But monster believers are undeterred. With over 1,000 logged sightings and zero concrete proof, Nessie remains the world’s most elusive celebrity—somewhere between Bigfoot and Adele’s next album.

More than 1,000 people claim to have seen the creature, but the most widely accepted ‘proof’ is a fake photograph.

Plesiosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago, but evidence that the long-necked reptiles lived in freshwater, not just oceans, has offered hope to Nessie enthusiasts.

Nessie, the legendary monster of Loch Ness, still isn’t “plausible,” even after fossils indicated ancient reptiles called plesiosaurs could live in freshwater.

Though interest has varied over the years, Nessie has remained in the public awareness and made Loch Ness itself world famous. Theories on what Nessie could be include a giant eel or a plesiosaur ...

Freshwater Plesiosaur Discovery Is Amazing But Does Not Make Nessie “Plausible” Small plesiosaur fossils have been found in what was once a river system in Morocco, but many media outlets are ...

Nessie, the legendary monster of Loch Ness, still isn’t “plausible,” even after fossils indicated ancient reptiles called plesiosaurs could live in freshwater.