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Loch Ness Monster Is Probably Eels

I may have fuzzy recall on this... The immature form of eels are called “elvers”. Normally, these are very tiny. However, years ago fishermen found very large elvers, which led to speculation that the adult eel would have been quite large.j

The Wiki article says that the European Conger eel may grow to 3 meters in length.
 
Nova Land said:
Sounds like a plausible theory.

Indeed, sounds like something I think I saw posted previously on a skeptics' forum a stage magician had started. JREF, I think it was called...

Yes, here it is. Unfortunately the link in it is broken, but it refers to an item published in The Sun back in 2003.
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Pats on back...
 
The Great Zaganza said:
I'm listening...
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OK, in 2001, some giant eels washed up on the beach in Loch Ness, these weren't the typical Freshwater eels, but the large, 6' plus Conger Eels...

http://www.lochnessproject.org/loch_ness_reflections_news_links/loch_ness_sundberg.htm

Clearly, the eels had arrived by human agency in two possible ways. They could have been thrown overboard from a passing fishing vessel. A number of trawlers had passed through the Caledonian Canal on the previous day. However, congers are seldom caught in trawls since they tend to hide in rocky ground or in wrecks. Also, one of the eels was found clear of the surf. A more likely explanation is that they had been placed by a sea angler, inspired perhaps by the publicity surrounding Mr. Sundberg's ideas about large eels. The location, directly beneath a busy lay-by suggests this.
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I want it to be an Eel with a glandular/hormonal issue, causing it to be long and have morbid obesity.
 
Poor little British cryptids. trapped in a big lake easily disproven within decades.

Meanwhile American cryptids are free to roam around the continent and are yet to be proven false.
 
Bikewer said:
The Wiki article says that the European Conger eel may grow to 3 meters in length.
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The eel DNA that was found in Loch Ness is that of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla). They can get about 1.5 meters (4'11") in length and they do live in freshwater which is what Loch Ness is. This fish is well known to inhabit Loch Ness.

The European conger eel (Conger conger) is a marine species and is not known to inhabit Loch Ness at all. It's DNA was not found there.
 
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