We stopped at a scenic overlook near Loch Ness. The first sighting was by St. Columba. He had sent his servant to the shore of Loch Ness to get their boat ready. The monster rose up out of the water and was going to attack the servant, but St. Columba commanded it to go back where it came. Which it did. Derek gave us 3 theories for the monster. The first is that cruise ships, tour boats, or fishing vessels go back and forth up the length of the loch. Since the loch is only 1 mile wide at its widest point and about 24 miles long, the waves hit the shore and move back across the loch. Eventually, the waves will roll on one another until there is one large spike that appears. The second theory is that most of the sightings of "Nessie" occur after the pubs close. There is a third possibility: that something is really appearing in the loch. The loch is very deep at points, and there may be underground tunnels that connect to the Atlantic. Something could be travelling periodically between the two bodies of water. Whatever the truth is, we didn't see any more than you can see in the photo below.
Stayed in Inverness. We walked down into Inverness. There was a large pedestrian area. The area along the river next to the pedestrian area also seemed worth a look. We were there at night, so we didn't see very much.
