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The '''Loch Ness monster''', also known as Nessie, is a well known [[cryptid]] claimed to live in the [[Loch Ness]] lake. Since 1933 Nessie sightings have been regularly reported.  
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The '''Loch Ness monster''', also known as Nessie, is a well known [[cryptid]] claimed to live in [[Loch Ness]], a large lake in Scotland. Since 1933 Nessie sightings have been regularly reported.  
    
==Nessie's Identity==
 
==Nessie's Identity==
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===Boat wakes===
 
===Boat wakes===
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Do to its shape boat wakes in the lake can create large standing waves that appear to rise above the lake. These elongated shapes might explain many of the sightings. <ref>http://www.biology.qmul.ac.uk/research/staff/s-araya/currents.htm#Internal%20progressive%20waves</ref>
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Due to their shape, boat wakes in the lake can create large standing waves that appear to rise above the lake. These elongated shapes might explain many of the sightings. <ref>http://www.biology.qmul.ac.uk/research/staff/s-araya/currents.htm#Internal%20progressive%20waves</ref>
 
   
 
   
 
==History of alleged Sightings==
 
==History of alleged Sightings==
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