A veteran Loch Ness monster detective says he “won the lottery” by recording new video of the mythical creature, possibly his eighth sighting this year, but some Nessie enthusiasts have scorned the footage.
“This image belongs in any exhibition related to the Loch Ness monster,” Eoin O’Faodhagain, who recorded the moment, told the Telegraph. “I won the lottery with this video clip.”
The images were taken on August 27 by O’Faodhagain, an Irishman who observes the mythical monster through a webcam. It was reportedly the eighth time they saw Nessie this year.
Grainy footage from O’Faodhagain shows a black mass breaking the surface of the water at around 11am before quickly submerging again as a boat approaches.
“When it first emerged and started moving, I knew immediately it wasn’t a big fish; fish don’t have wakes,” O’Faodhagain said.
“This creature’s emergence from the water and its movement is not characteristic of a seal or an otter. So what could be bigger than those two creatures in Loch Ness? Only the Loch Ness Monster is the obvious choice,” he stated.
Eoin O’Faodhagain captured this image of what he believes to be the Loch Ness Monster on August 27. Visit Inverness Loch Ness via Pen News
O’Faodhagain said he noticed a “definite black shape of a hump,” adding that the creature he saw was quite large. “Fifteen or 20 feet wouldn’t be an exaggeration.”
Nessie has reportedly been seen six times by someone at the famous loch this year, with a seventh alleged sighting recorded from a Visit Inverness Loch Ness webcam at Shoreland Lodges near Fort Augustus on the south coast.
But while O’Faodhagain is firm in his belief that he saw the mythical Scottish creature, other Nessie enthusiasts are much more sceptical.
The image was possibly the eighth Nessie sighting this year. Visit Inverness Loch Ness via Pen News
Steve Feltham, a full-time Nessie hunter who has lived in a van on Loch Ness for more than 30 years, told the outlet that he suspected O’Faodhagain’s sighting might have been incorrect.
O’Faodhagain has been “blacklisted by anyone seriously interested in this mystery,” Feltham told the outlet. “Everyone knows that what he does is garbage; for years he has been a duck and a stick.”
According to Feltham, nine out of 10 Nessie sightings are false alarms, including O’Faodhagain’s.
An increase in alleged fake webcam sightings in recent years has led officials to tighten the criteria for what can be considered an official Nessie sighting.
Other Loch Ness monster enthusiasts doubled down on O’Faodhagain’s sighting as legitimate. Visit Inverness Loch Ness via Pen News
People can access online webcams to try to see the Loch Ness monster themselves. Visit Inverness Loch Ness via Pen News
O’Faodhagain’s claim will not be recorded as a possible sighting, although he insists: “The quality of the sighting couldn’t be better unless you were standing there with a high-powered camera.”
A new visitor center opened this summer in the Drumnadrochit Hotel building, where Nessie was reputedly first seen in 1933, bringing newer technology to the hunt to try and locate the mythical creature.
Webcams set up to try and see the Loch Ness Monster can be accessed online at visitinvernesslochness.com
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