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First mention of Nessie
In the book "Vita Columbae" it is mentioned that a man was rescued from an animal in the lake that attacked him. -
Nessie's first description
In an article by "Inverness Courier" describes a giant fish or other creature that was at the bottom of loch Ness -
Nessie was seen
The newspaper "northern chronicle" published a story called "a strange experience in Loch Ness" where it was said that two fishermen saw an animal that produced a whirlpool near Tore Point -
Reappears
Mr. K. McDonald claims to have seen a creature like a crocodile roam the lake -
The monster report
The "Inverness Courier" newspaper carried the story of a local couple who said they saw -a huge animal rolling and sinking on the surface-. This event was the definitive one on the hypothesis of Nessie. -
Not gone
A.H Palmer witnessed a sighting of Nessie at 7:00 a.m. She described that the mouth was 30 or 45 centimeters wide and began to be described as a "prehistoric monster". -
The photograph
Surgeon R. K. Wilson took a photo, which appeared to show a huge long-necked creature looming out of the water. -
There are more photos
A group headed by American lawyer Robert Rines obtained some underwater photographs. One of them was a vague image, perhaps of a rhomboid fin (others have argued that the object could be a group of air bubbles or a fin of some fish). -
New name
Sir Peter Scott, one of Britain's best-known naturalists, announced that the monster's scientific name would henceforth be "Nessiteras rhombopteryx" (from the Greek 'diamond-finned Ness monster'). -
False?
Marmaduke Wetherell's son-in-law claimed that Wilson forged that photograph after being employed by the "Daily Mail" to find Nessie; also indicating that Wilson would not have taken the photo, and that her name was used only to give it more credibility. However, despite the confession, this photo had already been released around the world as "absolute evidence". -
Went back
Several people claimed to have seen Nessie in aerial images published by Apple's mapping service. Gary Campbell, president of the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, was pleased with the images captured by Apple Maps -Now that we have spies in the sky over Loch Ness, we may have more visits from" Nessie hunters-. Actually, the image shows the wake of a medium size boat.
