The Real Story Behind the Loch Ness Monster | History

Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine discusses his involvement with the Loch Ness Project and recaps his decades spent working to uncover the truth behind the Loch Ness monster.
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[@FULLtiltSENDER]

Plot twist, he actually found it and now he’s just trying to protect it

[@TheB657]

Seriously ? Sir where did you get this info. ? Can we read it - the source ? Just deeply interested in these because we too have these sea serpent chronicles in our country too which are called "Sarpa" or "Naaga" in ancient Bharatiya (India's original name from King Bharat) folklore.

[@sp33d77]

@@TheB657 i usually get confused by these plot twist comments too, but I think it's a joke.

[@WaterRoseGames2012]

He can’t although I believe it

[@KishAxlSoria]

BRO TO NO ONE WHO GETS IT ITS ONLY A JOKE CHILL 🗿😭

[@rxe997]

@@TheB657 ure old arent you

[@googlegamesearcher5957]

If they find this creature, let him live peacefully cause he didn't any troubles

[@blueraggstmoney9751]

Google Game Searcher 💯 💯💯

[@henrysalisbury3175]

Google Game Searcher Whatever species the animal was which I believe was a legitimate living animal in Loch Ness or perhaps a herd have likely died already due to habitat/food source.

[@CGIadviser]

@JT whales arent fish

[@kcnoneya3845]

They wouldn't do it if they found it

[@dumbuglyacc]

@JT the biggest fish species that has been found so far is a whale shark

[@sabby1767]

This world probably has 10000 of creatures/monsters that we haven't discovered yet

[@littlemixerx365]

Really?? Haven't humans been everywhere by now, Via cameras etc??

[@alejandrob6761]

@@littlemixerx365 According to vice we have only discovered 5% of the ocean so its plausible

[@ashftodette2925]

@@littlemixerx365 al-quran also said 95% we have discovered but 5% we didn't..

[@Unknown-117]

blinkshark 77 you said it backwards, we discovered only 5% if our ocean. 95% or so has been unexplored.

[@amzwl1671]

Also, we discover about 200 new species every day I think, could be wrong

[@pricoank6561]

If birds can talk like humans imagine what information we can get from them. Like seriously birds see stuffs we don’t see in the oceans

[@trashfishtvoregon7290]

That was deep bro haha seriously though good point 🤯

[@rob7296]

Some bird can talk like humans... i get what ur saying tho lol

[@rob7296]

@Alvaro Wijaya not just the parrot my friend

[@biancamuller2241]

Booo

[@barbarahunt8475]

@@trashfishtvoregon7290 P1j

[@menelaos2554]

the loch ness monster is prob like: "bro what did i do to those hoomans they wont leave me alone"

[@havafreedman1333]

Exactly

[@shewolf871]

Bigfoot is probably thinking the same thing

[@orochigamer67lol94]

@@shewolf871 ikr lol

[@menelaos2554]

@Morne Jordaan U speld rong wrong

[@iavd7779]

Won't*

[@JaimeeAlias]

I think loch ness monster is a half sea monster half dinosour

[@dominikkadlec4535]

@Stuck At Home ! Yes, it can. It's a plesiosaur

[@timothyl1634]

A Chinese dragon that's what I want to see.

[@flt528]

More likely it's half Scotch half Bourbon.

[@TrangNguyen-go7rp]

@Shulking Boi it a marine reptiles

[@TrangNguyen-go7rp]

@Life Is Meh yep

[@jamarico16]

Silent .. Gandalf speak

[@sandiskonieczny5582]

Run you fools!

[@luthfihiday5345]

I think he's Dumbledore

[@feelbadincc]

@@luthfihiday5345 more like aberforth Dumbledore

[@johnhenrysabijon2757]

Who's here just to watch while eating to pass time and enjoy the knowledge to know...

[@DharmicNinja]

The reincarnation of Rasputin

[@halfproyt7716]

I think there's a loch Ness monster

[@anthonyvillanueva5226]

@Alladeen Madafaker Clearly all these cryptids have the power to make cameras take low quality pictures.

[@grace_moody2772]

Nessie

[@world_eater667]

I disappointed that they didn't interview any monster in this documentary

[@lazysmokes]

He just needs about tree fiddy..

[@jesseprather8317]

I already gave him a dollar.

[@calidahill3374]

Honestly I think theres something deep in most water depths that are very very very very old. They have no reason to come up to more shallow waters and when they die I doubt that they would float since they are already down so deep so why would we ever see them? And we still dont have the equipment to get to the very very bottom of all the oceans yet we can go to space...weird

[@bolbol7582]

Yeah I totally agree with you on that I honestly think that below every lake and ocean there is a big creature

[@xstacy9249]

Because of the PSI pressure under water. And space is a vaccum which is easier to move and function for humans. And it's never too late to find a new home.

[@reneesantiago6496]

Because NASA has been faking space missions for yrs. The moon landing is extremely questionable. Watch that very confusing press conferemce the moon landing astronauts did 😳 Something very fishy was up concerning that conference. TRUE STORY.....I live in Lebanon, Ohio and this is where Armstrong lived. He had a business in the same bldg where i worked as a receptionist. I would be the first contact ppl made and the bldg had many businesses within it. On my first day of training i was to sign a paper promising that i NEVER EVER speak to Armstrong and NEVER point ppl who enter the bldg towards Armstrong's office. It was a BIG deal that ALL people who work in that professional building not even LOOK at Armstrong when he enters the bldg. This was around 93 or so. Back then i felt it was just soooo strange! Yrs later i look into the moon landings validity and i immediately thought back to the paper i signed and all the fuss about not even looking at Armstrong. If you look into Armstrongs life you will see that he was referred as a big hermit who receded from public.

[@Tazno98]

Aliens is why we have the technology we have today yet so behind

[@fredhall4733]

@@reneesantiago6496 lol

[@nitogame]

This is like telling a kid Santa doesn't exist.

[@krystalthomas2156]

It’s like telling a kid *spring Bonnie does not exist. Fred bear does not exist. Nothing happened to anyone.*

[@GodlyPotat-ql9ds]

Theory: the lochness monster is a Lapras

[@respectyourbody9912]

It isn't light blue though

[@rebelgaming4327]

Or maybe a gyarados

[@leonardmorton7803]

Pokémon gotta catch em alllllllll

[@numerouno7874]

Lapras is unknown in the pokedex so nope

[@CrkdCrayzirr]

I always thought lapras looked like nessie

[@purplebull013]

The guy with the beard looks like rasputin

[@Matrix_Glitch_Elect_One]

you look like him then

[@1888swordsman]

I was very lucky to meet and shake Adrian Shine's hand in 1998, I also saw "something" swimming in the loch. However I can explain what it was most likely. Beautiful place to visit and wonderful people. Do go and see it

[@themedic5151]

What if the Loch Ness monster is a dinosaur that survived. Look it up, extinct species can survive in an unknown place

[@lordcuddlebuttz3336]

Deadpro 16 TheEmerealdMinecart Plesiosaurs aren’t Dinosaurs, they are Marine Reptiles, and there’s no way it could only be one monster if it did exist, in order for people to be reporting sightings of the creature for over 100 years that would mean there would have to be a large enough population of Plesiosaurs in the Loch to flourish and reproduce, and if there were a large enough population of them to reproduce then we would have definitely seen them by now

[@AJK17.5]

@@lordcuddlebuttz3336 no one said plesiosaurs aren't dinosaurs

[@lexitrahan7282]

Lord CuddleButtz well actually there is a way that Nessie could of survived. She isn’t a plesiosaur, in my opinion she is a long neck dinosaur that survived millions of years ago and must have new the asteroid was coming and she knew that if the asteroid was on fire then water could put out fire so she figured out a way to live so she/he adapted to water and lived ever since

[@lexitrahan7282]

Lord CuddleButtz and plus you got to think of it this is a very old creature so they this creature is very very smart it could outsmart probably anything that’s how smart it is and it knows that people will want to try to find it so it finds a way to hide and for people to not discover it and come to think of it what humans do is that they destroy a lot of unknown things that people don’t want to know and they kill such a innocent creatures that don’t so do anything to them. But like I said this is my opinion.

[@David-lu4gq]

@@lexitrahan7282 I would disagree with this interpretation, but thanks for sharing.

[@ewanburns2319]

I think it did exist but is now dead

[@Walkwithme8341]

Leave the monster ..this man has beard all his life...amazing

[@lgempet2869]

Yes, he has an amazing beard & generally, a glorious head of hair! That is a very special characteristic I’ve always noticed about him.😊

[@anubusx]

Mr Burns has the mystery of Loch Ness working at his casino.

[@mason3vze740]

The Jazz King yup I guess he runs the salad bar now

[@timmitchell3870]

In a way the Surgeon's Photo really IS the Loch Ness Monster. From the beginning it was obviously a fake, but we continued to believe it was the real deal because we so badly wanted it to be real.

[@jelenav3336]

Its called illusion honestly but I Don't think it's that honestly!

[@zakdank]

@@jelenav3336 The surgeon's photo was verified as fake by his stepson I believe

[@Kinobambino]

which is crazy because there's many other crazier things that are real in our world

[@lukaduka21]

This has been one of my favorite fantasy ideologies I do feel vindicated for the time I have spent pondering this mystery. Thank you for your dedication but also, your immense creativity. You made my day today.

[@lexitrahan7282]

Only %5 of the ocean been explored so %95 of the ocean hasn’t just think what else could be down there. I do believe their are creatures that we don’t know of or don’t believe actually exist and that aren’t extinct. They must be very smart creatures bc they have been here longer than us.

[@allgoodusernamesaretaken2523]

I agree.

[@Content4free78]

most eyewitnesses know what they see, nothing can change of what they saw.

[@Komodokhan148]

I'd love to visit the Scottish Highlands someday

[@janeb4379]

Lol I’m here from online school

[@vanessasingh1564]

Same:(

[@connorstevens1605]

The Loch Ness monster was a circus elephant. They trained elephants to swim. The neck jn the photo is the elephant's trunk, and the lump is it's head.

[@dogewolf6761]

Actually, this is not that bad or a conspiracy theory 🤔

[@RogueJedi501]

Connor Stevens elephants can swim?

[@dogewolf6761]

@@RogueJedi501 elephants are actually quite good at swimming, however it's hard for them to do it for a really long time.

[@CaptainBones]

Not true. There are some underwater photos that proves otherwise. The Loch Ness monster is a Plesiosaur. The question is, How did it survive the extinction of the dinosaurs? If fish, birds, insects, other reptiles and mammals can survive, which they did. Then Nessie can to.

[@dogewolf6761]

@@CaptainBones Sorry to say, but those photos are hoaxes. There is also no other proof that shows us that Nessie is a Plesiosaur, though all the illustrations made of it shows us exactly that, doesnt mean it's true.

[@mmgty8576]

I saw this once but I was jacked up on heroin.

[@seandonaldson3465]

Mmgty my man

[@ianmooresguard1721]

My man

[@marcuslangston7911]

My man.

[@titsmcghee1086]

My ma’am

[@Andrew-vo9ev]

The doctor photo was admitted to be fake !📷

[@jorgemoreno2097]

Well hate to brake it to ya guys but it’s not real they’ve done sonar scans and scans on the entire loch no sign of it, and it’s also a publicity stunt

[@corinnecummins2192]

They have found caves in the loch ness soo there could be a loch ness monster he/she could have just been in one of the caves

[@TheB657]

Sir Adrian Shine should now be our hero when it comes to the Lochness chronicles. Thanks so much for the video. For a point of view..... they say 3 humps all around the world. I am bound to believe it is a new species of marine animal (be it fish or reptile) but certainly not a Pliosauridae or Plesiosauridae, due to the resources needed to maintain their sheer size. Definitely can be a descendant which adapted to the fresh water lakes. It would be a boon to see such creatures in the wild.

[@StevieGreig1]

The Loch Ness Monster asked me for tree fiddy

[@animecommunity5294]

4:29 I saw something do you see it

[@juicyqueef1102]

Where?

[@mylee627]

shadow slayer animations :ooo omg what the heck is that?!

[@juicyqueef1102]

@@mylee627 where is it ?

[@primeanomalous4275]

Doesn't everything coming from a guy with an exceptional white beard give credence on its own? 👯‍♂️🧙‍♂️👯‍♂️

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

I need about tree fiddy... ❤

[@ShadowTheHedgehogCZ]

I never believed in my life for 30+ years in supernatural. I thought that everything had a boring explanation. And then Pentagon confirmed that UFO exists and they were covering the fact till recently. That made me question many of my beliefs. Maybe supernatural things exist in the end. If the stories are true, and I have no reason to believe that it's impossible other than it sounding fantastical, interdimensional portals were observed to be opened in the sky. That's the only explanation I could think of for Loch Ness monster. That it came from a different world IF that is possible. Otherwise, the chance of such a large creature existing in a small lake is almost zero I would say. Mainly because there would have to be enough individuals of this creature to sustain the species. Surely there can't be just one that survived in this lake for millions of years. But entire species surviving for so long in this tiny area? Unlikely. If creature like this really was there, it had to get there by very unconvential and possibly unnatural means. And maybe it really was just a bird. The waves around the creature on the famous black and white photo look rather large. Seems to me the creature is really small. Otherwise the waves would be more jagged.

[@JSamsung12]

No Loch Ness monster? This guy’s nuts. He prolly thinks the earth is a sphere too I bet...

[@mattboyer9689]

It could be real it probbaly is a Plesiosauria that didn’t go extinct and the lake is connected to a sea which goes to the ocean so that thing could be swimming in and out so it would make it hard to track

[@evancain4906]

Warning: all of these comments are in broken English.

[@nell866]

Locness has a better chance of existing then bug foot

[@jasonchilado]

nell866 agreed

[@gidmichigan1765]

Because they actually existed before they went extinct or so we thought.

[@dakotastein9499]

If you wanna find nessie,just take a fishing poll and cast out about tree fiddy.

[@blueraggstmoney9751]

If they find it I hope they let him live peacefully cause it didnt cause trouble

[@random...3723]

Maybe there is a Nessie...maybe just not a !onster and just a fish eater...

[@davidtaylor9219]

Nessie is real. Pure & simple.

[@guntherthequizmaster9515]

The Loch Ness Monster supposed to be a sea serpent that people claim to see every so often. Yet nobody has ever taken a photograph of it. And I, for one, just plain believe in sea monsters.

[@shocktrauma85]

A giant sea serpent who occasionally dresses as a girl scout or an alien to try and trick people into giving it tree fiddy.

[@MoneyGurrll]

I concur with your statement Mr. Gunther

[@jamesm6862]

things that are bigger than we are? elephants, giraffes and whales are bigger

[@K3YST0N3_.]

and you

[@koapdamahspaul6433]

And ur food LAL

[@dogewolf6761]

Where is Jeremy Wade when we need him?

[@deadliftguy3442]

He already discovered the lochness monster and he thinks/knows it is a Greenlandshark.

[@dogewolf6761]

@@deadliftguy3442 ah, I didn't know.

[@deadliftguy3442]

@@dogewolf6761 of course you didn't.

[@dogewolf6761]

@@deadliftguy3442 you don't have to be mean you know?

[@deadliftguy3442]

@@dogewolf6761 im being nice.

[@jelenav3336]

I don't if its real or not or if its a hoax honestly if I was real then we would seen it even today honestly and I don't think it's a eel or object in the water honestly probably it could be but not honestly! Plus its looks like a perthoric dinsoures honestly! Plus if was real and died then there would be bones in ocean floor honestly or fossil of it honestly!

[@procrafter5000]

My bet is Nessie is just a huge eel or something that's a normal creature that is just big

[@caramead9042]

My uncle lives in Scotland he went diving and he seen the giant foot

[@thatgirlbeL]

It could be any birds neck i think its fake because the neck is to short

[@shocktrauma85]

I need about tree fiddy

[@officialindigo_]

Nessie:Y'all humans never leave me in peace geez do I have to eat y'all (-᷅_-᷄)

[@brianmurphy4793]

Look guys am Scottish and I can tell you that Nessie is bollocks..but..it's great for Scottish tourism 👍

[@amogus7617]

I think its a lapras

[@anubusx]

Send in all your electric pokemon.

[@silvermist7303]

*YOU NICK-NAMED MY DAUGHTER AFTER THE LOCHNESS MONSTER*

[@cursedjerry866]

Expert?

[@zeqlebleau0559]

Twilight fan?

[@Easterlingofrhun]

plot twist: Adrian said that loch ness monster is does not exist, because he wants people to leave the story and let the Loch ness monster live peacefully.

[@Bluecollarguy23]

Really ?

[@SupaDupaGuy]

Why didn't they design a devices to capture videos or photos inside of loch Ness like to censors motions around a mile away just like a drone

[@darkprose]

If you do a little research you’ll discover that they did. Everything that could find and identify large animals in the loch has been exhausted.

[@SupaDupaGuy]

Joseph Charles ah I might had not payed attention to that, thanks

[@jacobwoods1699]

Nessie Love 🦕

[@opadrip]

Oh yeah i remember this fellow. He asked me for tree fiddy.

[@kanrup5199]

I still think the really old stories of this kind of lake monster (folklore in non-tech non-science-view world) are to do with the place location itself. The common people who lived near this 'inspiring' place probably daydreamed about things and had imaginative visions of giant water monsters. They probably weaved those images and visions into folklore stories. Things like the wave-shadow illusion and maybe unidentified normal animals from a distance probably helped. To me that is likely to be the reality of those lake monsters.

[@connordennis1881]

The loch ness monster is a kind and beautiful creature .if they find it they should take very good care of it

[@Safetyman99]

Knowing how humans are inept at taking care of our planet, they would most likely kill it.

[@Anunnaki_Gula]

Most definitely, history has repeatedly shown that humans kill whatever they can't comprehend.

[@crazy2-1ilz18]

Could the legend be real because the word dinosaur wasn't invented until 1800s and dragons are used China Aztecs and other cultures use dragon cave paintings so it's not a myth it could be a mosasour

[@jacklimzihang7603]

This guy sounded Luke obi wan Kenobi

[@snipergaming123xd6]

This world full of creature for along time ago

[@kristenzelaya2055]

It’s either probably an animal that humans can’t discover yet or it’s a shape shifting demon . It’s just my opinion not saying that’s how it is I think

[@fieryfire13]

That is my boy Saruman

[@EduardVain]

Search beluga sturgeon. Mystery solved

[@kathymyers7279]

This guy was in Werner Herzog brilliant mockumetry “Search for Loch Ness”.

[@joerusso1161]

Incident at Loch Ness. Fun movie!

[@Emahs]

Just gotta offer $3.50 and he’ll show

[@kj-xq8mc]

Dont forget that we have discovered only 5% water

[@markmonheiser1490]

Well that sucked the fun out of that.

[@christianescobedo66]

Theres a native american creature similar to the loch ness, but it is interpreted as serpentine

[@jawadraahim1602]

Anyone watching in the end of 2029

[@unnikrishnanmessenger5001]

Exactly, Gregory rasputin

[@shafiiqmamodeally2652]

i think its a dinosaur

[@SoundsofSatisfaction2023]

me too

[@toxixchaos5048]

It is a plesiosaur

[@hgb0632]

@@toxixchaos5048 it's penisasaur

[@ricardohuante4729]

@@toxixchaos5048 correct

[@_brightkara_4629]

First of all, their all extinct there's not way, dinosaurs are alive rn besides birds and frogs.

[@boledle]

A childlike perspective on the world is so much more fun. Growing up and gaining knowledge ruins everything

[@Lugent25]

What is knowledge is also our perception on what we deem as factual based on our own deceived thought of how everything works around us, whether it's math or whatever.

[@DM-iw2qt]

Honestly they need a new project leader. He has milked this long enough

[@nazufani4016]

Shine's face is easy on mine eyes......& the vid is cool too.

[@gianmendones3063]

What if bigfoot was actually an ape that was not discoverer and they named it bigfoot This loch Ness monster has a difference with elasmosaurus a marine Dino for some how has gone extinct is this even real

[@awesome1537]

Loss monsi be like : Santa ...what did I do to you ? I was just waiting for the gift

[@sirgigachad1894]

Lock ness monster more like long neck monster

[@parasnandal5229]

wtf , is there any logic in your comment 😅😅😅

[@sirgigachad1894]

@@parasnandal5229 you dont get do you think , about the long neck of the lockness

[@koapdamahspaul6433]

Ness more neck hAHAH

[@zairafernandez7876]

Don't betrayed him and let him peaceful if you not let him be they might be going to attack all the boats and fisherman might be dead

[@allenmorris4719]

Looking at the surgeon photo now i don't know why we couldn't figure out that this was ah fake

[@iDontCare12345Countess]

4:52 What if for some reason a circus decided to let their elephant take a bath ?

[@maddietenhouten2276]

But elephants can’t hold their breath that long underwater

[@David-lu4gq]

I've typed it before and I'll type it again. Adrian has one heck of a beard!

[@jquest43]

Adrian's seen both morar and lochness monster..but he's paid to be a skeptic.

[@dalts4650]

I've seen the picture of Loch Ness monster used in the movie "THE WATER HORSE". So i think the Loch Ness monster is a hoax.

[@gallery7596]

Always liked this guy. Very intelligent, and what an awesome beard.

[@jerelhancock3086]

I've been scamming you suckers since the 70's LMAO.... we'll find him soon

[@visioneavenire2248]

Clearly History channel hasn't heard of SCP'S. Or maybe they want to teach a lie to protect. Regardless yall should put something more factual. Look up scp loch ness mosnter. Itll make more sense as well as everything else.

[@haileyirene4713]

It’s probably either a undiscovered species of aquatic snake or drunken fantasies

[@maureenleigh4724]

Nothing of any worth yet again..I'm fed up with all of this hearsay, speculation and dreamworks.

[@sunnysketches]

Why do the videos of him when he was younger look like my G.A.T.E. Teacher??? Anyways, have a good day!

[@jebgue3]

You know that there is some solid evidence that we cant explain and theories that are completely plausible and believable Edit: like how the people keep saying that its body is 30ft long with 12ft girth and how it has its flippers on both sides

[@squidge247]

fake

[@peterjohnson8935]

Gandalf is from middle earth so he should know about the wee beastie.

[@mychanelbr777]

Has anyone ever considered the lake monsters are plant eaters rather than meat eaters. Champ, lockness, ocopolo and others. There may not be enough fish to sustain them but there may be enough plants. If they eat meat they would most certainly attack boats, shore lines and alike. Just thinking out loud.???

[@infiniteidiots4479]

It’s still a mystery