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1933 CE, May 2

The first article attracting a great deal of attention about the Loch Ness “Monster” is published in the Inverness Courier. The article by Alex Campbell, water bailiff for Loch Ness and a part-time journalist, describes a large "beast" or "whale-like fish" sighted by Aldie Mackay; an enormous creature with the body of a whale rolling in the water in the loch while she and her husband John were driving on the A82 on April 15, 1933.
Today, evidence of its existence is considered anecdotal, with a number of disputed photographs and sonar readings. The scientific community explains alleged sightings of the Loch Ness Monster as hoaxes, wishful thinking, and the misidentification of mundane objects. More