The first recorded encounter with the Loch Ness Monster was by Irish missionary St. Columba in the year 565. Since then, the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register has logged 1,159 sightings.

In the summer of 564, Irish abbot Saint Columba saw a beast about to attack a man swimming along the Loch Ness shore and commanded it to“go back with all speed.” It did. And Columba was credited with ...

A hotel manager's glimpse of something strange in 1933 helped to create a modern monster myth. In 1987, the BBC reported on the scientists who used sonar to hunt for Nessie.

The son of the inspirational captain of the Nessie hunting ship has vowed to keep his Dad's 'legacy alive' as he plans to re-open the family business next month. Mike Bell is the new skipper of the ...

A man on the shores of Scotland's Dores Beach said he saw the elusive Loch Ness monster emerging from the depths of the loch, the first potential Nessie sighting reported to The Loch Ness Centre in ...

An underwater camera from 1970 that had been submerged to capture evidence of the Loch Ness Monster has been discovered by accident. The U.K.'s National Oceanography Centre was conducting a routine ...

An unmanned submarine accidentally uncovered an underwater camera that is believed to have been set up 55 years ago in hopes of capturing a photo of the elusive Loch Ness monster. The United Kingdom's ...