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Loch Ness Monster Is Probably Eels

Most photos of the Loch Ness Monster are probably not eels. In fact apart from the fact that there are eels in the lake there is no evidence that ANY of them are eels.
 
rjh01 said:
Most photos of the Loch Ness Monster are probably not eels. In fact apart from the fact that there are eels in the lake there is no evidence that ANY of them are eels.
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And it should be remembered too that this team was not looking for the Loch Ness Monster. They were doing a genetic survey of the inhabitants of the Loch, which is genuine science.
 
If a whole loch's worth of eel DNA were to agglomerate together, develop a crude animalistic form of sentience driven by base pair reactions and primordial rage, and rise up out of the water in fury to cast the works of humanity into ruin, that would be almost as interesting as an actual monster.
 
Myriad said:
If a whole loch's worth of eel DNA were to agglomerate together, develop a crude animalistic form of sentience driven by base pair reactions and primordial rage, and rise up out of the water in fury to cast the works of humanity into ruin, that would be almost as interesting as an actual monster.
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Isn't that the plot of a Stephen King novel?

If not, I'm sure it will be...
 
A new paper has been published examining the "giant eel" hypothesis.

Foxon F
The Loch Ness Monster: If It’s Real, Could It Be an Eel?
JMIRx Bio 2023;1:e49063
doi: 10.2196/49063

Results:

The chances of finding a large eel in Loch Ness are around 1 in 50,000 for a 1-meter specimen, which is reasonable given the loch’s fish stock and suggests some sightings of smaller unknown animals may be accounted for by large eels. However, the probability of finding a specimen upward of 6 meters is essentially zero; therefore, eels probably do not account for sightings of larger animals.
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Conclusions:

The existence of exceedingly large eels in the loch is not likely based on purely statistical considerations.
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Many or even one small eel seen with out reference sure, why not. I don't think anything more than various random optical illusions and people who really want to believe are needed.

That being said, Amazon Women on the Moon. An 80s movie with various sketches rather than a cohesive plot had a sketch called ******** or Not, model on various "true mystery" type shows. You decide, was jack the ripper actually the Loch Ness Monster? ******** or Not!
 
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A migration of eels is a twisty long conglomeration of hundreds of eels all intertwined into one long giant eel-like mass.

Why couldn't Nessie photos be a migration of eels, or failing that, two eels entwined together mating?
 
Orphia Nay said:
A migration of eels is a twisty long conglomeration of hundreds of eels all intertwined into one long giant eel-like mass.

Why couldn't Nessie photos be a migration of eels, or failing that, two eels entwined together mating?
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What photos? There are none that I can find that resemble a mass of eels. Also they spawn at sea, while Loch Ness is freshwater.
 
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