Hundreds of volunteers started this Saturday at the Lake Ness (Scotland) the largest search in more than half a century to try to locate the monster that supposedly inhabits its waters, popularly baptized as “Nessie”.
Nearly 300 people registered to participate in this exhaustive search, which will take place between today and tomorrow.
The testimonies and the myth generated around numerous supposed sightings of the creature They have been growing in that area of the Scottish Highlands for 90 years.
As the British channel BBC recalls today, in April 1933 the director of a hotel in the area indicated that she had seen a whale-sized creature in that lakeone of the great tourist attractions of Scotland.
The legendary search operation started this weekend has been organized by the Loch Ness Centerin Drumnadrochit, and a volunteer search team called the Loch Ness Exploration.
The CEO of the Loch Ness CenterPaul Nixon, told the aforementioned television network that the operation is not just a public relations maneuver.
”There are hundreds of volunteers on both shores of the Lake today, all with the task of finding answers to what is the Loch Ness Monster”, said.
Nixon recalled that “some of the recent sightings are sonar contacts, showing objects in deep water.”
In this hunt, drones equipped with infrared cameras have been enabled to fly over the lake, and a hydrophone is being used to detect unusual underwater sounds.
He size of the lake extends more than 36 kilometers and is more than 200 meters deep in some places, which makes exploration work difficult.
In addition, it contains 7,452 million cubic meters, more than all the English and Welsh lakes combined.
(With information from EFE)
Source: Gestion
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