The Water Horse - Jay Russell (2007) - The Legend of the Loch Ness Monster

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[...] Their dad explained to them that it was not a simple animal but an animal from a very old legend. And the egg that Angus found had been deep in the ocean for a very long time called the water horse. This creature has been growing up 10 feet in one day. The monster had a small head and a long neck. One day the monster was too big to be hidden at home, so he decided to release him in the lack named the Loch Ness. Days went by and the young boy has been visiting him regularly. [...]

[...] The Water Horse - Jay Russell (2007) - The Legend of the Loch Ness Monster The legend of the Loch Ness monster has been reported for 15 centuries. It is a large legendary creature from the water which might have been living in Loch Ness, in Scotland. The monster's name is Nessie. This legend began when St. Columbanus, an Irish monk would have seen the monster. In July of 1933, a newspaper from Scotland reported the story of a couple Mister and Miss Spicer who claimed to have seen the creature's body with large measurements, as nearly 4 feet tall and 25 feet long. [...]