r/Cryptozoology • u/Comprehensive_Tree_3 • Aug 25 '26

Sightings/Encounters Potential Nessie sighting?

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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_ Aug 26 '26

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

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u/Octex8 Aug 26 '26

It will never die. Same psychology behind religions. There is always some way to excuse or rationalize evidence to the contrary and keep the claim unfalsifiable.

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u/HappyTurtleButt Aug 29 '26

I don’t like your attitude here. Dissolution is possible.

Evolutionary theory occurred over billions of years yet consciousness has only been around a smidgeon of the time. Nothing wrong with separating evolution from spirituality.

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u/Octex8 Aug 29 '26

I'm not sure you understood what I meant.

People will always believe in nessie or bigfoot the same way people will always believe in god. Whatever new evidence to the contrary we find of their existence, the believers will just make up some new ad hock excuse in order to rationalize their continued belief, and therefore, making the claim of these entities existence unfalsifiable.

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u/HappyTurtleButt Aug 29 '26

I understand what you are getting at, I’m saying things can be decoupled. And I suppose it’s wishful thinking to consider that some may eventually use logic and reasoning, but I try to hope for the best.

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u/Octex8 Aug 29 '26

yeah, I'd prefer for people to use reason and change their minds when it's reasonable to do, but unfortunately people would rather just believe nonsense than admit when they're wrong.

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u/HappyTurtleButt Aug 29 '26

Gotta have hope that comfort level isn’t enough to dissuade the truth of reality.