The infamous Loch Ness Monster resurfaced 80 years ago this week when a woman saw the creature in the loch. Yahoo News reports that every year the lock gets $90 million in tourism.
Nessie spottings have occurred over the years, but most believe it is just myth and folklore.
"There have been 40 good sightings on land," said Loren Coleman, director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Maine. He spent weeks looking for Nessie in Scotland and interviewing people for his book , "The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep" in 1999. "It has whiskers and a mane, and moves up and down in the water like a mammal. More like a giant walrus or a long-necked seal," he said to Yahoo News.
"I don't think it's necessarily a prehistoric creature," said Patricia Anne Rodger who lives in Edinburgh. "It's probably a mutation of something that would normally live in the sea."
A cruise company in Scotland has insured its boats for more than £1million against the Loch Ness Monster. The Sun Newspaper reported that Jacobite Cruises takes passengers on the loch every year and says that it doesn't want to take any chances.
The deal was made with Towergate Moray Firth. The owner of Jacobite Freda Newton said to The Sun,
"I don't know what the odds of this actually happening might be but this is Loch Ness and how silly would we look if it did and we weren't covered for it?"
Bob Jack, director of Towergate Moray Firth said to The Sun, "I hope we never have to make a claim and if Nessie does make another appearance, she gives our boats a wide berth. This is probably the most unusual insurance request we have ever had, but we were delighted to provide cover to Jacobite Cruises.
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