He continued: "Therefore we can't discount the possibility that what people see and believe is the Loch Ness monster might be a giant eel." European eels can grow up to 5 feet, according to the USGS.

"I don't believe the eel theory has killed off the Loch Ness Monster, quite the reverse in fact," Freeman said. "A giant eel, which can grow up to 30 feet, is a monster in every sense of the word." ...

He says, “We can’t discount the possibility that what people see and believe is the Loch Ness Monster might be a giant eel.” So there’s plenty more dragon roll to go around — in Scotland ...

Scientists Discovered That the Loch Ness 'Monster' Might Actually Be a Giant Eel The study also found high levels of DNA from humans, dogs, sheep and cattle in the Scottish loch ...

My friend’s Uncle lived beside Loch Ness all his life, and one evening, what he witnessed was so frightening, he never walked along the shoreline again. A giant eel sounds rather unimaginative ...

He said: “There is a very significant amount of eel DNA. “Eels are very plentiful in Loch Ness, with eel DNA found at pretty much every location sampled. There are a lot of them.

A new DNA-based study of Scotland's Loch Ness turned up no evidence of Nessie. But scientists did detect 3,000 species, including a slippery sea creature that could explain some sightings.

The famed, tantalizing, elusive Loch Ness monster may be the Loch Ness … eel? A sampling of DNA from the famed Scottish lake reveals a 'surprising' amount of eel genetic material and none of a ...

NEW YORK — A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests the lake’s fabled monster might be a giant eel. Neil Gemmell from the University of Otago in New Zealand says the ...

“I don’t believe the eel theory has killed off the Loch Ness Monster, quite the reverse in fact,” Freeman said. “A giant eel, which can grow up to 30 feet, is a monster in every sense of ...

“There may be giant catfish in Loch Ness but we didn’t detect any of them,” he said. The eel theory, however, “remains plausible,” thanks to the significant amount of eel DNA.

The Loch Ness monster probably doesn't exist, but if it does it might be a giant eel. A group of international scientists led by Neil Gemmell, of the University of Otago, New Zealand, analyzed DNA ...