Scientist Claims To Have Debunked Theory That Loch Ness Monster Is Just A Giant Eel

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A mathematician has conducted a scientific study that he says debunks the theory that the Loch Ness Monster is nothing more than a giant eel.

In 2019, New Zealand geneticist Neil Gemmell conducted an extensive DNA study of 250 water samples from Loch Ness.

After the study’s completion, he said, “Our data doesn’t reveal their size, but the sheer quantity of the material says that we can’t discount the possibility that there may be giant eels in Loch Ness.

“Therefore we can’t discount the possibility that what people see and believe is the Loch Ness Monster might be a giant eel.”

Mathematician Floe Foxon now believes that we can discount it and states why in a new research paper published on bioRxiv.

The Daily Mail reports…

In his new study, Mr Foxon calculated that there are over 8,000 eels in Loch Ness at any one time. 

Based on this figure, the probability of finding an eel approximately 3.3 feet (one metre) long is around one in 50,000.

But the probability of finding an eel over 20 feet (six metres) in length is ‘essentially zero’. 

This suggests that if Nessie does exist, it likely is not just a giant eel, according to Mr Foxon.

“Some eels may account for purported sightings of somewhat large animals at the loch surface,” Foxon wrote.

“Over the course of a few generations, an eel one meter in length may be expected. However, this is not quite the ‘monster’ postulated.”

Over the years, the Loch Ness Monster sightings have been blamed on everything from eels and birds to otters and catfish.

In 2021, a theory was put forth that the Loch Ness Monster is a type of undiscovered turtle that somehow got trapped in the loch many years ago.

One of the most popular theories ties the Loch Ness Monster to extinct plesiosaurs.

Last year, scientists claimed that the existence of the Loch Ness Monster is “plausible” thanks to a discovery of fossils of small plesiosaurs in a freshwater river.

Then again, perhaps Nessie isn’t any of those things and actually exists in a parallel universe. That certainly would explain why the creature always manages to vanish before anyone can get too close to confirm its existence despite over 1,000 reported sightings.

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