St. Columba and the River Beast (sources)
- Columba, article in the Wikipedia website, viewed on May 6, 2014. Online at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba
- First Report from the Committee Appointed to Enquire into the state of the British Fisheries, May 11, 1785. Pgs. 280-281, 291. Online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=nQhLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA281&dq=%22river+ness%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=FZ1_U4LuM9G6oQS3i4DICQ&ved=0CC8Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=%22river%20ness%22&f=false
- "Floods of the River Ness," by John Fowler, reports in the Sixty-Fourth Report of the Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal, July 30, 1869 House of Commons. Pgs. 6-7. Online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=oytcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR10&dq=%22river+ness%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1px_U-HFH8rIoASw2oCwDg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22river%20ness%22&f=false
- The Life of Saint Columba: founder of Hy, By Saint Adamnan, compiled & notated by William Reeves, 1857 University Press, Dublin, Ireland. Pg. 140-142
- The Life of Saint Columba: founder of Hy, By Saint Adamnan, edited & translated by William Reeves, 1874 Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland. Pg. 55-56. Online at: http://books.google.com/books?id=8VULAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Saint+Adamnan%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vbd6U8uHCojcoATx3oJg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=nesa&f=false
- The Story of the Loch Ness Monster, by Tim Dinsdale, 1974 (third impression), Universal-Tandem Publishing Co., Great Britain. ISBN: 0-426-10591-5. Pg. 23
Mentions & Repeaters
- Mysteries of the Unexplained, 1982 Reader's Digest Association, USA. Fifth printing, February 1985. ISBN: 0-89577-146-2. Pg. 141
- Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, 1976 Reader’s Digest Association, Inc (Third Printing, May 1978), USA. ISBN: 0-89577-028-8. Pg. 424-427