| They were fierce hill tribes in what is
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| | of Nessie.She is reported to have an
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| now Scotland, and we called them Picts.
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| | elongated neck that quite often protrudes
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| The name seems to mean "The Painted
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| | from the water with a small head, diamond
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| People" for they were known to love
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| | shaped flippers and three distinct humps
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| bright body art and multi-coloured
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| | on her back followed by a tail. Sone say
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| clothing. They were artists, prolific
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| | that she lives under or around Urquhart
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| carvers of stone and from the carved
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| | Castle and many photographs (mostly fake)
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| standing stones still found in the region
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| | have been taken of her in the
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| around Loch Ness, we can see that the
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| | vicinity.The sedimentary rocks which
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| Picts were fascinated by animals,
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| | cradle Loch Ness are some of the oldest
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| carefully etching their likeness into the
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| | in the world. The sandstones were
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| surface of the stone. And they left us a
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| | originally laid down in warm seas when
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| mystery.For all the animals depicted on
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| | Scotland was located in the latitude
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| the Pictish stones are lifelike and
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| | where Australasia is today. As the
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| easily recognisable, except for one. This
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| | continents drifted northwards the land
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| exception is a strange beast with a long
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| | became squeezed into the dry centre of
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| elongated beak or muzzle, a head spout,
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| | the super-continent Pangaea.400 million
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| and with flippers instead of feet,
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| | years ago, the Great Glen side slip fault
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| somewhat like a swimming elephant. This
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| | was created. This Great Glen, almost
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| Pictish beast is the earliest known
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| | cutting Scotland in two, is home to the
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| reference to the belief that took hold in
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| | black waters of Lochs Ness, Oich, Lochy
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| the Scottish Highlands at least 1,500
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| | and LinnheAs the continents began to
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| years ago, that Loch Ness is home to a
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| | break up and cluster around the north
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| mysterious underwater animal. The Loch
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| | pole, great Scottish mountains, which
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| Ness Monster.Columba stood for no
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| | would have been Himalayan in size were
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| nonsense, even from a monster. He had
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| | gradually worn down to the stumps which
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| ordered one of his monks to swim across
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| | you see today. Scotland was still in the
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| the loch to fetch a boat when, halfway
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| | grip of the ice twelve thousand years
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| across, the beast appeared and rushed at
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| | ago, but the main advances were over and
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| the swimmer, roaring in a most
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| | the land was beginning to rebound from
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| frightening way. The Saint himself jumped
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| | being depressed into the mantle. The
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| in the loch crying out at the monster "Go
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| | surface of Loch Ness would have been at a
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| no further, nor touch the man! Go back!".
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| | similar elevation to sea level.Anything
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| Thus commanded, the monster fled. The
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| | living in the Loch today must have
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| great Columba converted most of Scotland
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| | arrived from the freezing North Sea up
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| to Christianity and apparently converted
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| | the River Ness after the final retreat of
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| Nessie too, for it is said that until he
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| | ice.Many scientists and zoologists will
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| went out on the waters and soothed the
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| | admit to half- believing that a large
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| beast, she had been a murderess.In
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| | aquatic animal does in fact exist in Loch
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| Scottish folklore, large animals are
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| | Ness. There are numerous theories as to
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| associated with many bodies of water from
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| | her identity, including a snake-like
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| small streams to the largest lakes, often
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| | primitive whale known as a zeuglodon, a
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| labeled Loch-na-Beistie on old maps.
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| | type of long-necked aquatic seal, giant
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| These water-horses, or kelpies, are
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| | eels, walruses, floating mats of plants,
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| cousins of the Irish Pooka and have
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| | giant molluscs, otters, a "paraphysical"
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| similar magical powers but often
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| | entity, mirages, diving birds and most
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| malevolent intentions. They are dragons
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| | popularly, a plesiosaur. Nessie was even
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| under water, lurking with ravenous
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| | given a scientific name "Nessiteras
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| intent, waiting for the onset of darkness
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| | rhombopteryx" named by Sir Peter Scott so
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| in the long Northern nights before they
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| | that Nessie could be added to the British
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| come forth and devour the Innocent.The
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| | Register of officially protected
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| monster, sea serpent, kraken and other
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| | wildlife.The name, translated from Greek
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| mythological creatures have formed a part
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| | means "The wonder of Ness with the
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| of folklore since the beginning of time.
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| | diamond shaped fin". Over the years many
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| Around the world there are reputed to be
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| | have noted that if you rearranged the
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| sea serpents or monsters in many bodies
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| | letters of Nessiteras rhombopteryx, it
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| of fresh water. Nessie in Loch Ness,
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| | can be made to read "Monster hoax by Sir
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| Morag in Loch Morar, Shielagh in Loch
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| | Peter S".This may mean something - or it
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| Shiel, Lizzy in Loch Lochy, Champ in Lake
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| | may mean nothing at all.Nessie is either
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| Champlain, Ogopogo in Lake Okanagan and,
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| | there, or she's not. I like to think she
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| quaintly, Wally in Lake Wallowa.While
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| | has outwitted our efforts to trap her,
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| research has been conducted at many of
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| | pin her down, categorise her, tame her
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| these lakes, Loch Ness is the icon for
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| | and turn her into tea towels. And one day
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| monsters and Nessie, the Loch Ness
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| | you may get to see her yourself. Long may
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| Monster is, without doubt, the
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| | she live in the loch !Susanna Duffy is a
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| grandmother of them all. It is to Loch
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| | Civil Celebrant, grief counsellor and
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| Ness where myriad researchers have
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| | mythologist. She creates ceremonies and
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| flocked with their cameras and sonars,
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| | Rites of Passage for individual and civic
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| webcams and mini submarines, their hopes,
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| | functions, and specialises in Croning and
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| fears and dreams of solving the mystery
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| | other celebrations for women.
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