The earliest accounts of a mysterious creature lurking in Loch Ness date back to the 7th century CE. In fact, amid all the Loch Ness Centre’s documented sightings, Paxton and Shine estimate only 1.5 percent describe an implausible animal with hoops or humps. A review of archived Loch Ness postcards depict a looping or humped body 25-32 percent of the time. Although the immediate reaction may be to further discount Nessie sightings, the researchers actually argue the opposite. … And even if the mystery figure doesn’t have humps, it’s still more liable to be a log than a Loch Ness Monster.