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The earliest report of a monster associated within the vicinity of Loch Ness appears in the life of St. Columba by Adaman, written in the 7th century. Saint Columba was staying in the land of the Picts with his companions when he came across the locals burying a man by the River Ness. They explained that the man had been swimming in the river when he was attacked by a "water beast" that had mauled him and dragged him under. St. Columba commands the beast to go. The beast is mentioned on line 14 and Ness is mentioned on line 19. The oldest document containing this account is a manuscript held by the Stadtbibliothek in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.

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Life of St. Columba by Adamnan in: LIVES OF SAINTS, connected with the Augustinian order or with England, in Latin; in part divided into lessons by marginal notes of later date. Several of the lives are extracted from Bede's Ecclesiastical History. Author: Adamnan / Bede / Late 12th century Source/Shelfmark: Add. 35110, f.122

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