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Seen Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster? Data suggest the odds are low

“When you learn data science, you find that it can be applied to more or less anything”

A 1934 photo supposedly of the Loch Ness Monster.

The existence of Nessie, shown in a 1934 photograph that turned out to be a hoax, probably can't be explained by a giant eel living in Loch Ness, a new study suggests.

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By Meghan Rosen

There were drones, there were boats. There were spotters on land and a hydrophone listening for suspicious sounds underwater.

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