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Loch Ness is a large deep freshwater lake of glacial origin in Scotland. Loch Ness became A_____ thanks to the legend of the Loch Ness monster.

The first reports of the Loch Ness monster appeared 1,500 years ago, when, in 565 A.D., an Irish missionary saw a huge beast in the Ness River. The most famous fact confirming B_____ is a photo of 1934, in which you can distinguish the shaded outline of the Loch Ness monster that emerged to the surface of the water.

Although scientists were unable to meet with Nessie, they found a perfectly reasonable biological explanation for it. Undoubtedly, the depths of the ocean hold many unsolved mysteries. Confidence in the existence of the Loch Ness monster raises a lot of questions. A lonely monster cannot C_____ of the lake. A whole family must live there, otherwise, the monster must grow old and die. But, if, for example, twenty monsters live in the water, why do we see them so rarely? One of the most common theories is that the Loch Ness monster may be a plesiosaur D_____. The Plesiosaurus is a marine reptile that lived during the heyday of the dinosaurs, which ended E_____ ago.

But if Nessie does not exist, then what are the numerous eyewitness accounts based on the giant underwater monster? The answer to this question may be F_____ known as "pending attention". It occurs when people G_____ interpret visual information as what they would like to see.

1. that has survived to this day

2. the most popular theory

3. famous all over the world

4. who want to see something

5. dwell at the bottom

6. a psychological phenomenon

7. about 65 million years

8. the existence of the monster

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