Cryptid fans from around the world are mourning, because it looks like Nessie has in fact kicked the bucket. Oh, and she moved to Antarctica at some point.
A team of Argentinian researchers have excavated a fossil buried in the icy barren of the South Pole, and it’s turned out to be the biggest and most complete evidence yet for the ‘elasmosaurus’ species of plesiosaur.
At 12 metres long, this 15-tonne friend is not a beast you could feasibly keep in your bathtub. Sorry Angus.
So does this mean Nessie has met her unfortunate demise? It’s bad news, but true believers stop at nothing, so I’m sure they’ll have explanations for this all over YouTube in no time.
To help you embrace your denial, there are even scientists from New Zealand teasing “surprising” results from DNA testing of the waters of Loch Ness.
Here’s my theory: Scots have emigrated to the Antipodes before, so maybe this was just a relative of Nessie’s seeking warmer seas. Which would definitely make for an interesting episode of A Place in the Sun: Home or Away.
The sea monster myth brings thousands of people to the shores of Loch Ness every year, contributing over $75 million a year to the Scottish economy.
It’s not normally possible to milk reptiles, but this cash creature isn’t going to be sent to the grave any time soon.