A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests Thursday (September 5) that the lake’s fabled monster may just be a giant eel.

Footage here shows the famous Loch Ness in crystal clear 4K.

Neil Gemmell from the University of Otago in New Zealand says the project found a surprisingly high amount of eel DNA in the water. He cautioned that it’s not clear whether that indicates a gigantic eel or just a lot of little ones.

But he said at a news conference in Scotland on Thursday that the idea of a giant eel is at least plausible.

The DNA project found no evidence to support the notion that the monster is a long-necked ancient reptile called a plesiosaur.

Scientists said today that the fabled Loch Ness Monster may just be giant eels. Researchers from New Zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting DNA from water samples, though 20% remain unidentified. The scientists have ruled out the presence of large animals said to be behind reports of a monster. No evidence confirming the existence of a prehistoric marine reptile called a plesiosaur or a large fish such as a sturgeon was found. Though the mystery endures as the loch - the largest in Scotland - has many tunnels under the mountains to the North Sea and it is possible that any crypto-zooalogical marine species may not often visit the loch.

Scientists said today that the fabled Loch Ness Monster may just be giant eels. Researchers from New Zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting DNA from water samples, though 20% remain unidentified. The scientists have ruled out the presence of large animals said to be behind reports of a monster. No evidence confirming the existence of a prehistoric marine reptile called a plesiosaur or a large fish such as a sturgeon was found. Though the mystery endures as the loch - the largest in Scotland - has many tunnels under the mountains to the North Sea and it is possible that any crypto-zooalogical marine species may not often visit the loch.

Scientists said today that the fabled Loch Ness Monster may just be giant eels. Researchers from New Zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting DNA from water samples, though 20% remain unidentified. The scientists have ruled out the presence of large animals said to be behind reports of a monster. No evidence confirming the existence of a prehistoric marine reptile called a plesiosaur or a large fish such as a sturgeon was found. Though the mystery endures as the loch - the largest in Scotland - has many tunnels under the mountains to the North Sea and it is possible that any crypto-zooalogical marine species may not often visit the loch.

Scientists said today that the fabled Loch Ness Monster may just be giant eels. Researchers from New Zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting DNA from water samples, though 20% remain unidentified. The scientists have ruled out the presence of large animals said to be behind reports of a monster. No evidence confirming the existence of a prehistoric marine reptile called a plesiosaur or a large fish such as a sturgeon was found. Though the mystery endures as the loch - the largest in Scotland - has many tunnels under the mountains to the North Sea and it is possible that any crypto-zooalogical marine species may not often visit the loch.

Scientists said today that the fabled Loch Ness Monster may just be giant eels. Researchers from New Zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting DNA from water samples, though 20% remain unidentified. The scientists have ruled out the presence of large animals said to be behind reports of a monster. No evidence confirming the existence of a prehistoric marine reptile called a plesiosaur or a large fish such as a sturgeon was found. Though the mystery endures as the loch - the largest in Scotland - has many tunnels under the mountains to the North Sea and it is possible that any crypto-zooalogical marine species may not often visit the loch.