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Loch Ness Monster 'most famous Scot'

Gordon Brown, Robert Burns, Lorraine Kelly, Robert the Bruce - which one is the most famous Scottish person past or present? The answer, none of them.

The Loch Ness monster, whose existence is still seriously in doubt, beat them all in a poll to discover the top Scot down through the ages.

More than 2,000 adults across the UK were asked who they thought was the country’s best-known son or daughter. Almost a third of them named the mythical creature.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)