Loch Ness · What Is Down There Under the Water

Loch Ness holds more fresh water than any other lake in Britain; peat turns the water black, and visibility for instruments is under a metre.

In 1933 a local newspaper reported a sighting of “a great beast in the water”. Over the following decades came numerous photographs, claims and sonar records; the most famous photograph was later shown to be a fake — but by then the legend existed independently of it.

The visitor centre by the lake updates its list of sightings every day. Not one has ever been confirmed.

Natural Mysteries / Scotland · UK / 1933