Lake & Sea Monsters

A 70-year-old letter from the head of the Highland police has revealed new details of the Loch Ness monster legend.According to the letter the Highland police had considered the existence of the Loch Ness Monster to be without doubt and had devised plans to catch or kill the creature using a special weapon createdspecifically for that purpose.

The Loch Ness Monster’s existence was “beyond doubt” according to the head of Highland police in a letter he wrote 70 years ago. The typed note by William Fraser – then the chief constable of Inverness-shire Constabulary – is one of a number of files recently uncovered by the National Archives of Scotland.

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A mysterious charcoal drawing thought to be by MC Escher has turned up in Italy that shows the Loch Ness Monster.The picture is entitled "Loch Ness Monster and Black Man without a Face" features an inscription on the back signed by Escher which reads"With all my heart to a friendly remembrance".

Our Loch Ness Monster is famed the world over, and pops up in very strange circumstances from time to time. Now she has surfaced at the centre of an art mystery in Italy.

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A submarine exploring the ocean's depths recently returned with an unexpected visitor: a crablike critter that has left many readers startled and horrified. In a posting to social bookmarking site Reddit, a deep-sea technician detailed the finding, asking the site's readers to help identify what exactly the bizarre looking creature was. The post reads, "I work for a Sub-sea Survey Company, recently this beast came up attached to one of our ROVs. It measures a wee bit over 2.5 feet head to tail, and we expect it latched onto the ROV at roughly 8,500 feet depth. Unfortunately, the e-mail that these pictures were attached to came from a contractor, and the ship he was operating from (and therefore location) is unknown, so I can't tell you what part of the Earth this beast was living."

The pictures reveal the creature to be a giant isopod, a large crustacean that dwells in deep Atlantic and Pacific waters. This particular creature is a Bathynomus giganteus, a deep-sea scavenger that feeds on dead whales, fish and squid. Scientists have long remarked on the massive scale of this creature. C.R. McClain wrote on ScienceBlogs explained one theory for the size, that "deep-sea gigantism, for all crustaceans, is a consequence of larger cells sizes obtained under cold temperatures," citing a research paper from 1996.

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This peculiar looking creature was found after it latched on to a submarine and was dragged up to the surface. You might be forgiven for believing this to be an April Fool however giant isopods are indeed real creatures, they live in the depths of thesea and feed on dead whales, fish and squid.

A bizarre-looking giant crustacean has been found after it latched onto a submarine deep underwater and was dragged to the surface, according to reports.

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