by black francis » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:55 pm
The carcass of an ancient marine reptile thought to be extinct was found on a Loch Ness shoreline yesterday, leading some to speculate that the legendary Loch Ness monster may be real after all.
Plesiosaurs were thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago, and there had long been speculation that one of the creatures might be living in Loch Ness.
The body was found after a foul stench was noticed by Loch Ness residents. The creature is nearly 40 feet long with a greenish-black colored body, four flippers and a long tail. The creature's equally long neck ends in a small head filled with sharp teeth. It appears to have died from natural causes.
Cryptozoologists around the world hailed the discovery as proof that the Loch Ness monster exists in Scotland's famous freshwater loch, and plan on mounting expeditions to search for more of the creatures.
Critics, however, were not impressed.
Cambridge University Professor Philip D. Bunker, author of the book "There Is No Plesiosaur In Loch Ness, So Please Shut Up About It," is skeptical that a plesiosaur lives in Loch Ness. He believes there is another explanation for the discovery of the plesiosaur.
"This does not prove that plesiosaurs live in Loch Ness," Bunker argued. "Anyone could have discovered a plesiosaur in the Atlantic Ocean and dragged it to the location in Loch Ness where it was supposedly found. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
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