A Nessie skeptic shared a photo showing an unidentified 8-foot-long creature in Loch Ness. Although he thought it was likely a seal or a giant catfish, Nessie hunters declared it was the legendary lake cryptid swimming in its deep lake habitat in the Scottish Highlands.
Gordon Holmes, a retired engineer and Nessie hunter, reported filming the Loch Ness Monster in its native lake in the Scottish Highlands. Holmes told History Channel’s In Search Of that the sighting occurred on May 26, 2007, at 10:10 am.
Loch Ness Monster enthusiasts can’t contain their excitement over Loch “rediscovered” Nessie photos. The photos, taken in late 2018, went missing but were recently recovered.
Fishermen returning from the sea stumbled upon the carcass of the 55-foot Stronsay Beast that washed up on a summer day in 1808. Zoologist Jeff Sweeney explored the enduring mystery of the Stronsay Beast in an episode of In Search Of on the History Channel.
An expert said the Loch Ness Monster was not the only aquatic cryptid native to Britain. Cryptozoologist Andy McGrath said Nessie & Friends live in waters across the country.
In February, residents and tourists visiting the Clevedon Pier in Somerset claimed they saw the Loch Ness Monster swimming in Bristol Channel waters. Witnesses snapped photos and described it as a snake-like creature several feet long.
An American teenager snapped a photo supposedly showing a Loch Ness Monster-like creature swimming in a Canadian river. He captured the photograph while vacationing with his family at Alberta’s Banff National Park in 2017.
People reported spotting the Loch Ness Monster in N. Carolina coastal waters thousands of miles from its native Scottish Highlands lakes. The sighting and other recent ones in North America have sparked fanciful theories and speculation that Nessie may have relocated from Scotland.
Veteran Loch Ness monster hunter Eoin O’Faodhagain has claimed his first 2024 monster sighting. The Nessie enthusiast reported the sighting occurred while he was monitoring the calm surface of Loch Ness on Tuesday, January 16.
Reports of mysterious shapes and movements inside a lake in the middle of a golf course in Queensland sparked rumors about an Australian Nessie.