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- LONDON (Reuters) -- Nessie, the shy and retiring Loch Ness monster and
national mascot of Scotland, has been spotted by a couple watching via
the Internet from Texas.
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- Nora and Mike Jones said they spied the
elusive beast on live pictures transmitted via the Web from a fixed camera
on the shore of the narrow highland lake.
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- "We saw a head and neck appear in
front of the castle and it was travelling fairly fast, with a V-shaped
wake behind it. We watched till it swam off screen," Nora said on
the web site (www.lochness.scotland.net).
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- Scotland On Line, which runs the site,
said the Galveston couple were the first ever to have seen Nessie on the
Internet.
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- "Experts on the Nessie phenomena
believe that this sighting ties in with past incidents," the page
read.
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- "Most previous sightings have occurred
during the longer days of June. It is believed Nessie may be disoriented
by the later daylight hours and emerge while it is still possible to see
her."
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- More than 3,000 people claim to have
witnessed something bizarre emerging from the murky depths of the 23-mile
(40-km) long lake.
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- The first sighting is said to have happened
in the year 565, when St Columba reported a strange beast in the waters.
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- http://cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9906/11/BC-BRITAIN-NESSIE.reut/
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