Man claims Nessie on Google Earth

London

Aug. 26: A Briton has claimed to have solved the mystery of the famous Nessie, the legendary Loch Ness monster, in Scottish Highlands.
A security guard in Nottingham has apparently spotted the many-limbed legendary monster in Loch Ness, a large and deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands, southwest of Inverness, on Google Earth, the satellite mapping service. Along with Bigfoot and the Yeti, the Loch Ness monster is one of the best-known and enduring scientific mysteries.
There have been sightings of the monster in the loch by many believers of the legend, however, most scientists find the evidence supporting the creature’s existence unpersuasive, and regard the sightings as hoaxes or misidentification of some known creatures. The most popular and common description of Nessie by so-called eyewitnesses is similar to that of a plesiosaur, an extinct carnivorous aquatic reptile.
Twenty-five-year-old Jason Cooke found the small blur on Google Earth at the co-ordinates — Latitude 57°12’52.13”N, Longitude 4°34’14.16”W — and believes that the image could be the legendary monster. “I couldn’t believe it. It’s just like the descriptions of Nessie,” he told the Sun newspaper. Researcher Adrian Shine, of the Loch Ness Project, said: “This is really intriguing. It needs further study.” Two years ago, the largest-ever attempt to prove that the famous monster is real was organised, but failed.