Answer · Loch Ness

Seals that have entered the loch from the sea.

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Where it stands

Still possibleIts tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

Contacts coincide with years and seasons when seals are seen in the loch.
Contacts are within the dive depths and sizes of seals.

What would rule it out

Contacts far deeper than seals dive, or when no seals are present.

Evidence 1 for · 1 against

Seals are known to visit the loch almost every year.

Supported

FOR

The deep water column has no food, so it is not a seal's normal habitat.

Suggestive

AGAINST

The questions it answers

What were the unexplained deep sonar contacts?

Part of Does Loch Ness hold a large animal unknown to science?

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Seals that have entered the loch from the sea. [Answer ANS0CRFXHD82F8Z]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CRFXHD82F8Z

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