Loch Ness Monster sightings have halved this year but it's red tape and not a lack belief in Nessie behind the lack of reports.
There were just seven recorded by the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, fewer than half of 2021's total.
But that was because of a tightening-up of the criteria over webcam sightings - not because people have given up hope that the creature of Scottish folklore doesn't exist.
