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Nessie, most often described as a long-necked monster resembling an aquatic dinosaur, has been seen in and near Loch Ness since St. Columba made the first recorded sighting in 565 C.E. Today, nearly two million tourists come to Scotland each year to see if they might obtain a glimpse and a photograph of the elusive beast.

Although Nessie is by far the most famous of all monsters inhabiting inland bodies of water, there are reports of equally large, equally strange aquatic creatures in lakes all over the world. In the United States and Canada, there are such familiar lake monsters as “Ogopogo” in the Okanogan Lake, British Columbia; “Champ” in Lake Champlain, New York; and “Memphre” in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.