Loch Ness Lake: where do the legends begin?
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Aside from its mysteries and stories, Loch Ness is the largest freshwater lake in the UK. The total area of the body of water is more than six and a half dozen square kilometres with a depth of two hundred and thirty metres. The Ness River springs from it. The lake has remained untouched amidst picturesque mountains and forests for almost three hundred million years.
There are medieval castles on the shores of the lake, which are popular with tourists. However, apart from the ancient structures the attraction is the supposedly living here monster, affectionately called Nessie. It is usually seen by those who have not come to seek adventure but simply to enjoy nature.
The first mention of the unusual lake dweller dates back to the mid-sixth century. Legend has it that in 565, villagers decorated the funeral boat of a rather young fisherman who had been killed by a demon. St Columbus also joined the funeral procession and became interested in the reason for the young man's untimely death. The villagers told him that the beast had killed the man by jumping out of the water. When the funeral boat had already set sail from the shore, St Columbus asked for the body to be returned so that he could examine the body in more detail and understand which demon had done this. One of the faithful disciples rushed into the lake and swam after the boat, but then a terrible snout emerged from the water and the monster tried to bite the brave chap in half. The saint prayed and then ordered the demon of the lake to go back into the depths, leaving his disciple behind - and so it happened. This legend can be found in the annals of an abbot called Ion, who spent more than half his life describing the life of St Columbus and his miracles.
The earliest handwritten mention of the Nessie monster are the cave paintings left by the Romans before Christ. The stones depict most of the local fauna, starting with mice. Also on the list is a huge beast with a long neck, which to modern scientists is very similar to a plesiosaur.
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