People are hardwired to believe things that cannot be explained, such as the Loch Ness monster, a leading psychologist has said, amid a renewed interest in the creature of Scottish folklore.
Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford, said people of all cultures are drawn to the unknown.
He said: “It’s clear that humans have this very, very strong tendency to try and find explanations for things they can’t explain. The kind of things that go bump in the night.
“There’s also an element of terror underpinning it all as well. It’s a monster. It’s not just a tiddly wave and it’s not even just a seal because that is too boring.”
His comments come in the wake of a
