The Loch Ness Monster, or Nessie, is a large aquatic creature said to live in Loch Ness, Scotland, commonly depicted with a long neck and a humped back. Even after the most famous "Surgeon's Photograph" was exposed as a hoax, the legend never faded.
That belief survives even when the decisive evidence is shown to be fake reveals the paradox by which even a forged record keeps the monster alive.