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The Loch Ness Monster Another Dimension Research Project By John McLellan

This is about the Loch Ness Monster also known as Nessie. Nessie is a type of plesiosaur that was alive about 60-70 million years ago. It lives in the loch inScotlandand in 2007 it was estimated that the Nessie brought in about $12.2 million in tourism.

__This is the history of the Loch Ness Monster.__

It was originally sited in 565 AD and it killed a man who was swimming in the river ness and wasn’t seen since then until 1930 when 3 fisher men seen it in the water and then in 1934 a man named Dr. Robert Kenneth Wilson took a picture of the Loch Ness Monster. the picture was of a monster with a long neck.

__This is the physical appearance of the Loch Ness Monster.__

The Loch Nell Monster has a long skinny neck, gaping red mouth, 2 humps, a tail, a snake like head shaped like a V, and horns or antlers on the top of its head. The size is about 21 square miles and the depth of the loch is about 800 feet deep and maybe has lots of underwater caves for the monster to hide in.

__Scientist beliefs__

Scientist believe that this type of reptile is extinct and has been for 60-70 million years. Some believe that it could have survived the last ice age by being frozen in a block of ice. Others believe that its not a dinosaur because most dinosaurs were cold blooded and the Loch Ness Monster is warm blooded because it seems to survive in the cold water with no probablem.