Then, in 565 C.E., an Irish abbot named St. Columba allegedly encountered a beast in Loch Ness. As the National Catholic Register reports, St. Columba met a tribe of Picts who told him that an ...

All the animals depicted on the Pictish stones are lifelike and easily recognizable—all but one. The exception is a strange beast with an elongated beak or muzzle, a head locket or spout ...

It depicts a "beast" and the symbol known as a "crescent and V rod". There is much speculation as to what the Pictish beast might represent, but there is no conclusive answer. Comments are closed ...