13 Days of Halloween: Urban Legends
Sheri: The Loch Ness Monster or Nessie When I was back in high school, we actually got to take a trip from Florida to Scotland with my high school band. We took a special trip up to Loch Ness to see if we could see/find Nessie. There is an awesome gift shop/museum right beside the loch. That’s about as close to seeing her as we got. The locals we all met swore to us it’s real and not a hoax. I can’t say one way or another, but I can say 21 years later I still haven’t forgotten that trip to hunt Nessie down. No one knows exactly what Nessie looks like. The sighting are numerous, and the story continues to grow. Most accounts of the Nessie’s appearance, including historical ones, indicate a creature resembling the long-extinct plesiosaur. Actual fossil evidence for this creature shows it to have been physically large, with a long neck and tiny head, with flippers for propulsion. Here is just one of the 100’s of photo’s you can find on the internet of “Nessie” ...