This has to be a joke. The creation of Loch Ness may be concocted
but Nessie is real! I know. I've seen the photos!

From the Huffington Post
Legendary beast, or harmless geological activity? That is the question
raised after a scientist's surprising theory about the Loch Ness Monster
resurfaced recently.

Italian geologist Luigi Piccardi first floated his theory in 2001, telling a
meeting of colleagues organized by the Geological Society of London
and the Geological Society of America that seismic activity may underlie
the majority of supposed monster sightings around the Scottish lake
from which the fabled creature takes its name.

The first claimed sighting of "Nessie" occurred in the sixth century,
according to Scientific American. Legend has it that the creature
appears along with earth tremors and bubbling from the bottom of
Loch Ness, one of Britain's largest freshwater lakes.

Formed as a result of a long-ago collision between the northern tip
of Scotland and the rest of Britain, the loch sits over the 62-mile
Great Glen fault line. Piccardi argues that this position may have
fueled centuries of Loch Ness Monster rumors.