Loch ness mystery solved

For hundreds of years people from areas with large lakes claim to have seen large aquatic animals in them.
Never having proof of such creatures have made us doubt their existance totally. Besides who would believe such a thing and still go to the lake in the summer to spend their leisure time?
Often times it´s the classic irregularity in horror films. The believer still insists on going into the lake where the creature could attack him at any time.
I guess the fact that nobody get´s bitten by this creature or these creatures is another sign it doesn´t exist. Unless it was a herbivore for example.
One thing that does hold the huge clubs and organisations for lake monsters together is their sightings and even photos.
There is absolutely no way they can prove those photos as true or false, generally taken from along way away and half submerged there´s just no way of discerning. And this is exactly what the enthusiasts go for most as if lake monsters were some kind of photo art phenomena.
Some videos were also caught of lakes that were generally calm showing obvious signs of disturbance. Some of those were quite interesting clips even to the most austere of sceptics.
One thing for sure is, if people want you to believe something strongly enough they will take extreme measures. For example I bet in some scottish house´s basement near loch ness there is an apparatus that´s used to resemble the lake creature. Beyond being just good fun you can imagine the kind of tourist benefits loch ness and the surrounding lake region have had.
Although the same doesn´t work for all lake districts with an infamous monster.
take Lake Erie and the great lakes of North America for example Some districts depend on tourists attracted by water sports, so inventing stories and taking a rubber half submergable replica of the beast would do more damage than good.
In this case maybe there is something similiar to a lake monster especially in such a sparse region of water.
Here is some pics of fresh water Eels, imagine something like this coming up from the depths!

Looks like a monster!
Could it be Giant eels are to blame for sightings of some lake monster.
they are known to exist in the Great lakes. No doubt they grow to atleast three metres. But could they grow bigger?
According to the facts Eels can grow up to 12 feet long and weigh up to 50 kilograms.
If this is true... Lake monsters already exist! Could you imagine the tens of 1000´s of eels that live around the biggest lakes in the world. You have to admit the probability of one growing big enough to scare tourists seems quite reasonable.
It is certainly much more plausible than some sort of prehistoric reptile.
So next time you´re on holiday near the lakeside remember to throw some food in for the for the giant eel before you go bathing. Make sure it´s meat because they are carnivores. If you still think it is some plesiosaur that survived the mass extinction, thanks for having faith.
And if you don´t believe in that sort of thing, congratulations.