Mapping Loch Ness Monster Sightings

The best place to spot the Loch Ness Monster is on or around Loch Ness in Scotland. 

In When, where and how to see the Loch Ness Monster – based on 1,500 years worth of data! the Press and Journal has mapped the locations of Loch Ness monster sightings over the last 83 years in order to determine the best location where you are most likely to spot Nessie. After hours of analysis the newspaper has discovered that the best place to spot the Loch Ness Monster is on or around Loch Ness in Scotland. 

Of course I'm being facetious. The Scottish newspaper Press and Journal wouldn't waste its time producing such a vague location for spotting a mythical monster. It has obviously analyzed a much more precise location of where people have painstakingly imagined seeing a fictional creature. And that location is ... Urquhart Bay, Loch Ness.

According to the Press and Journal's analysis of the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register (yes - it really exists) there have been 32 sightings of Nessie from Urquhart Castle and 27 sightings from Urquhart Bay itself.

If you are interested in seeing an imaginary creature but can't get to Scotland you could use my Mythical Creatures of the World map. This interactive map plots the locations of strange & wonderful monsters (and entirely mythical) creatures around the world, including such legendary creatures as the Yeti, Bigfoot, Werewolves and Yowies.

Via: Data Vis Dispatch