The Loch Ness Centre in Scotland is asking for the aid of NASA and its equipment to find Nessie, the long-necked freshwater creature that some believe lives in Loch Ness.

From Thursday through Sunday, the center is holding an event to find the monster, in honor of the 90th anniversary of the 20-man search by Sir Edward Mountain in 1934.

“We are hoping that Nessie hunters around the world will help us reach the people at NASA,” Aimee Todd with the Loch Ness Centre told BBC Wildlife magazine.

Ms. Todd hopes that NASA has some sort of “advanced imaging technology to scan the loch,” she told the magazine. Loch Ness is about 745 feet deep.

Continued possible sightings of the infamous “Nessie” over the years, as well as odd noises, give hope to those who want to prove the legendary reptile is real and in the Scottish lake.

“With unexplained noises heard, alongside possible sightings, this year we are determined to find out more about the elusive Loch Ness Monster,” Loch Ness Centre General Manager Paul Nixon told British news site The Independent.

Since Mountain’s 1934 expedition of the 20 “Watchers of the Monster,” there have been 1,156 purported sightings of Nessie, per the Loch Ness Centre website.

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