Nessie hunter captures film of mysterious hump breaking water surface

27 June 2024 , 08:37

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Nessie hunter captures film of mysterious hump breaking water surface

An avid Loch Ness hunter was left "dumbfounded" after a spotting a mysterious "anomaly" that he believes could be the elusive mythical creature.

Eoin O'Faodhagain was watching the waters of the famous Loch Ness via a webcam when he noticed mysterious dark figure emerging from beneath the surface near its northern end. He recalled: "I noticed a jet black anomaly that was slowly appearing on the surface of the loch, less than a hundred yards from the shoreline. I was a bit dumbfounded that it did not dissolve into nothing, but kept materialising ever more distinct and blacker. It was so visually clear near the empty Jacobite Cruiser, which was parked for the night."

Eoin O'Faodhagain believes he caught a glimpse of the Loch Ness monster on webcam footage (Credit: Visit Inverness Loch Ness via Pen News)

The 59 year-old is a veteran Nessie hunter and estimates the object, which he thinks could have been the hump of the creature, was about nine feet long at the surface. He thinks the rest of the monster's body was still underwater. He said: "The impression I got from watching it was that it could have bee the very top part of the back of something larger underneath the water.

He added: "It's seven to nine feet long, and a few inches above the water, but below I would imagine the dimensions are far larger. It's definitely a live creature of some sort, moving ever so slowly in a controlled manner, and disappearing without causing any further disturbance."

As for whether what Eoin saw is actually the Loch Ness monster, he seemed to have ruled out any other option and is convinced he caught a glimpse of the beast. He explained: "This object has none of the characteristics of seals or otters. The object is moving as one - a fish or an eel, would be flexing their bodies more. It is very hard to say it is definitely Nessie, but it is easy to say what it is not. And when you rule out the known creatures that inhabit Loch Ness, what are you left with?"

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Eoin is a veteran Nessie hunter and often spends time watching the webcam of the Loch from his home in Ireland (Credit: Pen News)

He admits that the footage taken on June 12 via a webcam near the Clansman Hotel over the span of around three minutes was an "unexplained anomaly" and estimates that the creature must have moved around two metres while it could be seen above the surface of the water.

The avid Nessie hunter often logs on the the webcam stream to watch the water from his home in County Donegal, Ireland and over the years has racked up multiple entries in the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register. However, new restrictions concerning webcam sightings have kept his recent contributions off the record.

Cecilia Adamou