Loch Ness Monster
Last updated 5 October 2019
(Loch Ness Monster, n.d)
“Strange things have happened in the waters of Loch Ness, in Northern Scotland, for as far back as people can remember. Over the years, hundreds of eyewitnesses have spotted something lurking in the loch. Most report seeing a giant creature rising out of the water or speeding across the lake and then disappearing back into the deep. They call this creature the Loch Ness Monster. We have been told that monsters don’t exist, but is this true?”
(Rivkin, 2015).
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Loch Ness Monster
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- 001.94
- 398.469
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Kiffel, J. (2004). Could the Loch Ness Monster exist? National Geographic Kids, (342), 38-39. Retrieved from Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre database.
Morell, V. (2005). When monsters rules the deep. National Geographic, 208(6), 58-87. Retrieved from Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre database.
No Monster in Lake. (2003). Current Science, 89(5), 13. Retrieved from Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre database.
Perkins, S. S. (2001). Is Nessie merely a bad case of the shakes? Science News, 160(1), 5. Retrieved from Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre database.
Deeper Waters. (2004). Skeptic, 11(1), 103. Retrieved from Science Reference Centre database.
The modern Nessie story. (2004). Skeptic, 11(1), 98. Retrieved from Science Reference Centre database.
O’Meara, S. (2000). The Loch Ness Monster: Anatomy of a Hoax. Odyssey, 9(9), 20. Retrieved from Science Reference Centre database.
Look for the ‘Reference’ articles on the Loch Ness Monster
Websites
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Lewis, D. (2015). Was the Loch Ness monster inspired by earthquakes? Retrieved from http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/was-loch-ness-monster-inspired-earthquakes-180955195/?no-ist
Nuwer, R. (2012). Celebrating 1,447 years of the Loch Ness monster. Retrieved from http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/celebrating-1447-years-of-the-loch-ness-monster-30711823/
Gilchrist, J. (2019). Have scientists finally killed off the Loch Ness Monster? The Conversation. Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/have-scientists-finally-killed-off-the-loch-ness-monster-123075
Legend of Nessie. (2019). Retrieved from http://www.nessie.co.uk/
Radford, B. (2015). Loch Ness monster: facts about Nessie. Retrieved from http://www.livescience.com/26341-loch-ness-monster.html
Metcalfe, T. (2019). Loch Ness contains no ‘monster’ DNA , say scientists. Retrieved from https://www.livescience.com/loch-ness-monster-dna-study.html
The official Loch Ness monster sightings register. (2019). Retrieved from http://www.lochnesssightings.com/
Williams, G. (2019). The quest for the Loch Ness Monster. Retrieved from https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/quest-hunt-find-search-loch-ness-monster-history-facts/
Videos
HowStuffWorks. (2011, June 13). Stuff they don’t want you to know – Loch Ness Monster [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDlbipzJq0U
Discovery UK. (2019, September 18). DNA evidence reveals the Loch Ness Monster could be a giant eel [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MiiwSuhk8k
Smithsonian Channel. (2015, September 25). How waves could’ve created the Loch Ness Monster[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMIGbwDgqls
Naked Science. (2017, April 26). Naked science – Loch Ness[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ4Ngqj5wO0
Real Stories. (2017, January 28 ). World’s nest monster mystery: Loch Ness[Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUunC3YFkM
References
Loch Ness Monster [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/lost-tapes/creatures/sea-monsters-loch-ness-monster.htm
Rivkin, J. (2015) Searching for the Loch Ness monster. New York, NY : Rosen Publishing Group.