7 Read the text. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? The Loch Ness Monster
In 1933 a man called George Spicer and his wife travelled to Scotland. They were driving on a road near Loch Ness, which is the largest lake in the UK. They described seeing a huge animal that ran in front of them and across the road with a smaller animal in its mouth. A few weeks later, a journalist called Alex Campbell published a story about this ‘monster’. Other people started to tell stories about the ‘Loch Ness Monster’ in the newspapers.
In December 1993 a man called Hugh Gray photographed the ‘monster’ and the photo appeared in a London newspaper. The photo showed a huge creature with a long tail. People asked – was the photo real or was it fake? But it wasn’t important – the Loch Ness Monster, or ‘Nessie’, was the most famous creature in the country!
Many people still believe that there is a sea monster that lives in the very deep water in Loch Ness. The place is popular with tourists, who come to look for the monster. They take photos, but scientists always say that they are fake. The scientists explain that the images on the photos are really elephants or water snakes or trees.
Jeremy Wade is a professional fisherman and is now famous for his TV programme called River Monsters. In 2013 he travelled to Loch Ness to look for the creature. He decided that it was actually a shark, similar to those in Antarctica that have dark coloured skin.
No one knows the truth. However, Nessie continues to be a modern-day myth and tourists continue to try to take the first authentic photograph of the ‘Loch Ness Monster’.
1. The Spicers were in a car when they saw the animal. ___
2. Hugh Gray published a story about the Loch Ness Monster. ___
3. The opinion of the scientists is that the photos are not real. ___
4. Jeremy Wade is a journalist. ___
5. Wade believes that the Loch Ness Monster is a shark. ___