{"id":7410,"date":"2019-08-04T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T14:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lochnessmonster.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7042"},"modified":"2022-12-28T14:34:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T14:34:45","slug":"massive-serpent-like-monsters-stalking-the-land-around-loch-ness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lochnessmonster.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/04\/massive-serpent-like-monsters-stalking-the-land-around-loch-ness\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive &#8220;serpent-like&#8221; monsters stalking the land around Loch Ness."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lochnessmonster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slow-worm-13052019-home.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7581\" width=\"280\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lochnessmonster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slow-worm-13052019-home.jpg 333w, https:\/\/lochnessmonster.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/slow-worm-13052019-home-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 85vw, 280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dangerous serpents<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tourists have fled in absolute terror when confronted by the huge snakes seen this year in areas surrounding Loch Ness. <\/p><div id=\"lochn-787791734\" class=\"lochn-content lochn-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3003812232025940\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3003812232025940\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;At first I thought it&#8217;s impossible&#8221;<\/em> Stephen Rickman told The Loch Ness Free press. <em>&#8220;I&#8217;ve read about huge man eating snakes in the Amazon and the horrors that lurk deep within the forests but nothing prepared us for this as we walked the Great Glen Way.&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Professor Kettle of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Ness Research Project (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lochness.co.uk\/exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Ness Research Project<\/a> is currently documenting the rise of the serpents and attributes it to climate change. <em>&#8220;Newspapers are already reporting this year for the second highest ever number of reported sightings of <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Nessie (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lochness.co.uk\/livecam\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nessie<\/em><\/a><em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lochnessmonster.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/08\/03\/killer-wasps-storm-loch-ness-in-climate-change-nightmare\/\">Killer Wasps<\/a> are now building huge hives around the glen. 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