(VOVWORLD) - Hundreds of hopeful volunteers joined a two-day hunt for Scotland’s fabled Loch Ness monster on the weekend, in what organisers described as the biggest search for the elusive “Nessie” in more than 50 years.
 Volunteers on board of the Loch Ness Project Research Vessel, Deep Scan, take part in the largest Loch Ness Monster hunt for 50 years in Scotland, Britain, August 27, 2023. (Photo: Reuters) |
The Loch Ness Centre, which partnered with voluntary research team Loch Ness Exploration to organise “The Quest”, said they would be using surveying equipment that had not previously been tried at the loch, including thermal drones.
Volunteers from around the world were allocated locations around the 23-mile (37-km) long lake from which to monitor for any signs of Nessie, while others took to boats. A hydrophone was also used to detect acoustic signals under the water.
“We did hear something. We heard four distinctive ‘gloops’,” said search leader Alan McKenna.
The first written record of a monster relates to the Irish monk St Columba, who is said to have banished a “water beast” to the depths of the River Ness in the 6th century.
Countless unsuccessful attempts to track down the monster have been made.