This famous photo shows surgeon Robert K. Wilson visiting London in 1934, Loch Ness, Scotland (Credit: Everett/REX/Shutterstock)

If you’ve ever wondered if the Loch Ness Monster isn’t real, we’ve got news for you.

Scotland’s most famous native scientist has been debunked many times.

If present, the Loch Ness Monster could be a plesiosaur. Type of reptile that became extinct about 65.5 million years ago.

Like Ness’s popular description, plesiosaurs were underwater creatures with small heads and long necks.

However, this theory has been denied until now because plesiosaurs were thought to be marine organisms. Loch Ness is a freshwater lake.

But the fossils found in Morocco seem to dispel that notion.

Three-meter-long plesiosaur bones and teeth were found in the river system of the Sahara desert. The researchers also found a 1.5-meter-long child’s arm bone.

These remains indicate that the creature not only lived in fresh water, but also fed there. Also, if plesiosaurs were content to live in the ancient river systems of Morocco, they may have chosen to live in the Scottish highlands.

Artist's impression of Spinosaurus and Plesiosaurus in a river (Credit: Dr Nick Longrich/Bath University)

Artist’s impression of Spinosaurus and Plesiosaurus in a river (Credit: Dr Nick Longrich / University of Bath)

Dr Nick Longrich, from the University of Bath, said: “It’s rubble, but isolated bones can tell us a lot about ancient ecosystems and animals.

“They are much more common than skeletons and give you more information to work with.

“The bones and teeth were not found as skeletons, but scattered and in various places.

Therefore, each bone and tooth is a different animal. There are more than a dozen animals in this collection.

“We really don’t know why plesiosaurs live in fresh water.”

This is a bit controversial, but since we paleontologists always call them “marine reptiles”, who says they must have lived in the ocean?

The Loch Ness Monster. A computer rendering of the Loch Ness Monster swimming in Loch Ness, Scotland. Sightings of the monster have been reported since at least the 15th century, with the earliest stories dating back to the 6th century, but there is no scientific evidence of its existence. The creature is often described as resembling a plesiosaur (a prehistoric marine reptile) with its long, graceful neck, small head, and fins. Skeptics suggest the visions are nothing more than unstable peat heaps. However, the existence of monsters continues to fascinate tourists and the myth lives on.

A computer rendering of the Loch Ness Monster swimming in Loch Ness (Credit: Getty)

This study was published in the journal Cretaceous Research.

And the debate about the existence of Ness continues.

The 1934 “Surgeon’s Photograph,” the most famous shot of the creature, is believed to be an elaborate hoax made out of toy submarines and wooden sticks.

However, according to the official record of Loch Ness monster sightings, 1,141 creatures have been recorded so far.