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#1 Nearly every culture has a myth or legend of some creature lurking in the dark, hidden corners of our world. We read about these in nearly every genre of literature. #2 In the cold, northern crags of Scotland, many such tales about. The Scottish people believe in one creature in particular, hidden away in a lake called Loch Ness. #3 The cultural beliefs of the Loch Ness Monster can best be seen in the genre of non-fiction, where real-life encounters of Scottish people have been recorded from several generations.