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The legend of the Loch Ness Monster, a name given to the beast by a reporter for the Inverness Courier, dates back to ancient times. Local stone carvings by the Pict depict a mysterious beast with flippers. The first known written account appears in a 7th-century biography of St. Columba. According to that work, in 565 AD the monster bit a swimmer and was prepared to attack another man when Columba intervened, ordering the beast to “go back.” It obeyed, and over the centuries only occasional sightings were reported.