Nessie hunter spots two ‘black hump shapes’ 10ft apart ‘rising up and down’ in fourth official sighting of Loch Ness Monster this year
- Eoin O’Faodhagain, from Donegal, Ireland, claims he spotted mythical creature
- Footage shows two ‘black hump shapes’ around 10ft apart in the freshwater loch
- Latest spot was captured on webcam near water at Urquhart Castle, Scotland
Another ‘official’ sighting of the Loch Ness Monster has been logged in Scotland – bringing this year’s total up to four.
Eoin O’Faodhagain, from Donegal, Ireland, claims he spotted two ‘black hump shapes’ around 10ft apart in the famed Highlands freshwater loch on Friday.
The Nessie hunter, 56, said he noticed the objects ‘rising up and down’ near Urquhart Castle, where sightings of the mythical beast are at their highest.
Mr O’Faodhagain has had 12 apparent sightings of the Loch Ness Monster recorded by the Official Loch Ness Monsters Sightings Register since 2017.
His latest was captured by a Loch Ness webcam on March 12.
Eoin O’Faodhagain, from Donegal, Ireland, claims he spotted two ‘black hump shapes’ around 10ft apart in the famed Highlands freshwater loch on Friday. Pictured: The footage
Footage of the apparent encounter appears to show ripples moving through the water, despite there being no boats out on the loch.
Two large breaks in the water then appear with a rough distance of 10ft between them.
The ‘humps’ slowly move over the surface of the water for an extended period of time before disappearing again.
Mr O’Faodhagain immediately sent his sighting across to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sighting Register, who last night registered it as an official spot.
Speaking today, he said: ‘While watching the webcam in the late afternoon, my attention was attracted to a disturbance in the water in the middle of the lake.
The Nessie hunter, 56, said he noticed the objects (above) ‘rising up and down’ near Urquhart Castle, where sightings of the mythical beast are at their highest
Mr O’Faodhagain has had 12 apparent sightings of the Loch Ness Monster recorded by the Official Loch Ness Monsters Sightings Register since 2017. Pictured: His latest find
‘A black shape broke the surface with a wake. It was moving slowly but was causing a lot of water agitation around it.
‘Two black hump-like shapes seemed to be popping up and down as it cut through the surface of the Loch.
‘The object is viewed for 1 minute 41 seconds, after this it just disappeared.
‘There was no boat activity on the lake at the time of the sighting.’
Mr O’Faodhagain claims he also saw ‘two black shapes’ about 10ft apart splashing in the water on January 19 and January 22 this year
He added: ‘On my very first visit I had a sighting of a large mottled brown hump near Invermoriston in July 1987.
‘That sighting only intrigued me further into the Loch Ness Monster. I have now captured 12 sightings to date in the last four years.’
Pictured: Nessie hunter Eoin O’Faodhagain
Mr O’Faodhagain claims he also saw ‘two black shapes’ about 10ft apart splashing in the water on January 19 and January 22 this year.
Another Nessie hunter, Kalynn Wangle, from Oregon in the US, logged the first sighting for 2021 on January 11 when she noticed a V shape in the loch that only appeared for a few seconds.
The 27-year-old’s sighting shows a black blur near the front of the bay for the webcam beside a tree.
There were 13 alleged sightings of the monster last year, including one involving a heavily contested photograph that some have claimed was faked.
Last September, researchers from New Zealand claimed that the Loch Ness Monster could be a large eel, extracting DNA from water samples to test for this.
Research carried out in 2018 revealed that the mythical creature is worth £41million a year to the Scottish economy.