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Mystery Photo of 'English Loch Ness Monster' Taken in Bowness

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words do you suppose will be used to describe the first-ever image captured of "Bow-Nessie," a lake monster that reportedly lives in England? Last week, two kayakers were nearly frightened out of their canoe when they spotted a large, hump-backed shape emerge from Lake...

They Came From the Deep: Amazing Water-Bound Creatures

In a year that was filled with stories of a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Republicans regaining control of the House of Representatives, unemployment distress, worries over home foreclosures, WikiLeaks and cyberattacks, 2010 gave us an overflow of stories about water-bound creatures as well. Sharks, whales, dolphins,...

Does the Loch Ness Monster Have English Relatives?

(Sept. 13) -- The hunt is on for a new lake monster -- not at Scotland's Loch Ness, home of the fabled "Nessie," but this time in nearby England. Ever since 2006, when the first report emerged from England's biggest lake of a 20-foot-long creature in Lake Windermere, a new lake monster legend has gained strength on the...

Background on lake windermere

Windermere is the largest natural lake in England. It is a ribbon lake formed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the start of the current interglacial.

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