Besides the Loch Ness Monster, other lake cryptids include Champ (in Lake Champlain, United States and Canada) Issi (in Lake Ikeda, Japan) and the Lagarfljot Worm (in Lagarfljot Lake, Iceland). Thousands of cultures all over the world report cryptids. Cryptozoologists search for mythical creatures called cryptids.
The Loch Ness Monster is probably the most famous target of cryptozoology, the study of animals whose existence has not been proven.
Columba was an Irish priest (later a saint) who was visiting Scotland, and reportedly compelled the monster to not attack one of Columba’s followers. On August 22, 564, some historians say Columba, a Christian leader, reported seeing the animal that would become known as the Loch Ness Monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.