WE KNOW WHAT THE LOCH NESS MONSTER IS?

We've seen plenty of big fish stories here in Michigan - but this one has a connection to the Loch Ness monster. Here's the story from Missouri Dept of Conservation:

Chandler Lee Tudor hooked and landed this 4-foot lake sturgeon out of the Gasconade River in Pulaski County earlier this week. Tudor was using worms as bait attempting to catch a catfish as he was fishing at the Riddle Bridge Access.

Lake sturgeon are large, prehistoric fish that occur in the Missouri and Mississippi river systems. They can grow to lengths of 8 feet and weigh up to 300 pounds!

Here is the photo of one caught:

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=610608954438998&set=a.304111715088725

Okay - cool right? But did you know some people think the Loch Ness monster is just a giant sturgeon?

A scientist back in 1993 had this theory:

A sturgeon wouldn’t be bothered by the lack of food, because it only enters fresh water from the sea to breed and spawn and, while there, doesn’t eat.

It has a long snout that could resemble Nessie’s long neck, and a dorsal fin. It lives in cold northern waters like the Baltic Sea and ventures only rarely into British waters.

″It isn’t impossible to imagine one of them blundering up the River Ness in search of a mate and failing to find one,″ said Shine, head of the Loch Ness Project at Drumnadrochit on the shores of the murky lake in the Scottish Highlands.

″This is the sort of thing that could have started the tradition. But it would be rather nice to think I am wrong.″

I will say, I still hold out hope that the monster is alive, I remember watching hours of "Finding the Monster" when I was growing up. I am not buying this theory of Sturgeon growing to that size.

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Here is the full story on it:

https://apnews.com/article/c2d2a78e20e4e6dd06fa098bb01c0e87

This post didn't help my case:

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