Rescuers Have Urgent Warning for Viral ‘Storm Loch Ness’ Monster Hunters

(L) A Facebook event called "Storm Loch Ness, Nessie Can't Hide From Us All" is getting traction online. (R) Dancers perform with a Loch Ness Monster mock-up at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on July 23, 2014. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images

A Scottish lifeboat crew is warning cryptozoology buffs and would-be monster hunters to think twice before joining a new viral event to storm Loch Ness in search of the infamous lake creature known as Nessie.

Members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) rescue crew on Loch Ness—a large, deep lake in the Scottish Highlands—have issued a warning on their Facebook page that raiders of Nessie’s legendary haunt will likely end up sorry.