English humor resembles the Loch Ness Monster in that both are famous but there is a strong suspicion that neither exists.
The Loch Ness monster doesn't exist either. Loch Ness is just not big enough to hide a thirty foot amphibian or reptile for hundreds of years.
The giant squid is the perfect embodiment of a sea monster: it is huge, it has tentacles, it has big eyes, and it is absolutely frightening-looking. But, most important, it is real. Unlike the Loch Ness monster, we know it's out there.
The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift. A world that might have Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster is clearly superior to one that definitely does not.
There is magic in Scotland. It's country with a lot of pride and bravery. I feel lucky to have been born into that.
You nickednamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster?
There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.
