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Quinto: It's one of the most
idyllic lakes in the world...

but, for centuries,
its dark waters

have been thought
to hide a deadly secret...

a massive, unidentified species

famously known
as the Loch Ness Monster.

Despite alleged photos, video,

and thousands
of eyewitness sightings...

I looked
over my right shoulder,

and there she was.

Quinto: ...many people believe

that Nessie
is simply a fairy tale.

But what if there
actually is an unknown animal

living in Loch Ness?

Can we combine
enough information

to profile the creature?

In our attempt to find out if
Nessie does exist in some form,

we've taken a deep dive

on alleged sightings
throughout history...

we've closely
examined its habitat...

and we've studied
potentially related species

for clues as to what
the monster might be.

Now we'll reveal
a brand-new look

that just might bring us
closer than ever

to identifying
this possible unknown creature.

Go!

Quinto: And finally

we'll enter the depths
to see for ourselves

and have a potential

history-making encounter
of our own.

Quinto: As we continue
in search of...

the Loch Ness Monster.

Our profile of the Loch Ness
Monster continues to evolve.

It started like this,

the classic image
from the 1930s.

Before long,
we added new features

based on
more recent encounters.

But just as important

as the monster's
physical appearance,

we've also built a key theory
about its behavior.

What if the creature
is migratory?

We haven't yet
been able to confirm

whether the monster
can come and go from the loch,

but there's a chance

that the evidence
may have already been found.

The remains of a massive
unidentified creature,

nearly an exact match
for Nessie,

washed up
from the waters of Scotland

not far from Loch Ness.

This is the island of Stronsay.

Located due north of Inverness,

it's a quiet and peaceful place
for a seaside getaway.

But as zoologist Geoff Swinney
will tell us,

on a summer day in 1808,

visitors were met
with a terrifying sight.

A fishing boat
noticed something unusual.

Their attention was drawn to it
by the screaming gulls

that were gathered
around this carcass

which had been washed
o-onto some rocks.

It was big. It was smelly.

This was nothing like
anything they'd seen before.

Quinto: The fisherman
who had discovered the carcass,

a man by the name
of John Peace,

approached it
with a group of locals.

The island dwellers
were familiar

with the occasional
beached whale or shark carcass

that could wash up
on the Stronsay shores.

But this was something
very different

and very, very big.

Swinney: What they
found on the beach

was an animal
with a relatively small head,

only about a foot long,

and then a body
which extended 55 feet,

and they measured this,

uh, so we know that
the measurement was accurate.

And about a quarter
of the length of this

appeared to be neck
made up of vertebrae.

And then the rest
of the--the vertebral column

going off to the tail.

There appeared to be
three pairs of legs.

And the whole body was covered

in what appeared
to be matted fur,

with a mane of fur running
down the back of the body.

This must have been
an extraordinary sight.

Imagine, this is
what they would have seen.

Must have been absolutely
terrifying, disturbing,

this huge 55-foot-long,

mysterious
six-legged, hairy animal

just lying there on the beach.

Th-These were
not just a new species.

This was
a new species of megafauna.

This was a-a big animal.

This was a sea monster.

Quinto: It was dubbed
the Stronsay Beast,

and news of the discovery
began to spread.

News spread
fairly rapidly worldwide

that this sea monster
had arrived on the shore.

They convened a sort of tribunal

with two local
justices of the peace

taking sworn affidavits

from the local people
who had seen this animal.

Quinto: But while
the accounts of the beast

were now officially
on the record...

nobody could do much more
to preserve the carcass...

and the late summer heat

nearly rotted away the remains
of the mysterious animal.

The animal, lying on the beach

had been trundled around
in the sand quite a lot.

Much of the skin had come off,

and what you were left with
were the fraying muscle fibers.

Various bits of the carcass

were collected
by some of the local people,

and some were sent,
uh, down to Edinburgh.

The--The skull, the head,
was actually sent to London,

but unfortunately, uh,

that has since been lost
during the Blitz.

The vertebrae of the animal,
they were studied in Edinburgh

by a very eminent, uh, anatomist
called John Barclay.

He concluded that this was
like no other animal,

this-- this was a new creature.

An equally eminent anatomist
in London

was absolutely convinced
that the remains

were those of a large shark.

The puzzling thing is that
the local community on Stronsay

would be very familiar
with these big sharks.

Therefore, how could anybody
possibly mistake this animal,

55 feet long with 6 legs,
for a shark?

The observations were accurate.

I mean, we--we have no reason
to disbelieve the eyewitnesses.

The remains of the animal
that are still in the museum,

uh, consists of three vertebrae.

I've had the opportunity of--of
looking at the three vertebrae.

Quinto: After analyzing
the remains, Geoff concluded

that the Stronsay Beast
shared many similarities

with our potential profile
of the Loch Ness Monster,

including a long, narrow shape,
flippers on its abdomen,

and of course its massive size.

This is the first
physical evidence

of a possible Loch Ness Monster
type creature in Scotland,

not a blurry photo
or a fleeting sighting,

but actual remains of a species

that must have roamed
the area's waters at some point.

Swinney: There are myths,
stories, legends associated

with many large bodies of water
all over the world,

stories of unknown animals...

Loch Ness in particular.

It would of course
be really exciting

if we had some material evidence
of a new animal,

a bit of megafauna,
a-a large animal, a sea monster,

and, until we have something
to actually examine...

I keep an open mind.

Quinto: Could the Stronsay Beast
actually be the same species

as the creature long identified
as the Loch Ness Monster?

The resemblance is uncanny,
as is the timing.

In 1808, the year
the Stronsay Beast

was discovered,
there were alleged sightings

of similar creatures
in Loch Ness

and in Sweden's Storsjön lake.

Is this just a coincidence,

or were several
of these unknown animals

migrating
through Northern Europe?

Quinto: The mystery
of the Loch Ness Monster...

has inspired
generations of searchers

trying to find
this elusive species.

But there's a chance
it's already been found

in the form of
an as-yet unidentified carcass

on the shore of
the Scottish island of Stronsay.

If the Stronsay Beast
is in fact a match,

it adds even more key details
to our profile of the monster.

The Stronsay remains
had three pairs

of what the fishermen described
as paws or flippers.

This could explain
the animal's ability

to cruise along the water's
surface at six miles per hour,

as seen in a 2007 video
by Nessie hunter Gordon Holmes.

It's also consistent
with this photograph

taken in the 1970s

by a scientist who encountered
a creature in the loch.

The specimen at Stronsay was
covered in short, wiry bristles,

most commonly found
on marine animals,

who use them to sense
the presence of food

in deep, dark waters.

If Nessie exists,
it would need similar features

in order to feed and survive

in the near-blackout conditions
of Loch Ness.

We've now added
quite a bit to our profile,

but one can't help but think

that it still looks
rather familiar.

Perhaps it's time to revisit
one of the very first theories

on the Loch Ness
Monster's identity.

So what particular species
do you think it is?

The evidence
as I interpret it all fits,

and I know this is
a fantastic statement,

but this all fits plesiosaur.

Quinto: Since the 1930s,

dozens of witnesses
have speculated

that Nessie is a species
we've already identified.

Could they have been right
this whole time?

If so, the plesiosaur
is an intriguing option.

It's a type of marine reptile
that dates back to the time

of the dinosaurs,
in the late Triassic Period.

Plesiosaurs thrived
for nearly 140 million years

before supposedly dying out
at the same time

as their
land-based contemporaries.

But is it possible

the plesiosaur
could have survived,

and could it still be lurking
in the depths today?

Other animals survived,

including crocodiles,

the duck billed platypus,
and even bees.

There have even been animals

that were long thought
to be extinct,

only to suddenly
and mysteriously

turn up again alive and well.

One famous example
is the coelacanth,

a large ancient fish species

thought to have died out
with the dinosaurs.

But then, in 1938, miraculously
living coelacanths were found

off the coast of South Africa.

Could the same thing
be happening in Loch Ness?

Paleontologist
Dr. Pernille Troelsen

has studied thousands of fossils

from museum collections
around the world...

and she thinks
she may have the answer.

So the whole group
of Plesiosauria

is divided into
these two morphotypes.

One of them
is the one we see here,

so this is the pliosaur,

and the other ones
are the plesiosaurs.

Quinto: Right away,
the parallels to our profile

of the Loch Ness Monster
seem obvious.

So, what is really unique
about plesiosaurs

is that they have
no modern analogues, which means

that we have no animal
that looks like this today.

They have
this really unique body plan,

which you can see here,
the four flippers,

and then you have a trunk area

and the neck,
the head, and the tail.

Quinto: Is it possible that
the Loch Ness Monster's skeleton

has been here on display
for nearly two centuries?

Dr. Troelsen
is a plesiosaur expert,

having dedicated her PhD studies
to this one specific species...

and, according to her,
the answer is no.

Because, as we're
about to find out,

her recently published
research proves

that, despite thousands
of eyewitness accounts

over hundreds of years,
we might have

the potential monster's
most iconic feature all wrong.

It's a groundbreaking new find

that could allow us
to finally complete our profile

of the world's most
sought-after unknown species.

Quinto: For decades, thousands
of dedicated Nessie hunters

have focused
on a very specific description,

a beast
with a long serpentine neck

reminiscent
of ancient plesiosaurs.

But plesiosaur specialist
Dr. Pernille Troelsen

has a major problem
with that theory.

She thinks that Nessie hunters

should be looking for something
significantly different.

The plesiosaurs have
a great variety of neck lengths.

It goes all the way from
16 vertebrae to 76 vertebrae,

so that's a great deal--
amount of neck vertebrae,

compared to us as mammals.

We only have seven vertebrae
in the neck.

Quinto: A plesiosaur's neck
ranges from 3 feet to 23 feet,

and while that length
adds flexibility,

it also creates
a major weakness.

Dr. Troelsen
did extensive research

on the amount
of pressure and movement

a plesiosaur neck could take

and compared it
to what alleged witnesses

have said
about the Loch Ness Monster.

The Loch Ness Monster,

depicted with
this thin, long neck

like the long-neck plesiosaurs,

would not have been able
to--to cross the water surface,

because the pressure on the neck

when it was moving
out of the water

would have been too high,

and definitely
that swanlike pose

it's been depicted as
would have been impossible.

Quinto: In other words,
a flexible plesiosaur neck

wouldn't have the strength
to stand above the waterline.

In fact, it would barely
be able to break the surface.

The Loch Ness Monster
would probably have been

another animal, uh,
than the long-necked plesiosaur,

similar to this ichthyosaur
we see here,

which has
a really, really short neck

that would have been able
to cope with the water pressure

as the animal
would cross the water surface.

Quinto: And that's
not the only thing

Dr. Troelsen found
in her research.

Another reason why I don't
think the Loch Ness Monster

would be a plesiosaur
is the fact

that we--we assume that
plesiosaurs were air breathers.

Quinto:
Whatever this species is,

if it needed to come up for air
every few minutes,

it would easily
be spotted by onlookers.

Therefore, the creature
most likely has gills.

If Dr. Troelsen is correct,

we've been dead wrong
this whole time

about a long-necked
Loch Ness Monster.

Even though it was a hoax,

modern sightings
have clearly been influenced

by the iconic
1934 "surgeon's photo"

in the "Daily Mail."

If not for that photo,
the mistaken concept

of a long-necked Nessie
might never have existed.

Without it, is it possible

the monster could have
been found decades ago?

We may never know how much
lost time it cost the search,

but we now have
all the information we need

to complete our new profile
of the Loch Ness Monster.

So far,
we've developed this image,

and, at last, we have
the final piece of the puzzle.

If the creature's eel-like,
serpentine form isn't its neck,

then it must be its body.

With that last detail,

we can finally reveal

our brand-new,
never-before-seen image

of what the Loch Ness Monster
might look like.

A far cry from the traditional
dinosaurlike appearance

pitched to tourists
over the years,

this is what the monster
would have to actually resemble

in order to survive and thrive,

while remaining hidden
in the waters of Loch Ness.

It's still rather terrifying,

perhaps even more so.

One thing's for sure.

If any creature got close enough

to witness
this detailed point of view,

it wouldn't survive
long enough to tell the tale.

Now that we know
what a potential

Loch Ness Monster
might look like,

perhaps we can
determine the location

where the species
could be found.

We've theorized that this
is a migratory animal.

In other words, it probably
hasn't lived in the loch

for its entire existence.

In order to locate it today,

we must answer
two key questions.

First, how exactly
could this creature

come and go from Loch Ness?

And, second,
is it still able to do so?

Local guide Grant Sutherland
has fished the waters

around Loch Ness
his entire life,

and he thinks he knows the route

the beast originally took
from the North Sea to the loch,

a path it may still
be traveling today.

Having worked in the area
for over 20 years,

Grant is very familiar

with the waterways
that surround Loch Ness.

According to Grant,
there is only one natural link

between the North Sea
and the loch...

and that's the River Ness.

Well, here we are at the mouth
of the River Ness.

This is where it enters
the North Sea.

Quinto: This area is one of
the most food-rich environments

in all of Scotland, absolutely
teeming with fish species.

Grant: This is a riptide
you can see coming out here.

This is a popular area,
lots of food churned up,

so there's a lot of fish

that are going to be
attracted to this area.

Quinto: Humans have been
hauling in large catches

from the mouth
of the River Ness for centuries,

but we're not the only ones.

A wide array of marine predators
feast here, too,

including birds,
seals, and dolphins,

so it's possible that
a large North Sea marine hunter

like the potential
Loch Ness Monster

could have come here as well.

Once it reached the river mouth,

two tasty species in particular

could have coaxed it
even farther.

Quinto: Brown trout
and Atlantic salmon

are the two largest and most
nutrient-rich fish in the area.

If the monster exists,
it's easy to imagine it

following these fish upstream
during a feeding frenzy.

But unfortunately,
if this alleged animal

wanted to make it all the way
to Loch Ness from here,

it would meet a major obstacle.

Grant: Here we are,
just a mile and a half

from the mouth of the river.

This is one of the first
obstacles that any animal

that's wanting
to navigate its way

through into Loch Ness
is going to hit,

very bouldery, shallow,
fast-flowing water like this,

and there's another
five, six miles of this.

That'd make it difficult
for any animal

to navigate its way
to the deep waters of Loch Ness.

Quinto: In other words,

if the monster
wanted to reach the loch

by way of the River Ness, this
would be the end of the road.

Fortunately, there
just might be another way in.

Quinto: Building off
our new profile,

we now have a compelling theory

of the Loch Ness Monster's
potential behavior.

What if the beast is so elusive
because it migrates?

Can it come and go
from the loch at will?

We know the River Ness
is too powerful and rocky

to be navigable
by a large marine animal,

but could there be another way?

This is the Caledonian Canal,

and this is a backdoor
into Loch Ness.

Quinto: Completed in 1822,
the Caledonian Canal

was built as a shortcut across
Scotland for commercial boats.

It runs from coast to coast,

including directly
into Loch Ness.

35 feet deep
and lacking the powerful current

and rapids of the River Ness,

the canal would make
a much more inviting route

for the monster, if it exists.

The River Ness
is a very tough journey

for any species
to take up there.

The Caledonian Canal would be
a much easier piece of water

for any animal
that chose to move

from the sea into Loch Ness.

It's a much slower,
deeper piece of water.

The time frame
of the canal's construction

certainly checks out.

The earliest sightings
of the monster

were in the River Ness,
not the loch.

It may have had no way
to reach the loch at first,

but the canal opened in 1822,

just 14 years
after the Stronsay Beast

was discovered 131 miles away.

That massive North Sea species

that previously could only
travel partway up the river

could now make it
all the way to Loch Ness.

Today, boat traffic regularly
commutes through the canal.

The question is,
could the Loch Ness Monster

use the canal the very same way,

coming to its favorite
feeding ground

during its salmon
and trout spawning runs

each spring and summer?

If the Loch Ness Monster
is migrating to chase food,

it helps explain
some other mysteries...

for instance, the inconsistency
in its annual appearances.

In 1996, there were
17 alleged sightings.

But in 2009 and again in 2013,

Nessie was supposedly spotted
just once the whole year.

This seems like good evidence

that the species
doesn't live here full-time.

Still, it gives us an advantage.

We now know precisely
when this species

is most likely to be present
in these waters.

When the salmon begin
to migrate into the loch,

the creature known as Nessie
could be close behind.

And if we're right,

then that time is now.

This year's salmon migration
began two weeks ago,

so, armed with our new profile,

the hunt for this unidentified
creature is officially on.

It will be a two-pronged
search effort...

led by captain Mike Lynch

and scuba diver Chris McKendry.

Captain Mike will be manning
the Reb a 40-foot catamaran

outfitted with
state-of-the-art sonar

that will give him
a never-before-seen picture

of the murky loch bottom.

We're gonna find Nessie.

Quinto: Working in tandem
with the Rebel

aboard a high-speed Zodiac,

is Chris
and a two-man dive team.

Advanced cold-water divers
Tom Feehan and Ken Miller

will be ready to enter the water
at the captain's signal.

As soon as we're ready
and we see something

on the screen that we feel
the need to investigate,

then the dive team
in the RIB there

can launch at very short notice.

Okay.

Just going to Lochend,
uh, as close as we can.

Obviously, you can go further
to the shore than I can.

Yup, no problem.

This is the mouth of the loch,

Lochend to the right there.

We've just entered
Loch Ness now.

Weather conditions
are pretty good.

We've got a slight mist there,
but there's very little wind,

and these are
the ideal conditions now.

Quinto: Captain Mike is using
our newfound understanding

of the potential monster's
migratory habits

to focus his search
on the north end of the loch,

where the salmon-rich River Ness

intersects
with the Caledonian Canal.

Mike: Loch Ness is a vast area.

Uh, the monster, Nessie,

could be swimming
anywhere under there,

but I think there's more fish
up this end of the loch

because of the--the salmon
and that swimming through.

Quinto: As Mike
pilots the Rebel,

his fellow skipper, Andrew,

monitors the sonar information
on a large screen below deck.

Mike: I'll come around
port side.

Yeah, go around port side.
That's a good check, Mike.

Quinto: The Rebel's sonar boasts

unparalleled range
and resolution.

Sonars have developed
such a long way now.

We've got a lot more detail
on the--the sonars.

You can see that we can detail
even the fish on the sonars now,

so technology's moved on,

and it's given us
more sophisticated equipment.

Quinto: In addition
to the latest technology,

we also have
a much clearer picture

of exactly
what we're looking for

and where it might be found.

We're not necessarily looking

for a big long neck,
lots of humps.

Quinto: Captain Mike
sweeps back and forth

in tight parallel lines,

like a lawn mower
cutting a yard.

Mike: Yeah, you're
picking that up now, And?

Yeah, perfect,
just go around it.

Just about six, seven knots
would be perfect.

Quinto: The Rebel is now passing

over a steep underwater ledge,
which could be an area

of particular interest
in our search.

Mike: We're now heading
south down Loch Ness.

We just left behind us Lochend,
the small village there.

Now, at Lochend, the, uh,
Loch Ness is very shallow,

but then it
suddenly slopes off.

And we're now recording
a-a depth of 258 feet,

and you can see
on the sonar there

that there's two sets,
or two shoals of fish there.

Now, where there's lots of fish,

obviously that means
that that's a food source,

so obviously
Nessie needs to feed,

and that would be ideal feed
for Nessie there.

Quinto: As the boat moves
over the shoals of fish,

the captain notices
something new on the sonar.

Looking at the sonar there,
on the--the L.E.D.,

I can see
some dark spots appearing

with the multibeam there.

We're not too sure
what those dark spots are,

so we need to just go back

and take a closer look
at that, hover over that.

We need to investigate
a little bit further.

Quinto:
Armed with our new profile

of the Loch Ness Monster

and a detailed analysis of
its possible migratory habits,

we've zeroed in
on the precise time and place

we're most likely to find
this unidentified species.

Mike: We've got very precise
sonar technology now

that will give us a 3-D map
of the--the loch itself.

That's given us
more detailed advantage

than we've ever had before,
uh, onboard this vessel.

Quinto: The sonar has pinpointed

several shoals of fish.

So they're currently swimming
at a depth of about 193 feet.

Quinto: And nearby it's spotted
something else as well,

a reading unlike anything
the crew has ever seen.

Skipper Mike,
if we just take her round

to the port side a bit,
we'll get a better view.

Roger that. Thanks, Andy.

This dark blue area here,

we don't currently have
any information on,

so we need to get the skipper
to go over this area

a few times to help
enhance the 3-D image.

Quinto: Captain Mike
steers back over

the dark area
on the loch bottom,

using a more precise
multibeam sonar

to try to generate
a clearer picture.

He asks Andrew to put
the dive team on standby.

Okay, okay.

The divers are
going to get ready.

We're gonna go on standby.

The divers have got
their dry suits on, the undersuits.

The dry suits,
that's gonna help

protect them
against the elements.

This loch is
really, really cold.

If you're in there
without a dry suit on,

you could be dead
within minutes,

so the divers
have got to be very careful

about making sure
their suits are all ready,

they're all zipped up,
good to go.

The speed is of the essence.

We need to get geared up quick.

We need to get
in the water quick,

get right down on that contact
as soon as we can.

Quinto: Now it's
up to the crew on the Rebel

to try and identify
this mysterious mass

as quickly as possible.

I can park the boat
just over this dark area

to get more detailed
information,

which is what we'll do now.

Skipper of crew.

Yeah, go ahead, Andy.

Yeah, mate, you able
to go a bit more starboard

and a little bit slower?

Okay. Cheers.

Quinto: Unfortunately,
the technique doesn't work,

because whatever
this dark form is,

it's on the move.

This needs
further investigation,

and we may have to get
the dive team into this

just to check it out.

Andy: Now we're almost directly

over this area
that's drawn our attention.

The multibeam
is showing something.

We're not sure
what it is, but I think

it's time to get the divers
down for a closer look.

I'm just waiting
for confirmation just now.

Once we get that confirmation,
get the location, uh,

we're gonna send the divers in
to have a look around.

I think we need
to investigate. Go.

Go, guys. Let's go,
straight the way down here.

Get the divers in now, guys.
Let's go,

and I'll move the boat now
out of the way.

It's directly
under the boat where we are.

Okay, guys, it's all clear now.

All ready
on the count of three.

1, 2, 3,

go.

Quinto: On the northern end
of Loch Ness,

captain Mike Lynch has spotted
an anomaly on his sonar,

a dark form
near several shoals of fish

that very well might be
a sign of the elusive monster.

Whatever it is,
the anomaly is on the move...

so the captain
has quickly made the call

to deploy the dive team
before it can escape.

All ready
on the count of three.

1, 2, 3, go.

- All good.
- All right.

Well done, guys.

Is that connected good?

Quinto: The water is thick
with mud and debris.

It also filters out
more and more sunlight

with each foot
the divers descend.

They're a bit deeper,

We've passed that point
where I can't see them anymore.

They're pretty deep now.

It's pretty dark and murky
down there.

Quinto: The divers have reached

the upper level
of the rock shelf

that the Rebel's equipment
spotted from above.

The shoals of fish

that initially drew attention
to the area have scattered...

perhaps scared away,
but by what?

Tom is now searching for
anything that could have created

the massive unknown object
on the sonar.

Mike: We're close to getting

what we feel
could be a sighting.

Um, and that really is
an experience in itself.

Remember, this goes back
hundreds of years,

and we're on the edge
of maybe finding something.

Quinto: Despite conditions
that get darker,

colder, and more dangerous
with every inch of depth,

the team decides to keep going.

With no sonar picture
of what lies beneath them,

they are diving blind.

Chris: This is a very
dangerous time for divers.

They need to monitor their air,

make sure they've got enough air
to stay that depth,

to try and find that contact,

but also to make it safely
back up to the surface.

That's key.
That's the important thing.

Quinto: At this depth,
the visibility is so bad,

Tom's flashlight provides less
than five feet of illumination.

And the water temperature
has plunged below 40 degrees.

What we're looking for,
the signal to the surface,

is an SMB,
a surface marker buoy.

That's gonna let us know
if they've made contact.

Quinto: The divers have
encountered something massive.

As you can see,

a large animal
with a vertical tail fin

passed directly
in front of the camera,

knocking it aside,

and kicking up a large cloud
of sand and debris.

As the cloud subsides,

the creature has disappeared
into the darkness.

Tom and Ken would prefer
to continue their investigation,

but, over 150 feet down

and with their oxygen tanks
running low,

they must return to the surface.

Tom prepares to send up
the surface marker buoy

to let Chris know
the location of their contact.

That's the SMB up.

Quinto: The divers slowly
and carefully make their ascent.

Chris: The divers have
definitely seen something.

They've definitely
made some sort of contact.

It's just hard to tell
what it is right now.

That's them coming up.

They're almost to the surface.

So what'd you guys see?

Quinto: This could be
the first time ever

that a diver has
not only spotted the creature

long identified
as the Loch Ness Monster,

but actually made
physical contact with it.

As the day comes to an end,

the dive team
and the crew of the Rebel

know that they've been
a part of history.

Okay, I received that.
Thanks, Robbie.

Yeah, it's--
looks very promising.

It feels as though they found
something down there

that's worth
further investigation,

so talking to the divers
there, and, uh, yeah,

it was so close this time,
and at least we've got

a good idea now of where
to look for the next time.

We'll keep trying.
We're closer than ever before.

- Well done, And.
- Well done, mate.

This is about
the closest I think

anybody's ever come
to finding it.

- Exactly, mate. Well done.
- Yeah.

Fantastic, yeah.

I'm really excited for this one.

- Are you?
- Hopefully.

Yeah, yeah. Really good.

Let's hope. Fingers crossed.

Nessie, here we come.
Whoo whoo!

Our experience tonight
shows just how difficult

the search for
the Loch Ness Monster can be.

Despite years of research
and months of planning,

all we could get
was a fleeting encounter.

And yet, that may be closer
than anyone else has ever come.

At the very least,
we've identified a new approach

in finding the beast
based on scientific logic.

As many as 18,000 new species

are discovered every year.

That means four new ones
might have been found

in the time you've been
watching this program.

There's a chance
we've identified something new tonight.

We may have even seen it.

No matter what,
we've certainly added

to the rich history
of this legendary creature.

From Saint Columba
in the year 565,

to Alex Campbell in 1933,
to Gordon Holmes in 2007,

to us here today,
one thing is clear.

Something is out there.

There's only one way to find out

what the Loch Ness Monster
truly is,

and that's to keep looking.

The search continues.