The long-running tale of the Loch Ness Monster is back in the news following a sighting of an unusual 20-foot-long object in the depths of the loch. Captured by a 24/7 webcam positioned near the southwestern shore, the images depict a blurry dark figure, partially submerged and seemingly moving towards Cherry Island.
A report on the potential Nessie encounter stated: “The object – whatever it was – was captured on the Shoreland lodges webcam.”
It continued, detailing the object’s journey close to the shore before veering out into the loch and vanishing from view. Nessie fans are buzzing with excitement over the footage.
Michael Alberty, a dedicated Nessie follower, commented on the official Loch Ness exploration Facebook page that the intriguing images certainly merit consideration as a credible sighting, expressing his eagerness with: “Can’t wait to see how this turns out.”
Bill Thompson chimed in with speculation about the object’s size, suggesting: “Close to shore but it looks pretty big. Twenty feet maybe? Any way to estimate the size?”
Meanwhile, Col Veacock, another Nessie spotter, remarked on the object spotted just before 5pm on Sunday, January 5, saying it “looks amazing if real”. Yet, not everyone is convinced of a monster’s presence, reports the Mirror.
Local Elly Russell proposed a more mundane explanation, attributing the sighting to debris washed into the loch by recent storms, commenting: “The recent storms have brought hundreds of big chunks of wood to the Loch.
“I have seen trees washed up on the shore in Foyers this week, one of the chunks in the water is pretty large. Could it be this?” speculated Elly, who might be right. However, a discovery last August casts doubt on such mundane explanations as a signal was caught by underwater equipment that certainly wasn’t tree-like.
Researcher Alan McKenna reported that his hydrophone, submerged 100 feet down, captured a consistent “heartbeat” within the depths of Loch Ness.
Alan explained, “We deployed the hydrophone which was lowered down to 30 metres below the surface close to where Robert Rines’ strobe camera was placed in 1972.”
Dr. Rines is renowned for being behind the so-called “Flipper Photo” still touted as strong evidence for a sizeable inhabitant in the loch.
“At around 10.41 am, we started to pick up a strange sound,” Alan revealed: “This is the first time hearing the pulse or heartbeat so clearly.
“I’m not suggesting it’s a heartbeat,” Alan stressed, preferring to describe the sound rather than speculate on its source.