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00:03 Is the Loch Ness monster real?
00:05 There have been exhaustive investigations into that over the years,
00:08 with the most recent looking at the DNA evidence present in the famed waters.
00:12 However, that doesn't seem to be good enough for some,
00:15 as the largest single search for Nessie in five decades
00:18 recently took place around the Scottish Loch.
00:21 The recent investigation involved boats with infrared cameras
00:24 and drones with thermal scanners, as well as underwater hydrophones.
00:27 The investigators are hoping that their high-tech toys
00:30 will catch a glimpse of something out of place,
00:32 with the underwater hydrophones meant to capture sound anomalies at depth.
00:36 Despite recent DNA tests sussing out every manner of creature within the Loch,
00:40 there have been some 1,100 official sightings of the famed Loch Ness monster over the years,
00:45 with the earliest dating back to 565 AD,
00:48 written about in the biography of St. Columba, an Irish monk.
00:51 That account involves an alleged attack from a creature within the Loch.
00:55 However, the Loch Ness craze really set off in 1933,
00:58 after a couple who were driving along the Loch
01:00 claimed to have seen a tremendous upheaval in the water.
01:03 Modern studies have all come up empty-handed with evidence related to Nessie.
01:07 However, a sonar-based investigation in 1987
01:10 discovered a quote "unidentified object of unusual size and strength"
01:15 somewhere in the depths of Loch Ness.
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