Loch Ness Monster Biographical information Nationality Scottish Also known as Nessie Title(s) "World's largest kelpie Physical information Species Kelpie Height 100 feet or less Affiliation Loyalty Loch Ness [Source]

The Loch Ness Monster[1], as it is popularly known, is the world's largest Kelpie, that inhabits the deep waters of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

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Biography

Its favourite shape is that of a Sea serpent. Wizard observers from the International Confederation of Wizards discovered it was a Kelpie when they observed it changing into an otter on the approach of a team of Muggle investigators, then back into a Sea Serpent. The Office of Misinformation has worked diligently, convincing the Muggles that all photographic evidence of "Nessie" is actually fake.[2]

Rubeus Hagrid once offered the use of the lake at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to house the creature.[3]

Behind the scenes

The Loch Ness Monster is a creature believed by some to live in Loch Ness, Scotland. Though it is most commonly identified as a plesiosaur-like creature, sea serpent depictions are not uncommon either. The reference to the Office of Misinformation discounting photographic evidence may be in reference to the "sturgeon's photograph", which was once considered plausible evidence of the Loch Ness Monster's existence but is in more recent years believed to have been a hoax.

It is possible that the kelpie seen in Wonderbook: Book of Spells is intended to be the Loch Ness Monster, as it is rather large, lives in a Scottish loch, and takes the form of what appears to be a sea serpent, rather than the horse form the species generally takes.

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