Paul Farquhar
Legend
Nessie, at about that time, was “identified” as a plesiosaur, which has appeared in most editions of D&D.Nessie was a huge cultural phenomenon in the 1970s and lake monsters were being "spotted" all over the Midwest during that time. I guess Gygax wasn't one of the fans.
One of the early side quests in Rime of the Frostmaiden is a take on this. If my memory isn’t playing tricks, 2nd edition Ravenloft too.
If you delve back into the earlier Celtic myths, proto-Nessie was a water horse, or kelpie. I don’t recall ever seeing a myth-accurate version of the water horse in D&D. The D&D kelpie is nothing like.
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