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 ...

I believe the images represent two Loch Ness monsters ... 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.

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 ...

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.