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LOCH NESS MONSTER
On Monday, May 8th, 1933, Alex Campbell went to his work as "water bailie" as usual. Like his father before him, he was in charge to protect the salmon fishing in Loch Ness, to help hatching baby salmon, and to build up the stocks of salmon in Loch Ness and in other places. On this morning, however, when he was standing on the shore of Loch Ness near the mouth of River Oich, something very unusual happened: the head and back of a huge animal rose out of the dark waters of the loch, just a few meters away from where he stood. What he saw was a head similar to that of a lizard, but far larger, and mounted on a neck nearly 2 meters long. It swayed from side to side, and behind it was a hump and a body at least 10 meters long. Less than a minute later, the creature vanished again, submerging swiftly. The lake lay quiet again in the bright morning light. Alex Campbell was by no means the first to see the creature -sightings are documented as far back as 465 A.D.-, but he was the one to provide the name that has been used ever since: the "Loch Ness monster".
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