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Another storyteller, David Campbell, believes tales which survived in Scotland with the help of the travelling tradition of oral storytelling, hold an essence of ancient wisdom. Amongst his favourites are Ossian's tales of the warrier Fionn mac Cumhaill [or McCool] who has had some of our most famous geographical features attributed to him. Legend has it he built the Giant's Causeway as stepping-stones to Scotland, so as not to get his feet wet. Fingal's Cave is also named after him. Casciato, Paul (28 April 2010). "Loch Ness Monster is real, says policeman". reuters. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016 . Retrieved 28 April 2010.
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On hearing tales of a monster, the monk sent a friend out into the river to test it out. When the monster appeared, Columba made the sign of the cross and banished the creature to Loch Ness. a b "What is the Loch Ness Monster?". Firstscience.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2009 . Retrieved 28 May 2009.Birth of a legend: Famous Photo Falsified?". Pbs.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011 . Retrieved 28 May 2009. Tony Harmsworth. "Loch Ness Monster Surface Photographs. Pictures of Nessie taken by Monster Hunters and Loch Ness Researchers". loch-ness.com. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015 . Retrieved 3 January 2015.
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Sunken villages, bells of church towers still ringing underwater, capsized boats, murder as in the case of Lake Starnberg/Germany and King Ludwig of Bavaria, and, of course, the legendary monsters that lurk in the depth and are so elusive. The stories about what the supposed monsters are like are as fascinating as the attempts, scientific and otherwise, that have been made to see and even capture them. Examples include the long story about Nessie, the monster of Loch Ness in Scotland, and the monster of Lake Van in Turkey, which allegedly has been captured on video and even got a statue in the city of the same name. Do new pictures from amateur photographer prove Loch Ness Monster exists?". Metro. 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018 . Retrieved 25 September 2013. From 2018 to 2019, scientists from New Zealand undertook a massive project to document every organism in Loch Ness based on DNA samples. Their reports confirmed that European eels are still found in the Loch. No DNA samples were found for large animals such as catfish, Greenland sharks, or plesiosaurs. Many scientists now believe that giant eels account for many, if not most of the sightings. [118] [119] [120] [121] Elephant The kelpie as a water horse in Loch Ness was mentioned in an 1879 Scottish newspaper, [143] and inspired Tim Dinsdale's Project Water Horse. [144] A study of pre-1933 Highland folklore references to kelpies, water horses and water bulls indicated that Ness was the loch most frequently cited. [145] Hoaxes Alaska lake monster' may be a sleeper shark, biologist says". Yahoo! News. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016 . Retrieved 14 January 2017.These folk tales run in our blood according to Donald Smith, director of the Scottish International Storytelling Festival. "People have been continuously passing on stories here for about five thousand years, and each new culture adds its ingredients to a fantastically rich brew," he says. Monsters Unite is living proof that I used to make up stories for Molly all the time. Her favourite was an epic that went on for years about all sorts of different monsters,” says Sara, 50, who lives in Edinburgh.
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