00:00Scientists have finally solved the Loch Ness Monster mystery.
00:04Here's the spoiler, you ready?
00:07It's not a real monster.
00:08It's probably a dinosaur that survived through the ages, or just a bunch of debris floating
00:13on the water.
00:14Thanks to many findings on the Loch Ness creature, we have proof of another story to tell you.
00:22It was 1933 when a man named George Spicer and his wife were driving along the shores
00:27of Loch Ness.
00:29That's when they saw something massive, with a long neck, moving across the road.
00:33It looked like a creature straight out of the prehistoric era.
00:37A dinosaur-like beast, unlike anything they'd ever seen.
00:40That was the moment that Loch Ness Monster theories started spreading around like wildfire.
00:46One of the most famous Loch Ness Monster sightings came just a year later, in 1934, when a man
00:52took a photograph that became the most well-known image of Nessie.
00:56That's the nickname she was given.
00:58She?
00:59Anyways, the photo, known as the Surgeon's Photograph, showed a long-necked creature
01:04rising out of the water, and for years it convinced people that the monster was real.
01:09But years later, the truth came out.
01:12One of the men who helped take the photo confessed it was all a hoax.
01:16The photo had been staged after all.
01:19When the photo was published, it had been significantly cropped.
01:22This made the animal in the picture look much bigger than in real life, fueling the
01:26theories that the Loch Ness Monster did, in fact, exist.
01:32In the 1960s, one of the first big scientific attempts to investigate the mystery of the
01:36Loch Ness Monster happened.
01:38A research team took sonar equipment to the lake, and spent hours scanning the waters
01:43in search of evidence of large creatures.
01:46What they found was puzzling.
01:48They recorded several objects moving deep in the loch, or lake, with no clear explanation
01:54as to what it was.
01:56Though the team didn't manage to capture anything definitive, this sighting helped fuel the
02:00belief that there was, indeed, something massive living in Loch Ness.
02:05After that, research about the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster kept popping up.
02:10In 1972, with the help of underwater photography, some researchers managed to capture strange
02:16images, which got people's hopes up for a minute.
02:19But the truth is, this early research about the Loch Ness Monster was far from conclusive.
02:24Now, of course, not everyone bought into the mystical, magical theories about the Loch
02:29Ness Monster.
02:30Theory 1, from a professor of zoology at Oxford University, has made it clear that the monster
02:36is a biological impossibility.
02:38Hey, my pediatrician said that about me, too.
02:42Meanwhile, he says that no skeletal remains have ever been found in the region.
02:47Plus, no fishermen have ever caught anything resembling the creature in their fishing nets.
02:52For him, this works as proof that it simply can't be real.
02:56When it comes to the famous photos of the Loch Ness Monster as evidence, well, that's
03:00pretty simple.
03:01The professor offers a more down-to-earth explanation.
03:05He argues that these images are either showing floating debris or birds, like cormorants,
03:11which have long necks and often appear to be low in the water.
03:14When people refute his suggestion, he takes us back to human psychology and explains that
03:20people often make mistakes and misjudge the size of things, especially when they just
03:25caught a glimpse of it, and even more so when they are hoping to see something specific.
03:30Now, many of those alleged photos depict an animal with a long neck and a small head,
03:36which has led some to believe that what they're seeing is a plesiosaur, a giant marine reptile
03:41that lived 215 million years ago and disappeared with the dinosaurs.
03:47The idea of a plesiosaur surviving all these years is a theory that's been around since
03:52the first sightings of the creature.
03:54But this researcher isn't buying it.
03:57He explains that no plesiosaur fossils have been found in the region, dating to anything
04:02later than 66 million years ago.
04:05The idea of a prehistoric creature still lurking in the waters of Loch Ness just doesn't hold
04:10up scientifically.
04:14Then there's theory number two from a British naturalist who has spent over 50 years investigating
04:20the Loch Ness monster phenomenon.
04:22His conclusion is a little less dramatic.
04:24He believes that most people who report sightings of long-necked creatures are misidentifying
04:29other animals.
04:31He suggests people think they are seeing a sea serpent.
04:34Reports of sightings from the Loch Ness monster have been around since the 6th century CE.
04:39Long before they were distilling scotch whiskey or other explanations.
04:44Early reports of these sea serpents describe large creatures with long, snake-like bodies
04:49and multiple humps.
04:51Some say the creatures were as big as boats, and many swore they saw something swimming
04:56in the waters.
04:57Many of these early sea serpent sightings may have been misunderstandings or exaggerations
05:02of normal animals in the Loch, like large fish or even swimming birds.
05:07They could have been large eels, which are known to live in Loch Ness.
05:11These eels, especially when they're moving, might have given the impression of a long,
05:16undulating creature in the water.
05:18People who saw these eels from a distance, particularly in low light or misty conditions,
05:23might have mistaken them for something much more mysterious.
05:29Theory number three says something else.
05:31Loch Nessie is just a series of standing waves.
05:34These happen when two boat wakes move in opposite directions, creating a big hump in the water
05:39that could look like a creature from a distance.
05:42Loch Ness enthusiasts even showed how it works with footage from Fort Augustus, where a river
05:47meets Loch Ness.
05:49These enthusiasts had big plans to use drones with infrared cameras and special underwater
05:54microphones to search the Loch.
05:57Now Loch Ness is massive, stretching around 23 miles long and more than 700 feet deep.
06:04So they thought they needed drones and infrared cameras to put an end to this discussion.
06:08But despite everything, they haven't found Nessie.
06:13But it's not only the Loch Ness monster that lacks scientific explanation.
06:18There have also been scores of sightings of yetis and satsquashes that no one can really
06:23explain.
06:24Some folks have made movies dreaming of finding the truth about these creatures.
06:28But according to recent research and evidence, it looks unlikely that we'll ever find definitive
06:33evidence of their existence.
06:36Science says they can explain satsquash sightings, and this is how.
06:40Biologists who study wildlife using camera traps, which are set up in remote areas to
06:45capture images of passing animals, have long attempted to find elusive species.
06:51These cameras detect movement and snap pictures, providing invaluable data on the biodiversity
06:56of different ecosystems.
06:58As camera traps collect more photos over time, the number of species recorded grows.
07:04However, after a while, the number plateaus, suggesting that no new species are being detected.
07:10While it's impossible to claim 100% certainty, researchers say that after significant camera
07:17It's safe to say the likelihood of discovering new species, especially large ones like Bigfoot
07:23or the yeti, drops significantly.
07:27Camera trap studies have been running for years in regions where these creatures are
07:31rumored to live.
07:33But so far, no conclusive evidence has surfaced.
07:36Instead, the supposed proof of Bigfoot or the yeti often comes from blurry photos or
07:42shaky videos taken by individuals who claim to have encountered them.
07:47The scientific understanding of biology also makes the existence of Bigfoot highly unlikely.
07:53Often described as a great ape, Bigfoot would have had to evolve in North America.
07:58However, great apes evolved in Africa, and the only great ape to make it to the Americas
08:03is Homo sapiens, whose ancestors crossed the Bering Strait only about 16,000 years ago.
08:10This is far too short a time for a new species like Bigfoot to have evolved.
08:16While it may be disappointing for these mysterious creature enthusiasts, the scientific evidence
08:21points firmly toward the conclusion that creatures like Bigfoot and the yeti are more fantasy
08:26than reality.
08:28After decades of extensive scientific research, it's safe to say that, yes, science has
08:33solved the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster.
08:36And it's pure fiction.
08:38So what do you think?
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