Scholars and members of the public have been searching for the Loch Ness Monster, or more affectionately known as Nessie, for centuries. It has long been claimed that this large sea creature lives in a freshwater lake south of Inverness and is a member of a species not yet known to science. Interest in Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster never wanes, with reports of sightings of the legendary creature.
But why do we pay so much attention to unexplained phenomena like Nessi? Robin Dunbar, professor of evolutionary psychology at Oxford University, says we are hardwired to believe in things that cannot be explained.
“It’s clear that people have a very, very strong tendency to try to find explanations for things that they can’t explain – the kind of things that pop up at night,” Professor Dunbar said in an interview with the Times. “There’s also an element of fear behind all of this. “It’s not a monster, it’s not just a little wave, it’s not even just a seal. This is very annoying.”
Cryptids and their mysteries that attract us
Animals that are thought to exist in the wild and whose existence is debated or not proven by science are called “cryptids”. Edinburgh Napier University ecologist and lecturer Dr. The mystery of cryptids like Nessie or Bigfoot is “self-perpetuating,” says Jason Gilchrist. Dr. “People want to see or find something rare or special – it’s part of human nature – and there’s nothing more rare or special than the Loch Ness Monster,” Jason Gilchrist told MailOnline. “They bring it to the lake and they want to see a monster. So in any other lake or location, they might see something they wouldn’t be too excited about or pay attention to as evidence.”
Gilchrist states that he believes that there is no living creature in the lake that is unknown to science, and that the main problem is that the existing “evidence” is too distant or blurry to prove anything, and for the same reason, it is not possible to refute it definitively.
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