According to the monk Adamnan in his text Vita Sancti Columbae, written sometime before 704, one day St. Columba saw a monster poised to attack a person who was swimming across the River Ness.

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The monster then returned to attack another swimmer in the River Ness, which flows from Loch Ness. St. Columba made the sign of the cross, causing the beast to swim away, the biography said.