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2017 has been a 'record year' for sightings of the Loch Ness monster

Started by THE FUGITIVE, March 24, 2018, 03:31:04 PM

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THE FUGITIVE

But she doesn't think they spotted a pre-historic animal.
"There aren't enough fish available for a large creature to be eating," she says.
"However, there is a possibility there might be some kind of eel or sturgeon which is causing the sightings, that's maybe grown bigger than they usually do.
"I think there's some kind of creature but possibly not a monster."
Hoax picture of the Loch Ness monster
Image caption This famous 1924 "photo" of the Loch Ness monster was revealed as a hoax by one of the people who staged it
A woman on her honeymoon in October spotted a creature moving in the water, while a group of friends holidaying in August spotted "something huge" in the water which apparently "arched out of the water".
There were three sightings in June, one in May and one in April which were all deemed "official" sightings.
Loch Ness
Image caption The myth of the Loch Ness Monster has captured the imagination for decades
These sightings, and many more, are recorded by Gary Campbell who assesses and logs sightings of the Loch Ness monster.
"This is the most we have had this century," he told The Express newspaper this week.
He says that his team was "50/50" on the photo taken by Dr Knight, but they decided to give her snap "the benefit of the doubt".
"In recent years the most sightings in a year we have had is 17 - and that was in 1996.
"Before that the 1960s and 1930s were the times that had most sightings - sometimes more than 20 in a year."
A 9m model of the Loch Ness Monster built in 1969 for a Sherlock Holmes movie was found almost 50 years after it sank in the loch last year.
Kongsberg Maritime's image of the lost Nessie model
Image caption A Kongsberg Maritime image of the lost Nessie model
Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine said the shape, measurements and location pointed to the object being the prop.
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