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For a creature that so many people say does not exist, there sure have been a lot of compelling reports made about the Loch Ness Monster.
The latest report about the Loch Ness Monster comes from a man named Alan McKenna of the research group Loch Ness Exploration.
McKenna claims that he deployed a hydrophone device, which detects and records noises underwater, 100 feet under the surface of the loch and made a startling discovery.
“At first we believed that the hydrophone might be getting dragged along the bottom but the boat skipper confirmed the cable was at least five meters from the bottom,” the Mirror reports McKenna said. “You can clearly hear a rhythmic pulse or heartbeat within the recording. We’ve no idea what was causing this sound but it’s very interesting.”
The recording was made on August 10 in the same location where a famous underwater photo was taken in 1972.
“We deployed the hydrophone which was lowered down to 30 meters below the surface close to where Robert Rines’ strobe camera was placed in 1972,” McKenna explained. “At around 10:41 a.m. we started to pick up a strange sound.
“This is the first time hearing the pulse or heartbeat so clearly. I’m not suggesting it’s a heartbeat I’m merely using that as a description.
“It’s a strange one indeed but that’s why my research is so interesting. We still can’t accurately identify some sounds and that’s all part of the mystery. It’s frustrating at times but always leaves you wanting more.”
The earliest report of someone seeing the Loch Ness Monster takes place in the sixth century in a book titled Life of St. Columba. Since then there have been hundreds, if not thousands, of sightings of the creature (over 1,100 of which have been recorded by the Official Loch Ness Monster Register).
In two different Loch Ness Monster expeditions in 2023, one group discovered an underground cave in the loch, while another reported hearing some unique underwater sounds and unexplained movement in the water.
“Our goal is to record and catalog as many underwater sounds as possible, identifying their sources and attempting to decipher what they might signify,” McKenna said. “This complex study aims to differentiate between natural sounds and those produced by human activities or man-made equipment.
“While identifying individual species by sound alone is a daunting task we are particularly interested in the possibility of detecting an unknown creature should it exist.”