In Search of Nessie: The Quest for Loch Ness’ Elusive Creature

Who seeks, finds. Another thing is that you find what you are looking for. This coming weekend, volunteers from around the world who love Nessie, the popular Loch Ness ‘monster’ mythological creature, will assemble to carry out the biggest search ever for this elusive and mysterious ‘aquatic beast’ as described the manager of a nearby hotel 90 years ago.

Since then, the ‘Nessie’ community has not given up in its attempt to search for and find the supposed creature that lives in the waters of this Scottish lake.. As reported by the British newspaper The Guardian, next Saturday and Sunday the recently renovated Loch Ness Center -located where the old Drumnadrochit hotel was located, where Aldie Mackay, the person who reported the first supposed sighting, worked- has organized the it is believed to be the largest surface search in a two-day period in the last 50 years.

For this initiative, drones will be used to produce thermal images of the water from the air using infrared cameras, as well as a hydrophone to detect acoustic signals below the surface.

In statements to the aforementioned medium, Alan McKenna, from the organization Loch Ness Exploration, which will inform volunteers about what to look for and how to record the findings, stated that “it has always been our objective to record, study and analyze all kinds of natural phenomena, behaviors and phenomena that may be more difficult to explain.

We hope to inspire a new generation of Loch Ness enthusiasts, and by joining this large-scale surface search, you will have a real opportunity to personally contribute to this fascinating mystery that has captivated so many around the world.”

This summer, a new study published in JMIRx Bio has revealed interesting findings that prove the possible presence of the ‘animal’ in the freshwater oligotrophic Scottish loch which, if real, could be an eel.

Previous studies already presumed the possible existence of the monster based on calculations of the biomass of the lake, the possible sizes of the animal or the genetic material found.