago.

08:10This is far too short a time for a new species like Bigfoot to have evolved.

08:16While it may be disappointing for these mysterious creature enthusiasts, the scientific evidence

08:21points firmly toward the conclusion that creatures like Bigfoot and the yeti are more fantasy

08:26than reality.

08:28After decades of extensive scientific research, it's safe to say that, yes, science has

08:33solved the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster.

08:36And it's pure fiction.

08:38So what do you think?

08:40That's it for today!

08:41So hey, if you pacified your curiosity, then give the video a like and share it with your

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