A controversial reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster could become the eighth time the mythical beast has reportedly been seen this year.

Six sightings of Nessie have been clocked in person this year, with another registered from a webcam. Now Eoin O’Faodhagain, a veteran Nessie sleuth, believes he has seen the creature again while watching remotely.

“This picture belongs in any exhibition to do with the Loch Ness Monster,” he said. “I won the lottery with this video clip.”

He believes the disturbance he saw to the surface of the Scottish loch could only be caused by Nessie and not sturgeon, otters or eels.

The grainy clip, from Aug 27, a time when hundreds of people had volunteered to help record unusual sights on Loch Ness both on location and via webcams, shows a black mass breaking the surface around 11am before submerging again as a boat approaches.

Continue here: The Telegraph