A Nessie hunter believes there could actually be two Loch Ness Monsters after new footage has emerged that appears to show two creatures in the water at the same time.
The mystery of the Loch Ness monster has typically centred on the idea of one unexplained creature that is living deep in the Scottish loch.
But that may be about to change, with the fresh footage showing a huge black shape moving in Loch Ness before two humps emerge from the water - giving the impression the monster isn't alone.
Nessie hunter Eoin O'Faodhagain was monitoring a webcam of the loch when he spotted a dark presence he estimated to be up to 30 feet long.
And then within an hour, he spotted two humps surfacing not far away - and, to his surprise, they appeared to be moving away from each other.
Mr O'Faodhagain said: "It is obvious that the two Nessie-like humps are moving over a two-minute period, and the larger hump of the two has changed position from the smaller one.
"Given the fact that there is no disturbance of water visible between objects you would have to concur they are two separate moving creatures."
There's also the sheer scale of the earlier dark shape in the water to consider.
Eoin asked: "What animal could be that long? "What is strikingly obvious about sightings at Loch Ness, is that eyewitnesses could be viewing two different creatures coexisting in the one lake.
"What the other creature is could be completely unknown. What we do know is there are a hell of a lot of eels in Loch Ness, having the odd rogue giant one is not beyond the realm of reality."
Mr O'Faodhagain, 58, thinks it also offers a handy explanation for contrasting accounts of the monster's appearance.
He said: "This is only my opinion - of Nessie being two different creatures - hence the abundance of different descriptions we have for her."
The sighting was captured at Shoreland Lodges, near Fort Augustus on the loch's southern shore, using a webcam maintained there by Visit Inverness Loch Ness (VILN).
Eoin is perhaps the most prolific source of webcam sightings, often logging on to watch the water from his home in County Donegal, Ireland.
He's racked up multiple entries in the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, but new rules concerning webcam sightings mean the register has yet to record an entry in 2023.
