A mysterious creature is seen shooting through the waters of Loch Ness ‘like a torpedo’ in jaw-dropping new footage.
Nessie hunter Eoin O’Faodhagain said his ‘heart jumped’ when he saw something moving rapidly through the loch on Monday.
Description of the strange object
He made his sighting using a webcam maintained by Visit Inverness Loch Ness (VILN) at Shoreland Lodges, near Fort Augustus on the loch’s southern shore.
The enthusiast estimated that the part of the creature above the surface was at least six feet long – though its true size may have been hidden underwater.
He said: ‘Looking across the calm conditions of Loch Ness via webcam I suddenly captured a strange disturbance about three quarters of a mile away.
‘Something rose up out of the loch, that initially looked like a large fish jumping, but then it moved like a torpedo, causing a significant wake.
‘My heart jumped. I said to myself, “this is nothing ordinary – on the contrary this is something you don’t see every day”.’
Could it be the Loch Ness Monster?
Mr O’Faodhagain often logs on to watch the water from his home in County Donegal, Ireland, but even for him the sighting stood out as strange.
And with no easy explanation for the ‘electrifying pace’ of the creature, he suspects it could be the Loch Ness Monster.
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He said: ‘It is very unusual and, because it is Loch Ness, you begin to dream and contemplate, is it something else that is causing the disturbance?
‘It’s difficult as nobody is sure what type of species Nessie is. As you can see from the footage, it is very striking.’
The 59-year-old has already ruled out some more conventional residents of the loch as the culprit.
He said: ‘The speed of the object has no comparison to a bird taking off.’
