Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Nick Redfern, author of Chupacabra Road Trip and the new Nessie. The Loch Ness Monster: almost everyone has heard of it. More than a few say they have seen it. And many claim to have photographed or filmed it. But, what is it? Or, perhaps, more correctly, what are they? The answers are as controversial as the mystery itself. Loch Ness is a huge body of water situated along Scotland's Great Glen Fault, and is 22.5 miles long and 744-feet deep. Reports of strange creatures within the dark waters of the ancient loch date back to the year 565. And, although sightings of the monsters are rare, the enigmatic beasts show no signs of going away