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It wasn't a lake monster at all, but a disguised submarine.
 
We don't see this'''Not tropethe Nessie''' much today, but submarine masquerading as Nessie to scare people away is the solution offered in a number of older films that feature that world famous lake monster. Variations include robot Nessies, paper mache monsters, and other counterfeits but the most often encountered version is a submersible ship, with a gargoyle head attached to give that scary sea serpent effect.
 
In these instances, the writers and producers were sheepish about introducing a ''real'' Loch Ness Monster into the world of the film. A a sub with a monster head riveted onto it is the default answer to the enigma of Loch Ness might seem cheesy. It is a handy way to write off a [[Special Effects Failure]], when it turns out it was SUPPOSED''supposed'' to be fake all along.
 
There are two sources of this trope: the most well-known fake Nessie photo in history was, in fact, a toy submarine with a monster head; the other that the ''Nautilus'' from ''[[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]],'' was initially misidentified as a sea monster.