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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 Met Office said the mercury dropped as low as -5.7C at Drumnadrochit on the shore of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands on Friday.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 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

Police said a man approached the child between midnight and 01:00 in the early hours of Thursday at the Loch Ness Bay campsite in Drumnadrochit.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

What did people do when they came upon Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster?

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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