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Loch Ness

American  
[lok nes, lokh] / ˌlɒk ˈnɛs, ˌlɒx /

noun

  1. a lake in NW Scotland, near Inverness. 23 miles (37 km) long.


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As an X-file from an earlier era, when fringe theories about UFOs, crop circles or the Loch Ness monster were quarantined as tabloid fodder, the lore around the wilderness footage seems quaint by today’s standards.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

The highest concentration of fires, litter and abandoned tents was in East Lochaber and Loch Ness.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

Rangers recorded 2,681 fire marks and extinguished 236 unsafe fires, with the highest levels of damage in East Lochaber and Loch Ness.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

Growing up just outside Melbourne, Australia, Scotty James was more likely to spot the Loch Ness Monster or Big Foot as he was to spot snow.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 18, 2025

The unstinting efforts of this office in persuading Muggles that all photographic evidence of the Loch Ness kelpie is fake have gone some way to salvaging a situation that at one time looked exceedingly dangerous.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

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