people have claimed to have seen an enormous animal lurking in Loch Ness in Scotland. The first reported sighting dates way back to the 7th-century biography of Irish monk St. Columba. According ...

The first story of a monster came from nearby, in the River Ness, which adjoins the Loch, in the year 565 from St Columba. Columba was on a mission to Christianise the area. This particular ...

The earliest written reference linking such creatures to Loch Ness is in the biography of Saint Columba, the man credited with introducing Christianity to Scotland. In A.D. 565, according to this ...

Loch Ness veteran skipper Shaun Sloggie thinks ... so-called monster was reportedly made in AD565 by Irish missionary St Columba when he encountered a vast animal in the River Ness.

He said: 'The Spirit of Loch Ness uses that far shore route when ... is said to have been made in AD565 by the Irish missionary St Columba when he came across a giant beast in the River Ness.