November Post-LochNess Monster

Sophie Chandler

Period 2

Dear Scotland,

I have heard many great and amazing tales of your country's great Loch Ness Monster. You have provided us with some evidence that there is great beast in your lake but it is not enough. This is why I have come to believe that continuing searches for it are just a waste of money and time. Reasons that may support me are Today many people seek public attention and most peoples so called ‘sightings’ could just be little stories to add to Aldie and John Makay’s story of their sighting of the great beast. Also, the water in Loch Ness is way too cold to support such a life form. Lastly, with todays new and more advanced technology we should have been able to find the monster. Its kind of hard to believe that something is real without good evidence that it is.

First, many people today are looking to impress the public and saying that you have seen a monster in a spooky lake is the kind of thing that would satisfy. In the article “The Beast of Loch Ness” it tells the story of the Makays, who were driving past the Loch when Aldie Makay spotted something  that appeared to be rising out of the Loch and then yelled for her husband saying, “Stop! The beast!” The both looking motionlessly at the creature that appeared to be, as Aldie says, “Rolling and plunging.” After that there were many other sightings that people claimed were of the monster. But how do we know if they really saw anything at all and that their imaginations didn’t get the best of them?

Second, the Loch Ness is a great lake in scotland that is very very cold and its water is very dark and murky in the article it states, “The water of Loch Ness is freezing and so dark that few plants survive, let alone fish.” So basically how would the creature survive and what would it  eat. The law of nature is that every living organism has to metabolize or eat, reproduce, and grow. According to this law the monster has to have come from a monster before that and why isn’t there more like it? Also with the limited amount of food how could a creature so big survive in such conditions?

Lastly, our technology has advanced so much through the past few centuries that we should have been able to find the monster by now. In 2003 there was a search done using sonar and satellites to find the monster. The british scientists that studied the loch said that they were unable to find anything in the dark murky waters. They called it disappointing but I find it as though they wasted time and resources to look for something that doesn’t exist. My basic opinion is that it just isn’t worth it.

In conclusion to my argument, I believe that due to not enough evidence that continuing a search for Nessie won’t help anything. The stories told about the great beast could be fake. Also, the water that is considered freezing and too dark could not support the monster. Lastly, with our technology today we should have found Nessie by now. Continuing a search would just prove that nothing is there. Keep looking if you want but to me it just isn’t worth it.

Sincerely, Sophie Chandler