The Loch Ness Monster Author:Ellwood D Baumann There are many people in the Scottish Highlands who still speek the ancient Gaelic Language. Loch is the Gaelic word for lake. Until quite recent times, Loch Ness was known as Loch na Beiste, the Lake of the Monster. — Loch Ness is a rather frightening place. The water is full of peat particles and is inky black. Sudden storms lash the loch. goin... more »g out in a small boat can be very dangerous. No one in their right mind would swim there.....« less