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Numerous sightings, observations, beast, is supposed to, supposedly, splashing, fake.

The Loch Ness monster, also called "Nessie", is a creature that (1).___ live in Loch Ness, the largest lake in northern Scotland. Since Roman times the legend of a mysterious sea creature has been alive through (2).___of the animal.​