I was wayyyy into the Loch Ness Monster back in the day. I even did school reports and science projects trying to prove there was something down there. Watched all kinds of documentaries and poured over every photo ever taken. I even had a Nessie stuffed animal. So this was a real nostalgia trip for me.
@queenpearlinofthemermaids24164 жыл бұрын
So did I when I was young. My best friend and I would sit in her room on her mom’s laptop for hours just watching Nessie documentaries. If we met you you’d probably be part of our little “fan club”. ☺️
@abrarbw4 жыл бұрын
Okay, Winry.
@schizoidboy4 жыл бұрын
I grew up with the legend myself and I'm not even from Scotland. I remember Disney did a cartoon about it using the same guy who did the voice of Winnie the Pooh to do the monster's voice. I believe it was called Man, Myth, and Monster.
@ksisu13244 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@callanhutchison18714 жыл бұрын
Same
@composerdoh4 жыл бұрын
When you go there in person, there's something mesmerizing about that lake. You start to swear you can see Nessie in every ripple or fluctuation out of the corner of your eye.
@ericsonofjames45734 жыл бұрын
Yes! I drove up there last year and when people ask if I saw anything, I said I saw hundreds of monsters. Every ripple was a new monster. It’s no wonder there are so many sightings.
@composerdoh4 жыл бұрын
@@ericsonofjames4573 I know how you feel.
@jaydeflayme28904 жыл бұрын
Begs the question though. Would it have that effect if you didn't already know about the legend?
@composerdoh4 жыл бұрын
@@jaydeflayme2890 I know- just about the whole time I was there I was thinking the same thing!
@jaqjynx4 жыл бұрын
It’s not a lake. It’s a loch.
@RoyaltyTrader2 жыл бұрын
I’m a Scottish viewer. Fun fact: There is another creature from folklore that lives in Loch Ness. The creature is known as the kelpie and there are two of them. You may recognise them as the two giant horse statues in Falkirk, Stirling. It is said that the kelpies are beautiful white horses but with a dark secret. The kelpies are semi aquatic. The dark secret is that if you try to ride the kelpies by getting on it’s back, you will get stuck to the kelpie’s back, the kelpie will then run into the waters of Loch Ness and stay there. With you being unable to escape from the kelpie’s back, you drown.
@TheInvisibleMan-06 Жыл бұрын
Don’t kelpies also the take form of a beautiful woman to lure people in too?
@blueblaze27 Жыл бұрын
@@TheInvisibleMan-06 i think those are sirens?
@kyounggi8 ай бұрын
@@blueblaze27 sirens don't, they only lure ppl in with their voices
@terriemoulton10844 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you finally got around to Nessie. I think people love the story so much it really doesn't matter how many times "evidence" has been exposed as a hoax.
@GioMarron4 жыл бұрын
That’s why so many stories like this perpetuate Of course, it doesn’t help that we keep telling tourists we’ve seen her ourselves. She pops out the Loch every Hogmanay for a cheeky wee dram
@galyngroves17953 жыл бұрын
I agree! Scroo “evidence”😠
@pollyg5623 жыл бұрын
it comes with the territory now how much has proven to be a hoax maybe 1% but when its a boat sighting by educated people with nothing to gain they ignore those
@darlenefraser30223 жыл бұрын
“What we know is a drop. What we don’t know is an ocean.”
@tymanung6382 Жыл бұрын
Hoaxes around the world---- sightings for Scotland. centuries--- in--- Ireland Sweden Norway Russia (Siberia) China (Tibet) Canada US Argentina etc. Hoaxes in uninhabited Argentine Andes mountain lakes?!
@Gigantopathetic4 жыл бұрын
imagine the loch ness monster playing bagpipes.
@godwarrior34034 жыл бұрын
Imagine the loch ness monster WAS bagpipes
@theratking53934 жыл бұрын
Ah general Kenobi
@sataniccat-girlwithagun33004 жыл бұрын
@@godwarrior3403 *woooooow*
@sataniccat-girlwithagun33004 жыл бұрын
*a w e s o m e*
@TheMogul234 жыл бұрын
If you live in Scotland you don't have to imagine. In every city centre there's a shop selling stuffed toys of Nessie playing bagpipes to American tourists.
@bivamp4 жыл бұрын
I think you're spot on with why people still continue to look for and love for Nessie. Even when logic says otherwise, the allure to believe in something just out of our reach is so strong. I believe in Nessie in a way. Not because I don't know things have been proven hoaxes, or that the science doesn't support it. But because she's been immortalized in our fiction and our want to believe. There will always be people looking for Nessie, or writing about Nessie. She emphasizes the wonder so inherent to us, and I think in a world where nowadays everything has to be proven first, believing in something impossible is a way to reclaim that fun that is often abandoned after childhood.
@devonmunn57282 жыл бұрын
Plus there's so much that we don't know yet nor stuff we have the resources to know so who know what else is out there that we don't even know about
@NewMessage4 жыл бұрын
All these years, but still, we just can't seem to loch Nessie down.
@KnightsRealm984 жыл бұрын
Nice.
@g.b5694 жыл бұрын
Lol oh brother 🤦🏽♀️
@Lonarix14 жыл бұрын
Ba da tsss
@AlecMader4 жыл бұрын
Did you hear the one about the two drums and a cymbal that got thrown off a cliff?
@niterida3804 жыл бұрын
Why would you want to?
@kevinobill48184 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, the Plesiosaurs aren't Dinosaurs at all, they are marine Reptiles that lived alongside the Dinosaurs.
@dumoulin114 жыл бұрын
That IS fun!
@h.szymanski4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, that misnomer is slightly annoying in an otherwise great video.
@kevinobill48184 жыл бұрын
@@h.szymanski Who is this misnomer?
@h.szymanski4 жыл бұрын
@@kevinobill4818 Dinosaurs instead of Plesiosaurs
@kevinobill48184 жыл бұрын
@@h.szymanski right.
@LadyViscera4 жыл бұрын
One key thing that easily debunks monsters is if their descriptions match outdated depictions of prehistoric animals (plesiosaurs with their necks upright or aquatic sauropods) rather than what we now know them to be like.
@CJCroen13934 жыл бұрын
See also: Tail-dragging theropods (the Partridge Creek Beast), bat-winged "pterodactyls" (the Kongamato, the Ropen), featherless raptors (Arica Monster, which was obviously a mammal anyway based on descriptions), etc.
@LadyViscera4 жыл бұрын
CJCroen1393 You’re absolutely correct. I actually almost mentioned the Ropen in my original comment. Mokele-Mbembe and Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu are also good examples of historically inaccurate dinosaur cryptids.
@scaper84 жыл бұрын
To be far if, _if,_ some kind of "monster" or other unknown species existed, unless itis directly related to one of those extinct animals, even if it looks like one (convergent evolution), it could have a similar body-plan while have a different structure. So, in and of itself, just looking like a scientifically outdated representation of a real extinct creature isn't a deal-breaker.
@thenumbah1birdman4 жыл бұрын
@@CJCroen1393 the partridge creek beast originated from a fictional story oin 1905, eople have just claimed it was real when the internet came around
@ryanhopwood11484 жыл бұрын
Chances they looked at outdated animal books and came up with bullshit story to feel important and claim local fame.
@ghotay34 жыл бұрын
“Male and female names like Sandy and Archibald” In Scotland Sandy is actually a male name, a common shortening for Alexander :)
@ce40724 жыл бұрын
Today I learned
@ManahManah774 жыл бұрын
We have guys named Sandy in the U.S. as well, but not very commonly. Probably nobody more famous than Sandy Koufax. It's more popular as a women's name, usually short for Sandra.
@catasstrophy23164 жыл бұрын
Sandy isn't any shorter than Sandra in spoken word, only in writing. Both are actually short for either Alexandra or Cassandra in terms of female names. Or Alexander if it's a male name
@emily.letsendbslintheuk5544 жыл бұрын
@@catasstrophy2316 yet many females I know named Sandra have the nickname Sandy, so I guess it depends where you are from as I also know many Alexander's and none have ever been called Sandy 🐱
@tammyblankenship87423 жыл бұрын
@@emily.letsendbslintheuk554 My niece is named Sandra and has went by Sandy for most of her life. I have yet to meet an Alexander that goes by Sandy myself.
@tscream804 жыл бұрын
You could make the argument that, without the legend, Loch Ness might not have been as heavily explored as it has been over the years.
@shaider19824 жыл бұрын
Another legend also helped parts of Africa to be explored: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inrCaqCEba-tpqs
@g.b5694 жыл бұрын
And our need to protect bodies of water
@pinstripe54874 жыл бұрын
The thing I love about the legend of the Loch Ness monster, and this was somewhat touched upon at the end of the video, is the message it gives about wonder. There is a certain satisfaction in answers being left vague and stones being left unturned. We love stories that don't have a clear ending or ideas left to be completed by our imagination - and this is why I, personally, believe superstition and myths have always been a thing in human history. When we complete a story or give old legends a definite answer, we are robbed of that wonder and things become less appealing. For example, I believe not too long ago the actual person behind the "Jack the Ripper" legends was uncovered (obviously they are deceased, but science figured it out). That's cool and all, but it kind of robbed the story of its fantasy. I will always love and trust science, but I have a distinct interest in mythology for the sheer sense of wonder of what could have been.
@El__Silbon3 жыл бұрын
Very well said! Even things like that, Jack the Ripper, I am aware of the misery he left in his wake and just how brutal he was. The fact nobody knew who The Ripper was, adding wonder and fascination to the already mystique of the swirling, foggy alleyways, the cobbled streets and bleary gas lamps made it something that gripped everyone. I agree. As desperate as we want to know and discover things, sometimes not knowing is better
@thatsanicecoat4 жыл бұрын
when emily does a little wiggle while talking you can see she's really excited to tell something
@nicholasrogers72762 жыл бұрын
Three fiddy dont give it lol
@CJCroen13934 жыл бұрын
I went through a HUGE Nessie kick as a kid. I remembered this one documentary where investigators found a truly massive eel in the loch and got excited, only to find it was an ordinary conger eel. Honestly, in the wake of those DNA tests, I feel like they didn't realize they found their monster all along. Congers are pretty huge, and surprisingly vicious, so the phrase "lake monster" or "sea monster" is an apt description of 'em!
@kanrup51992 жыл бұрын
so how big was this eel?
@CJCroen13932 жыл бұрын
@@kanrup5199 I can't remember the exact size, but I _do_ remember at least two guys carrying it in!
@mariahjacobsen54054 жыл бұрын
This was posted just in time, I discovered this series and began my monstrum binge yesterday. Now I’m sad there aren’t any new episodes left 😂
@immortalbob53684 жыл бұрын
How was this comment posted 8 hours ago if the video has only been up for three minutes?
@IfRaunak4 жыл бұрын
They should make an episode on this... Lol!
@godwarrior34034 жыл бұрын
@@immortalbob5368 Either patreon or time travel
@itwasagoodideaatthetime79804 жыл бұрын
@@godwarrior3403 Its Patreon, Monstrum has a Patreon account.
@godwarrior34034 жыл бұрын
@@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980 Unsatisfied with that answer but okay
@justsomenessiewithinternet534 жыл бұрын
You humans better not come after me when you find my exact location. I want to be left alone.
@McCracken2573 жыл бұрын
I believe in you Nessie!
@mushroom73143 жыл бұрын
im not human
@darthsion80813 жыл бұрын
I’m a bird so do I still count
@kingrahzar93513 жыл бұрын
Don't worry ness I'm a conservationist and will die to protect you from poachers
@neolexiousneolexian60793 жыл бұрын
Make sure you turn location services off, and use a good VPN.
@ishanpershetka20494 жыл бұрын
"Confirmed that the whole thing was a hoax" " But still some people held on to the hope that something strange was in the lake." I heard these word 4 - 5 times in the video.
@nelsonvenema36144 жыл бұрын
"never lose hope" -katara of the northern watertribe
@plaguedoctormasque80894 жыл бұрын
@@nelsonvenema3614 agreed Nelson. I am British We have many many legends that remain close to our hearts in which we still believe. The UK is centuries older than the US. We are bound to have a more varied history in this area. Oh by the way I was raised in the States.
@nelsonvenema36144 жыл бұрын
@@plaguedoctormasque8089 I find myths and legends quite interesting. I really enjoy fairy folklore (but I don't know a lot).
@fmor27794 жыл бұрын
Its exactly what happened over and over again. People just cant let the legend go even though there might be nothing at all.
@WorrizEcko4 жыл бұрын
I don’t care if it’s a Hoax I still BELIVE it’s There
@maggiesheartlove27344 жыл бұрын
Maybe the loch ness monster is a sweet, adorable water horse that I could keep in my tub. Free cookie for anyone who gets the reference. 🍪
@good7bad134 жыл бұрын
Ah man I used to love that movie. The last time I watched it was my grandpa's funeral. 😔
@maggiesheartlove27344 жыл бұрын
@@good7bad13 Oh, im sorry about your grandfather. I lost mine too a couple years ago. I know its hard but he will always be with you. ❤ Oh, and here's your free cookie! 🍪
@good7bad134 жыл бұрын
@@maggiesheartlove2734 it's alright. It was a long time ago. Thanks for the cookie!
@h.calvert31654 жыл бұрын
Kelpies are demons. I know. I used to be one. In Brownies. 😲
@fmstudios144 жыл бұрын
Best movie of its kind. I'm including ET..
@ethenallen13884 жыл бұрын
When I was last in Scotland I heard that the cove where the most Nessie sightings take place has a large number of pubs surrounding it.
@catasstrophy23164 жыл бұрын
Yeah we like our pubs. Everywhere that has anything has a pub and so does everywhere that is nowhere.
@derekmcmanus86154 жыл бұрын
There are pubs everywhere in Scotland
@simpsonmark4 жыл бұрын
Nessie says "hic".
@poopybuthead27393 жыл бұрын
Nessie likes guiness
@simpsonmark3 жыл бұрын
@@poopybuthead2739 ..or Guinness
@jacobmcclellan73994 жыл бұрын
I love it! Nessie was one of the first cryptids that I learned about and I loved the idea that there could be a hidden large creature beneath our noses. I also loved that you included the recent 2019 DNA study
@tvbnine7934 жыл бұрын
A possible explanation I've heard for Nessie that I've always found interesting is Loch Ness Elephants. When circuses came through Scotland during the 1930s, the clowns would apparently let their Elephants go for a swim in Loch Ness after their shows to relax. Them swimming around with their trunks in the air might have resembled the legendary Monster. But seriously thank God they don't use Elephants in circuses anymore.
@dragonking75854 жыл бұрын
I woud like to see the thunderbird
@savanaerie4 жыл бұрын
Yes! As well as the lightning bird/Impundulu. The perfect mythological duo...💙💜
@erushi55034 жыл бұрын
Zaptos??
@yeahboyz93144 жыл бұрын
We call it chicken in asia
@katehaycock71274 жыл бұрын
Like in Hilda!
@Sub-Zero_Scorpion3 жыл бұрын
@@erushi5503 no
@TsotsiJimmy4 жыл бұрын
You should check mokele-mbembe (African Loch Ness)
@hoidthings57284 жыл бұрын
It gets even weirder
@affirmingtoe154 жыл бұрын
Ah yes. The Cryptid made up by young earth creationists to try and disprove evolution.
@syafiqjabar4 жыл бұрын
@@affirmingtoe15 Even better, it's something made up by foreigners but the locals just pretend it's real to make money from the expeditions
@lore25874 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/inrCaqCEba-tpqs here is the best video on the subject
@ryanhopwood11484 жыл бұрын
Yes and no that young earth creationists made it up in away but it’s based on a real life animal that young earth creationists got wrong then made it up. There is evidence that species of forest rhinoceros lives in Congo now just like the Bili ape discovered. No concrete evidence of forest rhino but remains and stories and some naturalist sightings.
@ericsonofjames45734 жыл бұрын
I saw a documentary about how Norway has similar monster sightings and Nessie could be living in the North Sea and using Loch Ness and the fjords of Norway to deliver babies. Following the salmon in the spring. Going back to the sea in a few months when the offspring are strong enough to handle open water.
@Mhidraum4 жыл бұрын
You're right. Seljordsormen is quite well known.
@rittis0133 жыл бұрын
Good connection there
@mshiss103 жыл бұрын
Makes sense!
@Raul-rt9oe3 жыл бұрын
So if it comes around a year some time like 3 months in loch ness and 9 months elsewhere when would it be in loch ness
@rittis0133 жыл бұрын
@@Raul-rt9oe interesting, if we track time period from sighting report we might know where or when we would expect them to be
@xatar74734 жыл бұрын
The popular eel theory on that there are gigantic eel in the Loch is very very likely because it has been proven by multiple DNA tests of the lochs waters that the lake is populated by a lot of eels. Eels are known for usually sticking to the lake ground wich would explain the rare sightings. And idk when exactly but a family went on a boat trip and ramed something big. The motor of the boat had ripped the creatures flesh and it was black. And you guessed it, some eels have black flesh too
@mikolajwitkowski80934 жыл бұрын
Yeah, still, more probable version is that there is nothing even remotely unusual there. Humans have great tendency to believe in things clearly not true, despite the evidence, look at religion.
@dylantennant65944 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was a sturgeon, one that was bigger then a normal one.
@italucenaz4 жыл бұрын
Btw, how can a plesiosaur or a colossal snake could live in this ecosystem without radically impacting this environment?
@SeraphimCramer4 жыл бұрын
@@italucenaz Well, if it has been there this whole time, & we didn't know it, then we wouldn't notice any impact on the environment because it would just be a part of the ecosystem.
@joeb89354 жыл бұрын
Theres also the seals(or sea lions? I can’t remember) that live in the loch and tend to swim in lines. The description of the creature in the night road story fits a seal briefly seen in low light conditions
@SWKBearcat4 жыл бұрын
Finally! A video on one of my favorite cryptids. I absolutely love this series, and I can't wait to see what other creatures are featured.
@kevinobill48184 жыл бұрын
My favorite cryptid as a child, she will be appearing in the Monsterverse but later rename as Leviathan. I wanted a toy version of this beautiful lake lady.
@ryanhopwood11484 жыл бұрын
That’s if Kong v Godzilla film does actually reveal Leviathan or future Godzilla instalment which I doubt. Movies tend to put in Easter eggs as fun filler. Like Robin is teased in Ben Bat-flick universe but no plans for Robin to appear with Henry cavil or wonder women. So don't get too excited.
@annedrieck73163 жыл бұрын
@@ryanhopwood1148 kong:"we need to save mothra!" Godzilla:"why do u say that name?!"
@daneroberts19964 жыл бұрын
I've been obsessed with the story of the Loch Ness Monster ever since watching that Scooby Doo movie. I love how at the end, Scooby sees the real monster passing by 😁
@AcrimoniousMirth4 жыл бұрын
As a teen I saw some really interesting photos taken with an underwater camera that had dimensional measuring capabilities. It caught a bunch of different angles of *something* and the claim that “it was just a seal’s flipper” wouldn’t fly as said seal had to have a flipper a good few feet across. I watch videos like this in the hopes I’ll see these photos mentioned and discussed.
@antoinettewilson5434 Жыл бұрын
I love this series sooo much but am I alone in seeing THIS WOMAN DESERVES A GOOD CHAIR!
@VarroTigurius-u1f4 жыл бұрын
Dr Z.. your a wonderful person. Just in case no one has said anything positive to you lately.
@FiveTrenchcoats4 жыл бұрын
I have to say, going into a video about the Loch Ness Monster, that the last thing I was expecting to come up was St. Colm Cille! Fantastic video, as always!
@AveryTalksAboutStuff4 жыл бұрын
This all makes me think of the Gravity Falls episode where they go looking for the Gobblewonker.
@Shirokroete4 жыл бұрын
BUT HER AIM IS GETTING BETTER
@Rhomega4 жыл бұрын
You see it's funny because marriage is terrible!
@RM10Prod.4 жыл бұрын
If you look carefully you can see blindon blandon when mcgucket is first introduced
@alienalchemist4 жыл бұрын
Phineas and Ferb had a episode where they found a Plesiosaurus named Nosie
@AveryTalksAboutStuff4 жыл бұрын
@@alienalchemist yes! I forgot all about that episode!
@hettyscetty97854 жыл бұрын
I've been to Inverness, granted I was about six at the time but never saw anything (not for lack of trying) and there are a lot of bouncy bridges there that my mum and older sisters hated but my Dad and older brother loved. Whether there's a monster in the loch or not still come to Scotland (when Covid restrictions are lifted and travel is permitted) it is absolutely beautiful especially up north and there's a lot of whiskey and there's less chance of rain if you come in the summer months (just remember to bring both a rain jacket and some sun cream because you may need both). The people are friendly and the cities have good shops. And you can probably see most of the country in less than a week.
@the_khuzdul16574 жыл бұрын
I'm a big book nerd, so im always looking for titles i recognize on your bookshelf. Thunderhead was a good book
@martinl61334 жыл бұрын
The late, and very missed, Jeremy Hardy, a satirical comic, said that everyone living by Loch Ness actually it. He said he asked his driver if he'd ever seen it, to which the driver replied, "Oh yes. Let's just say it looked like a black cat's head, on a black cat's body". Jeremy Hardy RIP
@idiotgoddess2114 Жыл бұрын
That is some solid proof that we are dealing with a shapeshifter
@juliamcqueen63054 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I’m so glad you decided did this episode and I can’t wait for more episodes about Scottish myths 🏴. Also look up the “Canadian” Loch Ness Monster Ogopogo😊🇨🇦.
@mshiss103 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Lake Champlain's "Champ", also.
@janeyrevanescence125 ай бұрын
I was a student ambassador stationed in the UK years ago. Part of our tour was visiting the Loch and going on a boat tour. One of our members was a jokester and decided to get a few laughs by calling for the monster. It was a fun experience overall.
@IfRaunak4 жыл бұрын
Loch Ness Monster! My first monster crush 😂
@reliomese28734 жыл бұрын
H-how?
@dubuyajay99644 жыл бұрын
He was the first cryptid for many due to being so famous.
@ariace65474 жыл бұрын
@ Noice
@kryptoonspoopy85364 жыл бұрын
Same bro same
@TheFunwichHorror4 жыл бұрын
Hey guys I think I found who keeps making all of those weird-ass monster girl animes
@K.Voyence4 жыл бұрын
Hm, I like the idea of Nessy actually being a water spirit. Apparently they can be tricky little buggers, so all this hearsay probably fuels it.
@connorscott64793 жыл бұрын
If it is a water spirit is probably at the bottom of the Lock sipping some tea
@rj_04014 жыл бұрын
i'd never been so excited to click on a monstrum video. just made me realize they hadn't tackled nessie yet
@silverbullet76913 жыл бұрын
As a kid I was obsessed with the Loch Ness monster and to this day I’m still enthralled with Nessie.
@Scrizati4 жыл бұрын
Loved the video. Side note: Sandy is also more commonly a male name in Scotland
@raindropsneverfall4 жыл бұрын
That's what Ross' and Rachel's nanny was called :p
@timnewnham79434 жыл бұрын
I want to thank you all so much for this truly incredible channel! Just stumbled onto it last night, and it's all i've watched since. And I particularly want to say thank you to your INCREDIBLE illustrator, who is a true artist: his Leshy interpretation gave me goosebumps.... Awesome team, awesome production and awesome research. You all need a season on Curiosity Stream at the very least.
@Lion_Heart_Zimbabwe4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I have always loved the Loch Ness Monster. There is definitely something there at Loch Ness. I think we need to stay open minded. There are tunnels deep under the water which link the loch to the sea. There is still lots of wonderful things and amazing beings on our beautiful planet to be found and understood.
@cloud_and_proud4 жыл бұрын
You mean UNLOCHING the mystery of Loch Ness? :D
@thejubala14444 жыл бұрын
Ba dum chssshshsh
@random_user10144 жыл бұрын
*Prepares to throw tomato
@kaitlyn__L3 жыл бұрын
That would work if it was actually a hard K sound! However, -ch is more of a throaty noise like you get in French. Albeit short rather than long.
@cloud_and_proud3 жыл бұрын
@@kaitlyn__L it's the internet, there're no sounds. :3
@mypal19904 жыл бұрын
Kinda ruins the myth when the Lochness monster is a prank by some dude.
@anonymousgoblin7924 жыл бұрын
Ehhhh...
@helenl31934 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily - admitting to faking a photo doesn't mean all sightings are fake, just the one that's been debunked. You can't say that disproving one piece of evidence means all evidence is false.
@sapientbirb73504 жыл бұрын
@@helenl3193 True, but when it's limited to eyewitness accounts, hard to discern pictures, and sometimes outdated descriptions of extinct species, chances of them being real starts to lose its luster. Especially if it's popular, like bigfoot, mothman, chupacabra, and a few like the ropen.
@chojinkid4 жыл бұрын
@@helenl3193 all of them have been debunked sadly..
@ryanhopwood11484 жыл бұрын
Only odd looking sea creatures are described by hoaxes and tourists. There is something strange living in the lochs. The local people all say it’s a big hump. No neck. No plesiosaur look alike. Just a hump. Then St. Columba stories are fabricated by Vatican. River ness death never happened. But it doesn’t mean no creature exists. I think we misunderstand what animals live in lakes. Just because assholes fake Loch Ness monsters doesn’t mean some misunderstood animals don’t live in the Loch.
@numerum_bestia4 жыл бұрын
The problem with the myth is the size of the loch. Being a landlocked body of water means that there would need to be more than 50-100 creatures to prevent dangerous amounts of inbreeding and 500+ creatures to prevent genetic drift. Maybe something like a smaller version of Nessie could exist in an unexplored corner of the ocean. Maybe something that adapted to the deep. But if it existed in as small of a body of water as Loch Ness. A carcass would wash ashore or be caught in nets fairly regularly.
@Oni_Anbu4 жыл бұрын
Dude the lock is the second deepest lake in the world its not a small body of water it used to be connected to the ocean and animals from the ocean sneak through all the time.
@SeraphimCramer4 жыл бұрын
If they're typically bottom dwelling animals that, say, only come to the surface to breathe every few hours, it'd be unlikely that any bodies would end up on the shore.
@Oni_Anbu4 жыл бұрын
@@SeraphimCramer yeah and when they scanned the lake they would of came up and they didn't im not saying its real but this guy seamed to think the lock was small and i was just saying how it isn't small at all read my comment on here
@SeraphimCramer4 жыл бұрын
@@Oni_Anbu I wasn't replying to you
@Oni_Anbu4 жыл бұрын
@@SeraphimCramer oh sorry man
@paulkokorotsis82154 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard of the Loch Ness Monster was in a Scooby Doo movie
@affirmingtoe154 жыл бұрын
Same
@sambarney68374 жыл бұрын
@@affirmingtoe15 so you not heard of the world's most famouse lake lol
@affirmingtoe154 жыл бұрын
@@sambarney6837 Well I mean I was like 5 when that movie came out, so yeah I had never heard of it before.
@nadeeshawijekoon72523 жыл бұрын
Me too
@sambarney68373 жыл бұрын
Lol kids
@jessicastein51554 жыл бұрын
This was a delightful episode! Thank you for continuing to produce these. I was a bit sad, though, that you didn't mention any other stories of lake monsters from around the world. An episode on Nessie was my best hope of seeing my local monster, the Ogopogo, featured. Having followed your recommendation in the Leshy episode and reading "The Bear and the Nightengale" and the rest of the trilogy (and thanks for that, they were AMAZING!), I would love to see more slavic creatures covered :)
@thecreepoid9014 жыл бұрын
I would love to see this series tackle the fearsome critters of America, such as the jackalope, hidebehind, squonk, and slide rock bolter
@lkj9744 жыл бұрын
And the hoop snake. Don’t forget the hoop snake. Those things are deadly!
@jconnor1174 жыл бұрын
My Opinion : Dragon Others: But.. Me: Dragon Others: But but.. Me: Gosh Damn it DRAGON!
@davidpumpkinsjr.51084 жыл бұрын
I was there last year, but I didn't see Nessie 😢 I saw a cartoon once where the Loch Ness Monster appeared and its roar sounded like bagpipes.😊
@chojinkid4 жыл бұрын
Nessie is possibly my favorite legend since when I was 19, went to Lochness twice and read almost everything about it, too bad all the evidence we've got turned out to be edited pictures, pranks, misidentifications, and mass hysteria, and if you study Saint Columba enough you'll find out that he encountered a variety of monsters all around the world during his journeys that it's incredible that only the one he met at the River Ness (yes it wasn't even Loch Ness where he saved the swimmer being attacked by the creature but a much smaller river at the entrance of Inverness) got so much popularity. I still enjoy the legend nowdays and have great memories about the place and the time I spent looking into it, but sadly I can't really say we have solid leads that can still make us believe there's an abnormal creature living in it...
@bmariomarco39584 жыл бұрын
"I need about tree fiddy."
@bmariomarco39584 жыл бұрын
Ok, then how about just two fiddy?
@bmariomarco39584 жыл бұрын
@Thessalin I gave him a dollar. I thought he'd go away if I gave him a dollar.
@gusecheverri74393 жыл бұрын
"She tricked me"
@bmariomarco39583 жыл бұрын
Well, no wonder that monster keeps coming back for more, if you keep giving it tree fiddy!
@nepsit2194 жыл бұрын
Can’t get enough of this series. I love learning about monsters and Dr. Zs intelligence and expertise on the subject radiates through each episode.
@drgrounder4 жыл бұрын
Everywhere I go this monster is asking me for tree fiddy
@SeriouslySalty.4 жыл бұрын
Hey Dr. Zarka! About a week ago I went to an antique shop and I saw an Arabian Nights book that looked extremely old and I got it mainly because I watched your Jinn video and I thought that those stories and settings were so cool! Proud to say that I’ll be restoring so that it can be handleable. The only thing is that there is not one hint about when the book was published or copyrighted
@nicholaslienandjaja18154 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: In Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the Loch Ness Monster is actually a Titan called Leviathan (Titanus Leviathan). It was one of the 17 (and counting) Titans that were contained by Monarch and eventually awakened by King Ghidorah.
@jasonsantos30374 жыл бұрын
Yeah you read a novelization king of the monsters there's a lot Titans named after mythical monsters and characters
@stuartbrownlee31084 жыл бұрын
It's been a while since I watched an episode of this wonderful Monstrum series. Myself, I like to think that if there is something in Loch Ness or in the immediate vicinity, then it is a transient from another dimension, and these transients having got here, will shortly be able to go somewhere else. In the context of Loch Ness (or Lake Champlain etc etc), this transdimensional "hobo" is for some reason highly attracted to large bodies of water - maybe it is easier to materialise thereabouts. What people will see is unlikely to be what the "hobo" actually is, so they will perceive it in the most convenient fashion. What the "hobo" perceives of the world around it is difficult to say - it is like to be as confused as whoever perceives it. So...there will always be something passing through, and the legend cannot ever die for that reason. These transients are the freest entities imaginable, as they have the ultimate open road before them.
@danielcardis61834 жыл бұрын
An interesting point is that Plesiosaurs had interlocking vertebrae, meaning they wouldn't have been unable to hold their necks in the 'S' shape so familiar with swans and storks, also I believe they breathe oxygen, so they would have to surface regularly
@mysticwater90563 жыл бұрын
If they really were there they would be seen so often that it wouldn’t even be a surprise to science.
@roblestako82212 жыл бұрын
Well evolution can adapt to changes. Its been millions of yearsso why not
@chumuheha2 жыл бұрын
@@roblestako8221 because evolution only works to improve fitness to a given ecological niche. making an S shaped spine does absolutely nothing for an already completely aquatic animal.
@roblestako82212 жыл бұрын
@@chumuheha Well u dont know that for sure, theres no specific rrules and requirements in evolution. God made complex lifeforms of different shapes and sizes. The Amargosaurus for example was a type of sauropod it didnt have a long neck or S shaped..but probably evolved into one that was. Most ancient Giraffes werent long necked but they are.
@niko_salanski50832 жыл бұрын
@@roblestako8221 but there’s still no proof of the Loch Ness monster
@raindropsneverfall4 жыл бұрын
Of course, Nessie isn't real, but I remember being fascinated about it when I was younger. I'm surprised there aren't more films about the legend, esp. for adults.
@3kids2cats1dog4 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but we need more wonders in our lives.
@RictusHolloweye4 жыл бұрын
Did you know the sun (Sol) is so big a million Earths could fit inside it?
@RictusHolloweye3 жыл бұрын
@@Alaskflls - I do now.
@chumuheha2 жыл бұрын
@@Alaskflls you mean andromeda? Andromeda is moving towards us at like 245,000 mph lol
@Sdouglas09874 жыл бұрын
Ogopogo in Lake Okanogan, BC, has been sighted more times than Nessie, although is much less well known outside of the lower mainland of BC and border areas of Washington state (growing up very near the Canadian border, I heard about it all my life as a kid). Apparently, there are also First Nations (Canadian indigenous peoples, referred to in the USA as Native Americans, for those not familiar with the name difference) accounts/mythology surrounding Ogopogo as well. The most recent sightings were reported in 2018. A well-researched look into this lesser known water monster would be really neat (if you are looking for material 😊)
@tinahochstetler21894 жыл бұрын
Nessie: The cutest cryptid. Nessie forever!!!
@Eadbhard2 жыл бұрын
Interesting note - the ancient Picts, a group of peoples who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland, used to carve symbols and images on stones and rocks. One carving that scientists found to be popular was an image of some unknown creature. Dubbed the "Pictish Beast", the picture resembles some kind of aquatic horse or dragon. One wonders where, and how, the ancient Picts conceived of such an image?
@theprince55734 жыл бұрын
Yayyy loch ness is my absolute favorite monster! Thank you for covering it!
@HanayoSora Жыл бұрын
this is why the loch ness monster is still my favorite cryptid to this day
@devflite87824 жыл бұрын
17 minutes? hell yeah
@jso67904 жыл бұрын
I love so very much how Monstrum explores cultural origins and context, as well as scientific explanations, as I say pretty much every single video. It is fascinating how much we want to believe in fantastical things so much that we end up doing so, even when we know better. A world with an extant plesiosaur would be a much more interesting one. I often have this discussion with the great number of people I know who believe in "magick" (with the K). I am a scientific skeptic, but wish their world were real because it would hold out as much wonder and yes, Magick, as they imbue it with. Their world also seems more hopeful than reality, which, of course, gets back to the Doc's point about the sightings increasing during the Great Depression. Another excellent video. Thank you so much!
@jvjv80934 жыл бұрын
Maybe the real loch ness monster were the friends we made along the way
@eileenfamiglietti96564 жыл бұрын
It's an interesting story but it definitely does not exist.
@CoenusOfPolemocrates4 жыл бұрын
Second presentation I ever did at primary school was about Nessie, and I always continued to have a soft spot for the creature, but never quite put my finger on why. Think you finally explained it to me here: because it may be a "monster", but it is in no way scary. Aside from the 6th century account, it doesn't attack livestock or people, like so many other monsters do, it merely appears and disappears, elusive and mysterious. While I no longer believe in it as I certainly wanted to all those years ago, I have since realized the realities of nature are no less fascinating. Although I still wouldn't say no to witnessing a living plesiosaur!
@idiotgoddess21144 жыл бұрын
I could argue that the 6th century attack could have been for self defense. I mean, if someone were to be intruding my home, I would feel very scared, too
@seahorse56894 жыл бұрын
This is such a fun channel. Keep the great content coming.
@abbie70502 жыл бұрын
I love your monstrum videos *as long as they don’t freak me out too much* She explains everything so well.
@theblackgoatofthewoods4 жыл бұрын
"There is a monster in my lake! I can't prove it, but it's there!" "Your monster are those eels!" "Hey! There are no evidence you can show me that will prove that there are eels here!"
@tommyjones70964 жыл бұрын
Nessie loomed big in my mind when I was a kid. I already had a love of animals & the natural world instilled in me by my parents. Our home was filled with books & magazines about animals, wild places & natural wonders. I especially loved all things aquatic. Many people are angry we never got our future full of flying cars. I'm upset we never got our underwater dome cities. When I was 5, "Jaws" came out in movie theaters. My parents wouldn't take me to see it (for some reason) so I had to make due with shark-themed merchandise which flooded the stores in the wake of the movie's popularity. When I was 7, an episode of "In Search of" hosted by Leonard Nimoy featured the Loch Ness Monster. It kicked off my Nessie obsession. Thatsame year, we saw a movie called "The Monster of Crater Lake" at the drive-in theater. It's about a plesiosaur that somehow survives into modern times wreaking havoc on a lakeside town. I cried at the end because they killed the poor monster. Also that year, Scholastic Books offered a book about the Loch Ness Monster and I ordered it. I drew countless images of Nessie. My grandmother turned one I was particularly proud of into a stuffed animal as a present for me. I still have it on a shelf in my bedroom with other keepsakes. I'm 50 years old now and don't believe there's a cryptid hiding in Loch Ness, but Nessie will always hold a special place in my heart.
@wym53114 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing your story
@TheProxyan4 жыл бұрын
I would love a video on the Scottish mythological origins of Nessie, the Kelpie. It is even mentioned in the article at 5:56
@RedDesertRoz3 жыл бұрын
I still believe there's a plesiosaur in there! I just love the idea. Spent time looking for her but never seen anything odd on the loch at all.
@mhxistenz4 жыл бұрын
All the cool people know that the Loch Ness monster is real and he always needs about tree fiddy. Sometimes he disguises himself as a Girl Scout selling cookies but, make no mistake, it’s always that damned Loch Ness monster asking for tree fiddy.
@bobuboi46434 жыл бұрын
Bruh get of those drugs
@mhxistenz4 жыл бұрын
@@bobuboi4643 Bruh, you’re clearly not one of the cool people.
@bobuboi46434 жыл бұрын
@@mhxistenz bruh I think loch ness Monster is real but tf are you saying that it becomes a girl that sells cookies? And assuming it's gender???
@mhxistenz4 жыл бұрын
@@bobuboi4643 Lol! You're taking it way too seriously. It's a joke bit from South Park. Watch the Succubus episode and you'll see what I'm talking about. It's just meant to be funny and the "cool people" who know South Park will get the joke.
@bobuboi46434 жыл бұрын
@@mhxistenz bro I love South Park but that doesn't mean I have seen every single episode just see how much South Park I watch on youtube and tv
@charlescabana7849 Жыл бұрын
We have a monster here ( Memphré) with a big file on the encounters through the years. Lake Memphrémagog, Magog, Québec. He was even talked about by the indigenous tribes that lived around the lake many years ago. They said that he lived on the right side of the lake going towards Newport Vermont. There’s one in lake Champlain ( Champ).
@wschweikert4 жыл бұрын
Love this channel so much! Thank you!
@BittenHand194 жыл бұрын
I know nothings been confirmed but I once saw the Lochness Monster myself. I was standing by the lake fishing when suddenly it came out of the water. A massive scaled head and long neck. I was frozen with shock. It then lowered its head down at me and said “Hey do you have about 3.50 I can borrow?”
@nordboya16564 жыл бұрын
Whats treefiddy?
@cyanidesomething9064 жыл бұрын
The fun thing about modern creatures is that they have been sighed more after the first time on the news
@margaretkerr45912 жыл бұрын
I'm Scottish, and my brother lives in Inverness. We love Nessie! But, it's hysterical to see tourists actually believe in her. ( Yes - she is feminine) it's also such a beautiful loch (large lake) - how could any monster live there? Btw - love your videos Love mags XXX 💗
@Eadbhard2 жыл бұрын
"We love Nessie! But, it's hysterical to see tourists actually believe in her. (Yes - she is feminine)". WTF?! So, let me try'n get this straight.....you love an unknown, undiscovered, (feminine) water creature, but you think it is funny that tourists actually believe said creature actually exists. Is this nonsensical paradox correct?
@Madmij4 жыл бұрын
For the record I've caught a catfish in loch Ness a few times so the DNA thing doesn't really add up
@natmorse-noland91332 жыл бұрын
I'm always astounded that the "surgeon's photo" ever duped anyone. It straight up looks like a toy or model - even when I was a child I could tell that.
@Potts2k84 жыл бұрын
Love when these episodes are close to home - I live about 100miles/4h from loch ness, beautiful place... And yes, of course Nessie plays the bagpipes. Oh and it's "In-ver-ness", like in Loch Ness - sounds like you're saying "invernis", and it's weird, shtop it 👍🏻
@OfficiallyErling4 жыл бұрын
Better than the pronunciation of Lachlan...
@catasstrophy23164 жыл бұрын
@@OfficiallyErling Lackaan for lofe!
@catasstrophy23164 жыл бұрын
100 miles north or south? I'm in the far north, have to go through Inverness any time I want to go anywhere lol The common one that gets me is lock instead of loch. It's like me calling you photts instead of potts
@Potts2k84 жыл бұрын
@@catasstrophy2316 South, near Glasgow... And yeah bud, Lock without the phlegm is just wrong lmao
@kazumajay4 жыл бұрын
Nessy is actually a Pacific Sleeper shark. This shark can grow up to 50ft long and live up 1000 of years. There's solid proof in the show River monsters where Jeremy Wade caught a shark that was more than 100 years old in the middle of the Loch ness. The oldest shark ever found was more than 800 years old
@priyaa___a.official244 жыл бұрын
Where are all the sources for this? I would love to know more, especially all the old first hand stories!
@robertskitch4 жыл бұрын
The bibliography in the description?
@unknownuser39264 жыл бұрын
TreyTheExplainer goes over all of the old reports that created the legend in his Loch Ness video
@TameraJacobs4 жыл бұрын
A episiode idea: Haunted House. The history of the topic would be amazing to see.
@ERJones-fd6oh4 жыл бұрын
the creature only appears if you've ingested enough whiskey to see it
@wadeyhyena16579 ай бұрын
Nessie has always been the most intriguing cryptid, imo. She has a lot of lore connected to her and it's what has kept invested in all the reported sightings. I've even decided to make her a mainstay in my own fictional universe, where she appears alongside Blaze (Firebird) and Flash (Bigfoot) in a book series I'm working on called "Cryptid Clash" which plays out like a typical season of Power Rangers, but with the Cryptids acting as the main characters. It's a bit campy but it does get dark in places too, like with the introduction of Isla and Irma (Kelpies). It's in the works but it'll be good. I'm also planning to bring her back in "Legends of the Highlands" as a supporting character.
@tinahochstetler21894 жыл бұрын
"...misplaced ancient marine animal..." LOL! How does one go about misplacing an ancient marine animal? And who would be responsible for such a thing? Love and kisses to sweet Nessie. I'm a believer forever!
@crystalbaerwaldt20754 жыл бұрын
It was I. I misplaced my giant prehistoricarine reptile. All of them....actually😓
@tinahochstetler21894 жыл бұрын
@@crystalbaerwaldt2075, did you look between the couch cushions? Maybe they got lost in there. :D
@robbabcock_4 жыл бұрын
Sweet! This episode must have dropped while I was on vacation! What a nice surprise to come back to.
@snowballeffect78124 жыл бұрын
Wow, I had no idea Loch Ness was such an elongated shape.
@murdokdracul4 жыл бұрын
That's right, it practically cleaves Scotland in half.
@thebat70483 жыл бұрын
@@murdokdracul lol no it doesn't 😂😂
@belladavidson65044 жыл бұрын
In 1985 my husband, who is Scottish, & I were touring around parts of Scotland. We visited the castle at Loch Ness then climed up the road waiting for a bus. The lock had boats around the place. I noticed one heading straight in line with the castle. To the right was a long thing dark under the water with ripples on the surface. It looked like it was heading towards the boat. Though it was a long distance from the boat but it could've hit the boat side on, and from far away it looked to be the size of the boat or bigger. Both moving fast. It was so weird then before it reached the boat it just disappeared, presumably under the water. It was a stranged scene and we couldn't take our eyes of it. Not sure what we saw but too big for a seal or a fish. Very strange.
@carloz92254 жыл бұрын
Such a good vid like always ahhhh. Love the passion and care that’s invested ❤️