January
23
/ 2025
People have been debating the existence of the Loch Ness monster since the early part of the 20th century when sightings seemed to become more common. Known colloquially as ‘Nessie,’ this mysterious creature has allegedly been inhabiting the deep waters of a freshwater lake south of Inverness, Scotland for perhaps thousands of year, yet up to this time has somehow eluded detection by scientists. There is a good reason for this, says Tim Coulson, a professor of Zoology from Oxford University who has taken a good long look at the Loch Ness monster legend. According to Coulson, it is a simple “biological impossibility” for the creature to exist, and so it doesn’t. Case closed. While Coulson doesn’t think the people
