1. Mysterious Phenomena The Loch Ness Monster By Kylie Griffith

2. Introduction On July of 1933 Mr. and Mrs. George Spicer saw a creature with a long neck a thick body and four flippers cross the road. The Loch Ness monster lives in Scotland and in the Loch Ness lake. The Spicers were driving along the Southern banks of Loch Ness. Some people think that the Loch Ness monster is a Plesiosaur. The plesiosaur is a reptile that lived between 200 million and 65 million years ago. The Loch Ness monster legend really started up on the July of 1933.

3. Introduction Continued The Loch Ness monster is a mystery because it is only seen once in a while and people believe it is a plesiosaur which is an extinct dinosaur and how would it get in a lake? We know about the Loch Ness Monster from many sightings reported by people but we know about it mainly from Mr. and Mrs. Spicer

4. Introduction There are two theories for the Loch Ness Monster 1# While building a road in the Loch Ness are rocks, barrels and trees fell into the lake some people think that thee noise awakened the monster The second theory is that the Loch Ness monster is a plesiosaur that somehow survived whatever killed the dinosaurs.

5. Facts The Loch Ness monster is a true mysterious phenomenon. People have been reporting sightings of a strange creature in Loch Ness for at least 1,500 years. In 1970 there was a picture taken in Loch Ness of an object which resembled a plesiosaur. In 1978 people went to Loch Ness and used 19 boats with sonar and the sonar came in contact three times with an object larger than a shark but smaller than a whale

6. Conclusion In conclusion based on the information presented here the Loch Ness monster is a real mysterious phenomenon. If people have been reporting sightings for 1,500 years they must have been seeing something unusual. Many scientists have gone to Loch Ness to research the monster and over half of them have found out using sonar that there is definitely something down there. People have found cave paintings that could have been early drawings of the Loch Ness monster.

7. Conclusion Continued Over fifty percent of the scientists that have gone to study the lake Loch Ness have found that something does live down there that is unusual.

8. Opinion Even though many believe that the Loch Ness monster is real the other fifty percent of scientists have come to study Loch Ness they have found nothing but many facts have come to prove that it is real. If you really look into the legend of the Loch Ness monster you will see that the information presented is indeed factual.

9. Work Cited Book information from Terri Sievert, the Loch Ness Monster, Mankato, Minnesota, Copyright 2005 by Capstone Press Backround picture from On Earth Travel.com