She is the queen of the cryptids. Especially since the early 20th century, when fuzzy photos of something out of the ordinary in Loch Ness began to appear. Other similar creatures would later be compared to her, but they would never eclipse her in notoriety.

Many people believe that the first flurry of Nessie sightings coincided with the completion of the roads alongside the loch in the first half of the 20th century. Until then, the perimeter of the loch was fairly remote, other than the…