A group of international scientists has put forward a hypothesis about the origin of the “Loch Ness monster”, known to all as Nessie, reports the Daily Express. Professor Neil Gemmell and his team from the University of Otago do not believe that we can talk about a giant reptile – they could not find any evidence that a dinosaur can be found in the depths of a lake in Scotland. However, many eyewitnesses described the creature with a “long neck” and elongated in length.
“So, sorry, I don’t think the plesiosaur idea is correct based on the data we got,” Gemmell said. He added that a large amount of eel DNA was found in the lake, so a new version appears, much more plausible – Nessie is a mutated eel. The length of such an eel could be about 4 meters – this is above the norm, but it is not a fiction. Some divers have seen eels as thick as their legs in the lake.
Professor Gemmell concluded that “there is probably no giant scaled reptile swimming around Loch Ness.” Cruise Loch Ness manager Ronald McKenzin emphasized that during the study with the help of locators, he found a creature 15-20 feet long at the bottom of the lake. He is sure that it cannot be a “big salmon”. Meanwhile, Nessie researcher Steve Feltham assures that he does not consider the “Loch Ness monster” “an animal.” Scientists hope to get closer to the correct answer.
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