There have been nearly 1,160 reported sightings of the creature over the years since it was first reportedly spotted in 564, according to the official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register.

After 90 years of unsubstantiated Loch Ness monster sightings, Scotland’s Loch Ness Centre has turned to an unlikely source to aid them in their ongoing hunt for Nessie: NASA.

The Loch Ness monster's history dates back to the sixth century, when written documents claim Irish monk St. Columba banished a "water beast" to the River Ness, according to Reuters.

The first sighting of the Loch Ness monster is believed to have been in 564. Since then, Nessie has been sighted 1,148 times, according to the official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register.

There have been more than a thousand official sightings of the Loch Ness Monster, the Loch Ness Centre says. Nessie enthusiasts are deploying new tools this weekend to try and prove it's real.

The first Loch Ness Monster sighting of 2025 lasted for minutes and was caught on camera. The photos were later shared with research institutions dedicated to the study of Scotland’s Loch Ness.

McKay’s hotel in Drumnadrochit has been turned into the new $1.8 million Loch Ness Centre and last August hundreds of Nessie fans gathered at the loch for the biggest monster hunt in 50 years.

A view of the Loch Ness Monster, near Inverness, Scotland, April 19, 1934. The photograph, one of two pictures known as the 'surgeon's photographs,' was later exposed as a hoax.

Scotland's Loch Ness Centre is calling for "budding monster hunters" to volunteer for an expedition later in August that it says will be the largest search for the Loch Ness Monster since 1972.

The first Loch Ness Monster sighting of 2025 was reported in January when a man visiting Dores Beach in Scotland noticed a large mass underneath the water’s surface—and he provided photo evidence.

Aimee Todd, the Loch Ness Centre's marketing manager, told USA Today that when the image was taken on Jan. 29, the water was calm and conditions were perfect — which is unusual for the winter ...

Hundreds of hopeful volunteers joined a two-day hunt for Scotland's fabled Loch Ness monster on Saturday and Sunday, in what organisers described as the biggest search for the elusive "Nessie" in ...