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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

They carried out raids in mainland Scotland and places they attacked included Urquhart Castle on the shores of Loch Ness.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2025

“My sister. Her name was Skye. She drowned when I was only two. She was eleven. We were at Loch Ness when it happened, on holiday. You know, of Loch Ness monster fame?”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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