A Nessie hunter claims they have captured the 'most compelling' evidence yet of the mythical monster after spotting a monstrous creature making its way through the famous loch.
Eoin O’Faodhagain, 58, was watching Loch Ness via webcam when he spotted the enormous presence, estimated to be over 25ft long, on the far side of the water.
The veteran Nessie enthusiast is convinced that the huge size and humped shape of the creature, combined with the way it moves through the water, make it an exact match for the Loch Ness Monster.
He said: “If there was ever a sighting that was supposed to be the Loch Ness Monster, this sighting fits the bill.
“Something alive ploughs through the loch showing plenty of movement, and shows at times something sticking out of the water, like a neck or black humps.
“This is very large indeed, considering the normal length of creatures that live in Loch Ness.
“Its size alone would rule out otters and seals, and the speed it generated definitely rules both of these animals out.
“It is the most compelling footage I have captured of a very large live creature in Loch Ness.”
The sighting was captured at Shoreland Lodges, near Fort Augustus on the loch’s southern shore, where Visit Inverness Loch Ness (VILN) maintains a webcam.
It was recorded at 9.55pm on Monday evening, several hours after the day’s last tourist cruise - a "nice time" for the beast to rear its head, Eoin said.
He added: “This is no pleasure craft of any sort, but actually a very large live creature.
Mr O’Faodhagain is a prolific source of webcam sightings, often logging on to watch the water from his home in County Donegal.
But even for him the sighting stood out, and believes we are "definitely on track for a vintage year of sightings of the Loch Ness Monster".
Thanking Visit Inverness for setting up the webcam, he said: "I am already on this track, and it is great to have access to the loch view through the VILN webcams to record these sightings.”
