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In 1933 a brand-new road opened along Loch Ness, and that summer a couple reported a large creature with a long neck crossing the road. The newspapers picked it up β€” and within months the world was watching. #LochNess #Nessie #1933
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00:00In 1933, a brand new road opened along the shore of Loch Ness, giving drivers their first clear
00:07view across the dark water. That summer, George and Margaret Spicer reported a large creature
00:12with a long neck crossing the road in front of their car and sliding down toward the loch.
00:18The newspapers picked it up, and within months the world was watching,
00:22monster hunters filled the hotels, newspapers paid for photographs,
00:27and the very next year came the photograph that would fool the planet for 60 years.
00:32The full story and the DNA test that changed everything is in our documentary linked below.

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