# A population of large reptiles, such as a surviving plesiosaur lineage, lives in the loch.

> Disputed: A population of large reptiles, such as a surviving plesiosaur lineage, lives in the loch.

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# A population of large reptiles, such as a surviving plesiosaur lineage, lives in the loch.

A population of large reptiles, such as a surviving plesiosaur lineage, lives in the loch.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Reptile DNA in water samples.
- Most reports describe a long-necked reptilian animal.

## What would rule it out

- Repeated eDNA surveys with no reptile DNA.

## Evidence 1 for · 3 against

[Scott and Rines named the animal Nessiteras rhombopteryx on the basis of underwater photographs.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXD8E4QMR/scott-and-rines-named-the-animal-nessiteras-rhombopteryx-on)

Speculative

FOR

[About 20 per cent of reports mention a neck; under 1 per cent describe a reptilian or scaly animal.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXCRT4QYC/about-20-per-cent-of-reports-mention-a-neck-under-1-per-cent)

Supported

AGAINST

[No reptile DNA was found in about 250 samples.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXCH03N8M/no-reptile-dna-was-found-in-about-250-samples)

Supported

AGAINST

[The plesiosaur image came from one 1933 land sighting and a journalist's suggestion days later.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/evidence/EVD0CRFXD0M4SH7/the-plesiosaur-image-came-from-one-1933-land-sighting-and-a)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Does Loch Ness hold a large animal unknown to science?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/loch-ness/questions/QST0CRFXA2W308J/does-loch-ness-hold-a-large-animal-unknown-to-science)

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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A population of large reptiles, such as a surviving plesiosaur lineage, lives in the loch. [Answer ANS0CRFXC9654S0]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CRFXC9654S0
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