| Name of Animal (if any) |
Body of Water |
Country |
Description |
Date(s) |
| Nessie, Nessiteras Rhombopteryrx, an Niseag |
Loch Ness |
Scotland, UK |
Most famous in the world! Long-neck, humped back, mustard to black in color |
565 AD to present (Individual sightings too numerous to mention!) |
| Morag, a-Mhorag, Maggie |
Loch Morar |
Scotland, UK |
Similar to Nessie, camera-shy, with a fondness of annoying fishermen. Loch Morar is
the deepest in the British Isles, with much clearer water than Loch Ness. Morag is
described as: eel-like but with a vertical neck, like an upturned boat, 25-30 ft. long
with 4 humps, snakelike, black to dirty brown in color, rough skin, fast-moving. In 1958,
its portrait was painted after Dr. George Cooper saw it. On 16 Aug 1969, Morag
accidentally (it seems) ran into a boat. The occupants shot at it, but it fled at the
sound of the guns, without being visibly harmed. |
Jan 1887, 1895, 1907, 27 Mar 1934, 1946 (onshore), 1948, Sept 1958, Aug 1968, 1969 (3
sightings), 1970, 1971, 1972 -present |
| Lizzie |
Loch Lochy |
Scotland, UK |
|
1929, 1930, 1960 |
|
Loch Arkaig |
Scotland, UK |
Loch Arkaig is between Lochs Ness and Morar. |
pre-1857 |
|
Loch Quoich |
Scotland, UK |
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Loch Linnhe |
Scotland, UK |
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Cauldshields Loch |
Scotland, UK |
|
1815 |
|
Loch Fyne |
Scotland, UK |
long-necked |
1570, 1644 |
|
Loch Ray |
Scotland, UK |
|
1300's |
| Wee Oichy |
Loch Oich |
Scotland, UK |
Maned, horse- or dog-like head, serpentine body, two humps,
black skin, snakelike neck. Said to have drowned a curious child who climbed on its
back for a ride. Named in 1961 when hoaxers planted a fake monster in the loch for
photographs. Loch Oich is connnected to the southern end of Loch Ness by the River
Oich. |
pre-1933, 1933, 13 Aug 1936, 1937, 1960, 1961 hoax |
|
Loch Laggan |
Scotland, UK |
|
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|
Caledonian Canal at Corpach |
Scotland, UK |
Giant eel-like creature with a man killed by workers cleaning
one of the locks in the canal. Thought to have come originally from Loch Ness |
late 1700's |
|
Loch Duvat on Eriskay |
Scotland, UK |
Seen onshore, long nec with horselike head. Screamked upon
seeing a human. |
~1897 |
|
Loch nan Dubhrachan on the Sleat |
Skye, Scotland, UK |
Seen onshore and n the water. Locals tried to drag the loch to
capture it, to no avail. |
1870 |
|
Loch Lomond |
Scotland, UK |
|
pre-1653, 1724, 22 Sept 1964 |
|
Loch Trieg |
western Scotland, UK |
Scared off divers working on a hydroelectric project |
1933 |
|
Loch Eil |
Scotland, UK |
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Garloch |
Argyle, Scotland, UK |
Reported to be the size of a greyhound with a long neck and
tail, the later of which it used to knock over trees and kill 3 hunters |
~1527 |
|
Loch Quoich |
Scotland, UK |
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Loch Rannoch |
Scotland, UK |
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Loch Tay |
Scotland, UK |
|
1300's |
| an Beathach Mor Loch Abha (gaelic) |
Loch Awe |
Scotland, UK |
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Loch Beiste |
Greenstone Point, Western Ross, Scotland, UK |
The landlord tried to drain the lake to catch the creature,
and tried to poison it with quick lime, but neither scheme worked. |
1850's. |
|
Loch Urabhal |
Scotland, UK |
Freshwater lake near Achmore village. |
27 July 1961 |
|
Loch na Mna |
Rasay Island, Hebrides, Scotland, UK |
|
pre-1773 |
|
Loch Vennachair |
Scotland, UK |
Blamed for the deaths of a group of swimming children |
1800 |
|
Cauldshilds Loch |
Scotland, UK |
|
1815 |
| an-t-Seileag |
Loch Shiel |
Scotland, UK |
3 humps moving fast in the water. Also seen onshore once.
4 animals were seen at once in 1997. Long necks, upturned-boat back. |
1874, 1905, 1911, 1925, 1926, 1997, June 1998 |
|
Loch Meiklie |
Scotland, UK |
|
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Loch Assynt |
Scotland, UK |
Horse-like head and a humped back |
early 1800's, 1857 |
|
Loch Canisp, a.k.a. Feith an Leotheaid |
Sutherland, Scotland, UK |
Long neck and a head like a hind's, but without ears, eyes
like saucers. Most often seen at dusk. Loch Canisp is a feeder lochan
for Loch Assynt, where unknown creatures have also been seen. |
|
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offshore of Rasay Island |
Hebrides Islands, Scotland, UK |
|
1773 |
|
offshore of Skye Island |
Hebrides Islands, Scotland, UK |
|
1870 |
|
offshore of Skye |
Scotland, UK |
Two clerics sighted a sea serpent while fishing |
2 days in 1872 |
|
Benbecula Beach |
Hebrides Islands, Scotland |
unknown carcass washed ashore |
|
| Morgawr (old Cornish word for "Sea Giant") |
Falmouth Bay |
Britain |
15-18' long with a long neck, humped back, and long muscular
tail the length of its body. Skin is described as dark brown or black, or mottled
grey. |
1876, early 1900s, 1975, 1976, 1985, more recent |
SCOTLAND
