In 1970, University of Chicago scientist Roy P. Mackal and his team lowered six waterproof cameras into the cold gloom of Loch Ness in hopes of once and for all proving the existence of its most ...

Donation Options Search Search Search University of Chicago Prof. Roy P. Mackal, who studied monsters and other mythical creatures, holds a model of the Loch Ness monster in this 1980 photo.

The device is thought to be one of six cameras placed 180 metres (590ft) below the surface in 1970 by Professor Roy Mackal, of the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau, and the University of Chicago.