Whether or not this incident is true, Adomnan's text specifically states that the monster was swimming in the River Ness-the river flowing from the loch-rather than in Loch Ness itself.

Along with the excavations of settlements such as Skara Brae, Links of Noltland, Barnhouse, Rinyo and Balfarg and the complex site at Ness of Brodgar these cairns provide important clues as to what civilization in Scotland was like in the Neolithic.

Some believe he was beheaded on a Fife beach, following a battle at Fife Ness, near Crail.

The term " monster " was reportedly applied for the first time to the creature on 2 May 1933 by Alex Campbell, the water bailiff for Loch Ness and a part-time journalist, in a report in the Inverness Courier.

According to Adomnán, writing about a century after the events he described, the Irish monk Saint Columba was staying in the land of the Picts with his companions when he came across the locals burying a man by the River Ness.

In 1993, the makers of Discovery Communications's documentary Loch Ness Discovered analysed the uncropped image and found a white object was visible in every version of the photo, implying it was on the negative.

Alastair Boyd, one of the researchers who uncovered the hoax, argues that the Loch Ness Monster is real, and that although the famous photo was hoaxed, that does not mean that all the photos, eyewitness reports, and footage of the monster were as well.

He commented that " Before I saw the film, I thought the Loch Ness Monster was a load of rubbish.

In this feature, Adrian Shine of the Loch Ness Centre was also interviewed and suggested that the footage showed an otter, seal or water bird.

On 24 August 2011, Marcus Atkinson, a local Loch Ness boat skipper, photographed a sonar image of a long 5 ft wide unidentified object which was apparently following his boat for two minutes at a depth of 75 ft. Atkinson ruled out the possibility of any small fish or seal being what he believed to be the Loch Ness Monster.

The Loch Ness Phenomena Investigation Bureau ( LNPIB ) was a UK-based society formed in 1962 by Norman Collins, R. S. R. Fitter, David James, MP, Peter Scott and Constance Whyte " to study Loch Ness to identify the creature known as the Loch Ness Monster or determine the causes of reports of it.

The device was fixed underwater at Temple Pier in Urquhart Bay and directed towards the opposite shore, effectively drawing an acoustic ' net ' across the width of Ness through which no moving object could pass undetected.

It was only when the Pisces arrived at Ness that the LNPIB obtained new data.

No animal of any substantial size was found whatsoever and despite high hopes, the scientists involved in the expedition admitted that this essentially proved the Loch Ness monster was only a myth.

In a 1979 article, California biologist Dennis Power and geographer Donald Johnson claimed that the Surgeon's Photograph was in fact the top of the head, extended trunk and flared nostrils of a swimming elephant, probably photographed elsewhere and claimed to be from Loch Ness.

In 1934 the Sir Edward Mountain expedition analysed film taken the same year and concluded that the monster was a species of seal, which was reported in a national newspaper as " Loch Ness Riddle Solved – Official ".

Specific mention of the kelpie as a water horse in Loch Ness was given in a Scottish newspaper in 1879, and was commemorated in the title of a book Project Water Horse by Tim Dinsdale.

A study of the Highland folklore literature prior to 1933 with specific references to Kelpies, Water Horses and Water Bulls suggested that Loch Ness was the most mentioned loch by a large margin.

" Adrian Shine, a marine biologist at the Loch Ness 2000 centre in Drumnadrochit, described the footage as among " the best footage has ever seen.

On 2 May 2001, two conger eels were found on the shore of the loch ; as conger eels are saltwater animals and Loch Ness is freshwater, it is believed that they were put there to be seen as " Mini-Nessies ".

The Loch Ness monster phenomenon has seen several attempts to hoax the public, some of which were very successful.

* If creatures similar to plesiosaurs lived in the waters of the Loch Ness, they would be seen very frequently as they would have to surface several times a day to breathe.

Billboard for Eliot Ness ' 1947 campaign for mayor, seen in 1973

He is regularly seen attempting to thwart Ness.

From Burghead, the white mass of Dunrobin Castle can just be made out in the distance on a very clear day ; from Nairn, the two red bands on the Tarbat Ness Lighthouse around 20 miles away, can be seen with binoculars.

It included repeats of archive shows rarely seen on the main channels, such as Mr Benn, Paddington, Simon and the Witch, Ivor the Engine, Jonny Briggs, Pigeon Street, The Family Ness and Bitsa.

In fact, the Team Atlantis interpretations of The Loch Ness Monster and Puck differ from those seen in Gargoyles ( notably, the Loch Ness Monster in Gargoyles actually is a surviving Plesiosaur belonging to a colony, like the common depiction ).

Orford Ness lighthouse, which sceptics identify as the flashing light seen off to the coast by the airmen, is along the same line of sight but further east of the forest edge.

The Orford Ness lighthouse as seen from the south-west.

Ridpath asked local forester Vince Thurkettle about the flashing light, and he indicated that it originated from the lighthouse at Orford Ness, which as seen from the forest edge appears to hover slightly above the ground and would appear to move as the witnesses moved between the trees.

; Sergeant MacFuzz: The person most frequently approached when a Loch Ness Monster is seen.

; Grumpy Ness: An old grumbling Nessie who is the least grateful to hear and react to Angus and Elspeth's thistle-whistles, and perhaps for that reason is one of the least often seen.

Often seen with Heavy Ness.

Megelen is made unbalanced by the image of himself in a boarded up mirror, revealing the reason he hid himself away, and in this state is thrown into the Timelash by the Doctor, where he may have ended up as the Loch Ness monster ( The doctor says " he may be seen from time to time ").

In early 1888, Carver obtained a $ 300 loan at the Bank of Ness City for education.

Believers in the Loch Ness Monster often point to this story, which notably takes place on the River Ness rather than the loch itself, as evidence for the creature's existence as early as the 6th century.

The band left Epic Records after White Light, White Heat, White Trash ( 1996 ) and Ness formed Time Bomb Recordings, releasing Mainliner: Wreckage From the Past ( a collection of old recordings and singles that were done in the early ' 80s ), a re-issue of the long out of print Mommy's Little Monster, along with a re-issue of their second album Prison Bound, and Live at the Roxy ( 1998 ).

Ness married Christine Marie in the early 1990s and they have two sons, Johnny and Julian.

Though the book it was based upon chronicled the experiences of Ness and his cohorts over a span of time ranging from 1929 to 1935, the overwhelming majority of the television episodes were broadcast in no chronological timeline, but were set in the early 1930s ( for example, one episode, " You Can't Pick the Number ", begins with Winchell's words, " October 1932 ... the depth of the Depression ").

Naoise O ' Haughan, also known as Neesy, Ness and Nessie ( 1691 – 1720 ) was a highwayman in County Antrim, Ireland in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Despite these early attacks on his position, Buchan significantly strengthened his territorial position especially in the Great Glen where he retained Urquhart after his brother's death and then in the autumn of 1386 he gained the lands of Bona at the head of Loch Ness from the Earl of Moray and the adjoining lands in Abriachin from Sir Robert Chisholm.

Schoeppel's early political life began as county attorney in Ness County, Kansas and was one of the early local officials for Ness City.

In 1915, Louis A. Merrilat, an American football end and military officer active in the early 20th century, was sued by Helen Van Ness for breach of promise after breaking off an engagement.

The band was a stint-only lasted for six months-but became the foundation of the now long and productive relation of Jorge Beltran and Victor Basurto, who became founders of several cult bands of the Mexican underground scene of the late 20th century and early 21st, such as Loch Ness, Humus, Frolic Froth and Smoking the Century Away.

Drumnadrochit is also the home of the Loch Ness Brewery, a microbrewery launched in 2011 with considerable early success.

In the strip's episodes published in late 2005 and early 2006, Nathan helped to save the life of a Loch Ness Monster and was captured by Viking pirates.

He also provided all the voices for the animated series Captain Pugwash, The Family Ness, The Adventures of Sir Prancelot, The Adventures of Tintin, and Bleep and Booster, the latter of which was a regular feature of the long-running children's magazine series Blue Peter in the 1960s and early 70s.

One of the notable early members of the Polynesian Panthers include Niuean composer, musician and activist Tigilau Ness, who was imprisoned during anti-apartheid protests in New Zealand aimed at stopping the controversial 1981 South Arican Springboks rugby tour.

The main geographical feature of the area is Orford Ness, a long, wide shingle spit at the mouth of the Ore. Orford Ness has in the past been used as an airstrip testing facility and in the early 1970s it was the site of a powerful radar station as part of the Cold War defences against low flying attacking aircraft ; today it is a nature reserve run by the National Trust.