Over the years, several sonar explorations (notably in 19) were undertaken to locate the creature, but none were successful. The Loch Ness area attracted numerous monster hunters. Scientists believe fossilized skulls of elephant relatives found by ancient Greeks were the basis for the mythological Cyclops. Along the lake’s shores, he found large footprints that he believed belonged to “a very powerful soft-footed animal about 20 feet long.” However, upon closer inspection, zoologists at the Natural History Museum determined that the tracks were identical and made with an umbrella stand or ashtray that had a hippopotamus leg as a base Wetherell’s role in the hoax was unclear. In December 1933 the Daily Mail commissioned Marmaduke Wetherell, a big-game hunter, to locate the sea serpent. The incident was reported in a Scottish newspaper, and numerous sightings followed. In April a couple saw an enormous animal-which they compared to a “dragon or prehistoric monster”-and after it crossed their car’s path, it disappeared into the water. At the time, a road adjacent to Loch Ness was finished, offering an unobstructed view of the lake. In 1933 the Loch Ness monster’s legend began to grow. Many of these alleged encounters seemed inspired by Scottish folklore, which abounds with mythical water creatures. According to that work, the monster bit a swimmer and was prepared to attack another man when Columba intervened, ordering the beast to “go back.” It obeyed, and over the centuries only occasional sightings were reported. The first written account appears in a biography of St. Notably, local stone carvings by the Pict depict a mysterious beast with flippers. Reports of a monster inhabiting Loch Ness date back to ancient times. The image, known as the “surgeon's photograph,” was later revealed to be a hoax.
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