Loch Ness Monster Could Be A Giant Eel, Scientist Says | TODAY

At a press conference on the shores of Loch Ness, Scotland, DNA scientist Neil Gemmel announced the results of his year-long analysis of what creatures lurk beneath the mysterious seas. NBC’s Kelly Cobiella reports for TODAY.

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Loch Ness Monster Could Be A Giant Eel, Scientist Says | TODAY

[floydzepplin]

A giant eel that disguises itself as a catfish...

Sneaky

[superpants]

It's obvious. Clearly they're tracking Gyrados.

[jxlee]

He became friends with the monster, and now trying to throw us off to keep nessy safe.

[mr.boostang]

If the eel is +20ft then I'm not even mad since that is technically still a lake monster. I sure wouldnt want a great white shark sized eel creepin up to me while swimming.

[JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Why isn't my boy Bigfoot getting any clout?

[ericguo]

Why not just send a submarine down there for a while

[billydeandre]

One thing to note is that there were no seal DNA found in the water, but seals routinely stay in the Loch for months at a time before migrating out.

[cuntpuncherino]

Sounds a lot like something Nessie would WANT you to think...

[TheNajSD]

I guess we're going to ignore that the original photographer admitted on his death bed that it was faked.

[ChinnyK]

Omg is that the Loch Ness Monster? Let me take out my 1999 Nokia phone to record this!

[rickyrick]

Ain’t buying it that’s far fetched ...it’s defiantly an alien hybrid from zeta reticuli

[Starkodder]

The Loch Ness monster most probably IS an abnormally large eel. Just like many other so called lake monsters.

[russellbrown]

There is a monster in Loch Ness. It's an old movie prop from a Sherlock Holmes movie (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, 1970) that sank during filming on the Loch, and has been preserved perfectly on the bottom. It was rediscovered by a search team looking for the real Loch Ness monster using a deep-water scan.

[Cynthia_Cantrell]

Whatever the creature is, it is clearly catfishing humans.

[joshuab]

"Let's get down to it. Will tourism lose an icon? Yes."

[anvilbrunner.]

Saw a giant eel in the bay at Scarborough 1985. I haven't been over my knees in the sea since that day. It was at least 20 to 25ft long & a girth of about 18 to 24 inches. Saw a giant pike leap in lough Muck Ireland back in 82 too. The splash was as if a tall fat man had fallen into the water from a height. Wouldn't catch me swimming in a lake either.

[johngalactus]

It's an eel. For years I believed it to be an 'unknown' even believing in the Plesiosaur idea until I kept an eel (saltwater) as a pet. The way it swims, the undulating motion, when it's hungry it tends to swim on the surface... the characteristics reminded me of the Loch Ness monster. A quick Google resulted in this 'Scientists say...' and I believe there's also an article where they found eel DNA. If you could have giant octopuses and other mammoth-sized water dwellers, why not an eel.

[littlemrpinkness]

That 20% DNA that they can't identify...

[missionmikemusic]

Seems scientists can’t quite....LOCH...onto a solid answer

[BernieYohan]

I swam in Loch Ness as a kid. We met the National Geographic team that was looking back in the early 70’s. It’s all been a load of crap. I live on the shores of Lake Champlain in Vermont now. We have Champ the mascot for the local minor league baseball team. The kids love the Champlain Monster.