Unraveling The Unknown Loch Ness Monster
Hopewell Valley Student Podcasting Network
Show Name: Unraveling the Unknown
Episode Title: Loch Ness Monster
Hello Curious people and welcome to a world of mystery.
You are listening to Unraveling the Unknown with your hosts Lily and Tessa.
In this episode of Unraveling the Unknown, the Podcast we will discuss: Lock Ness Monster.
Segment 1: Story Time
- Earliest written record from 565 AD by St. Columba
- St Columb awas an irish abbot, missionary and scholar that helped spread christianity througout Scotland
- Columba helped bring back someone with his staff, that was attcked and killed my the loch ness monster
- Columa scared away the monster, and saved one of his monks in the water that was splashing around
- Columa stood at the side of the shore and bravely spoke out the the monster in a commanding voice “You will go no further! Do not touch the man, Leave at Once!”
- The monster swam away and was rarely seen again until the 1900s
Segment 2: Origin
- Loch ness monster nicknamed ness
- This monster originates from Loch Ness, Ireland
- There is the ancient ruins of Urquhart castle standing nearby this river
- This castle is said to have been the home of a Celtic winter queen and goddess Dark Biera.
- With an explosion of rage, she turned her maid Nessa into the Ness River after she was repeatedly late to attend to the Queen.
- As Nessa’s fury and grief for her punishment unleashed, the River Ness grew and she was able to escape the rivers flow and become Loch Ness.
- A loch is a body of water like a lake or sea inlet. The Loch Ness is the largest body or water in the entire UK with a depth of around 755 feet.
- The legend of the monster dates back as far as 565 AD and can be seen on stone and wood carvings from ancient times.
- Many legends and mythology from all around the world result from people long ago and their fears and anxieties regarding the world around them.
- Throughout time, Nesse has appeared as a gigantic serpent or dinosaur like creature with a long neck and tail and huge flippers, but can vary greatly from sighting to sighting.
- The Loch ness waters are also very deep and have low visibility because of their high levels of peat. From 9m and below, visibility is vastly considered to be 0.
- Even today with our advanced technology, there is no conclusive evidence that the monster exists but there is also little evidence to disprove the existence of The Loch Ness Monster.
Segment 3: Discussion
- How beileveable is the Loch Ness Monster on a scale from 1-10? 1 being not believable 10 being super real.
- Numerous theories have been put forward over the years, including that the creature may be a prehistoric marine reptile, a swimming circus elephant (yes, really) or, most recently, a giant eel.
- it is widely thought that the monster is a myth.- however, the loch ness, does sort of represent a dinosaur.
- Some people believe that the mythical Loch Ness Monster is a plesiosaur, a reptile with a small head and a long neck that became extinct some 65.5 million years ago.
- La llorona
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