Biggest search for the Loch Ness Monster kicks off!

In an effort to find the elusive Nessie, researchers and fans from all over the world will converge on the Scottish Highlands on Saturday for the largest Loch Ness Monster hunt in fifty years.

In order to try to solve the enigma that has bedeviled the globe for decades, the initiative will make use of underwater hydrophones, boats outfitted with infrared cameras, and drones outfitted with thermal scanners.

According to Loch Ness Exploration co-organizer Alan McKenna, “it’s always been our goal to record, study, and analyze all manner of natural behavior and phenomena that may be more difficult to explain.”

Thermal scanners, according to the searchers, will be essential in finding any unexpected abnormalities in the dark depths.

The searchers will be able to hear odd underwater screams like Nessie thanks to the hydrophone.

The freshwater loch is the biggest lake in the UK in terms of volume, measuring 23 miles (36 kilometers) and reaching a maximum depth of 788 feet (240 meters).

Monster from the past

Ancient stone engravings in the region show an unusual creature with flippers, supporting the claims that a water monster lurks in Loch Ness.

A biography of the Irish monk Saint Columba contains the creature for the first time in literature in AD 565.

The monster, it is said, was going to attack again after attacking a swimmer, when Columba persuaded it to leave.

The Inverness Courier local newspaper reported that a couple saw “a tremendous upheaval” in the water in May 1933 while traveling along a recently finished lochside road.

When the thing emerged, the water was rolling and plunging for about a minute, like a boiling pot.