How this relates to the modern monster is disputed. Ronald Binns holds that claimed sightings before 1933 do not prove a monster tradition. Christopher Cairney, after a close study, concludes that there is little strong connection between kelpies or water horses and what he calls the media-augmented modern creation.
The Wikipedia article on the kelpie notes that almost every sizeable body of water in Scotland has a kelpie story, and that Loch Ness is the most extensively reported. For a similar story nearby, see the record for Loch Pityoulish in Strathspey.
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