ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, May 29, 1990                   TAG: 9005290044
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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LOCH NESS MONSTER SCARES UP BIG BUCKS

The fabled Loch Ness monster is worth $42 million in annual tourist revenues to Scotland, a published report said Monday.

Half a million tourists visit the Highlands lake each year in hopes of seeing the creature, although there is no scientific proof it exists, said The Times of London.

It quoted Mackay Consultants of Inverness as saying the monster myth is also good for about 2,500 tourist-industry jobs.

A spokesman said reports of monster sightings help keep up tourist interest. The latest was last month.

- Associated Press 


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