Finding Nessie.
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Loch Ness, U.K.
Scientists have rejected a man’s claim that he videotaped the Loch Ness Monster. Gordon Holmes’ footage shows a long, dark creature moving through the water—but because there is nothing else in the frame to provide scale, it’s impossible to tell how big the thing is. Nor is Holmes, an amateur scientist, the most credible of witnesses; he has self-published a book claiming to prove the existence of fairies. Still, there’s hope of finding Nessie yet. A British bookie this week offered a $2 million reward to anyone who can prove her existence to the satisfaction of scientists at London’s Natural History Museum. The monster myth dates back to the sixth century, when St. Columba of Scotland was said to have saved a swimmer from a huge beast in the River Ness.
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