02-07-2008, 05:52 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sheffield, South Yorks, UK
Posts: 2,412
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Welcome!
You do get these sort of legends al over the world - I like this Greek serpent.
I suspect that Nessie owes a lot to warming nips in the morning ... 
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Originally Posted by seamusagleann
i think the most famous myth in scotland has to be that of the loch ness monster ,our nessie!!. fact or fiction..who knows. the first recorded meeting is claimed to be by st columba in 565 AD,and some might say at the start of the tourist season ever since!!. loch ness itself is a mystery, it holds more water than all the lakes in england and wales and becuase of its position is subject to all kinds of different wind directions,causing unusual waves on the surface, often mistaken for "humps". red and roe deer swim across the loch quite easily,the loch is only about 2km wide, this,coupled with the lighting around the shores, and you have a horned head. so does it exist? i wouldn't like to comment, if it does it must be one of scotlands best kept secrets,that and what is worn under the kilt,and that one i'm afraid i will never reveal!!!!  |
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