Reports of a mysterious creature in Loch Ness, Scotland go back to around the 6th century, but the legend of the Loch Ness Monster, nicknamed "Nessie," got a boost in the early 1930s with several…
(Encyclopedia) Ness, LochNess, Lochlŏkh [key], lake, 22 mi (35 km) long, Highland, N central Scotland, in the Great Glen. More than 700 ft (213 m) deep and ice free, it is fed by the Oich and other…
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/*]]>*/ Fact Monster'sMenacing Monster Guide by David Johnson Loch Ness MonsterFor 1,500 years Nessie, the monster of Loch (or lake) Ness, has intrigued—and frightened—the world. In 1933,…
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/*]]>*/ Fact Monster'sMenacing Monster Guide by David Johnson GoblinsFrom their birthplace in France, these nasty, hideous cousins of gnomes have spread all over Europe. When they entered…
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/*]]>*/ Fact Monster'sMenacing Monster Guide by David Johnson VampiresA vampire is a corpse that is not really dead. It arises at night to drink the blood of the living to replenish itself…
Born: 1922Birthplace: Boston, Mass. High resolution-image-scanning radar and sonar—Rines' radar and sonar inventions have been used by the military in the Persian Gulf War. In peacetime they have…
(Encyclopedia) serpent, term sometimes used to designate the larger species of snakes in mythology and folklore, a name often applied to any sinuous, crawling creature, chiefly to a snake. No sea…
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