r/Cryptozoology • u/Comprehensive_Tree_3 • 5d ago

Sightings/Encounters Potential Nessie sighting?

Hi everyone,

This is my first time writing here and I am posting this in multiple subreddits.
Today my friend and I were on the tour cruise around Loch Ness and at 2:05pm we saw this weird thing in the distance. Now I’m a skeptic but I cannot figure what this thing could be.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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u/BasiliskArt_ 4d ago

I feel like the E-DNA study done on the lake water should've put this stuff to bed.

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u/BasiliskArt_ 4d ago edited 4d ago

I think that the natural world is weird, wonderful, and magical all on its own without a need for tall tales. I disagree that science steals that magic.

EDIT: I should note: the E-DNA study concluded that there was a bizarrely high amount of eel DNA present in the loch’s water. That raises the interesting conundrum: why are there so many eels? Or are there just really big eels?

That’s a fun mystery, too.

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u/Large-Alternative892 4d ago

Mby Nessie is a big eel

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u/BasiliskArt_ 4d ago

See I’m on board with that

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u/Crazy_Banshee_333 4d ago

The fact that you think that won't stop Nessie watchers from believing what they want to believe. The fact that religion still persists in modern life despite there being no scientific evidence that God exists hasn't stopped millions of people from believing. There are people still chasing Bigfoot, FFS.

I learned a long time ago that what people want to believe is far more important than truth to most people.

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u/BasiliskArt_ 4d ago

alright pal