Infographic: Empty Ness Syndrome – all recorded sightings of the Loch Ness Monster
On 7th June 2018 scientists from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, and Scotland’s University of the Highlands and Islands launched a joint project to confirm the identities of invasive aquatic species reported to have been populating Loch Ness. The non-native organisms they hoped to find among DNA samples taken from the water included Pacific pink salmon and – it was widely reported at the time – the Loch Ness Monster.
This was our cue to chart all the reported Nessie sightings there have ever been, from the encounter with St Columba chronicled in the 6th-century annals to the spike in creature spottings of 2017. Scroll over the timeline above – and if conclusive proof of an ancient water-beast remains elusive, at least the data when mapped year by year looks vaguely Nessie-like…
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