In the past, when people believed that the world was flat, cartographers drew unknown ocean areas at the edges of their ancient maps with the legend “here there by monsters. Today, we know the world is round, but some people still believe that there are monsters hiding in waters that are too deep and dark for scientific exploration.
You may have heard of the Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, probably the most famous monster in the world. Nessie was first “sighted” in 1871, but the legend existed hundreds of years before that. Nessie is said to look like a plesiosaur, a large marine reptile that supposedly became extinct during the time of dinosaurs. Plesiosaurs had long necks, large bodies, and short tails. Nessie is not the only frequently seen lake…