The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster is reported - May 2nd, 1933

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The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster is reported - May 2nd, 1933

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On this day in 1933, Scottish newspaper The Inverness Courier published an account of a local couple who claimed to have seen the legendary Loch Ness Monster.

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The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster is reported - May 2nd, 1933

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