Loch Ness Monster

As far back as the sixth century, there have been rumors of a mysterious creature residing in or around Scotland's Loch Ness. Nonetheless, most contemporary tales, such as the notion that it was a reptile-like monster, had their roots in 1933. Since then, countless witnesses have asserted seeing the beast, and a few hoaxes have also been debunked.

Of course, not all reports of the Loch Ness Monster sightings are fabrications, but the same cannot be said for all of them. A fresh Loch Ness monster photo surfaced in 2020, and it soon went viral on social media thanks to comments and sharing from numerous well-known accounts.

Unlike many alleged cryptid images, this one wasn't fuzzy or difficult to distinguish. A very distinct creature can be seen swimming in the lake in the photograph. Some who are a little more sceptical of monster stories looked at the image more closely and noted that the creature's coloring was eerily similar to that of a wels catfish.

It wouldn't be difficult to mistake one of these for a monster at first glance because they may grow to be up to 300 pounds and eight feet long. The matter was therefore concluded. Yet there was actually more to it than that. Like fingerprints, each mark on a catfish's back is distinct. Other internet sleuths took the time to compare the Loch Ness catfish to another image of a sizable catfish that had been captured two years earlier, and they discovered that the catfish had really been PhotoShopped into the image. In other words, the Loch Ness monster was a fictitious photograph of a fictitious creature.