- Eoin O’Faodhagain spotted a creature on a webcam on a famous Scottish lake
- He estimated that the part of the animal above the surface was at least six feet long
A mysterious creature is seen shooting ‘like a torpedo’ through the waters of Loch Ness in breathtaking new footage.
Nessie hunter Eoin O’Faodhagain said his “heart skipped a beat” when he saw something moving quickly through the lake on Monday.
He made his sighting using a webcam maintained by Visit Inverness Loch Ness (VILN) at Shoreland Lodges, near Fort Augustus on the southern shore of the loch.
The enthusiast estimated that the part of the creature above the surface was at least six feet long, although its true size may have been hidden underwater.
He said: ‘While looking over the calm conditions of Loch Ness via webcam I suddenly caught a strange disturbance about three-quarters of a mile away.
A mysterious creature is seen shooting ‘like a torpedo’ through the waters of Loch Ness
‘Something rose out of the lake, which at first looked like a large jumping fish, but then it moved like a torpedo, creating 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.”
Mr O’Faodhagain often logs in to look at the water from his home in County Donegal, Ireland, but even for him the sighting was strange.
And since there’s no easy explanation for the creature’s “exciting pace,” he suspects it could be the Loch Ness Monster.
He said: ‘It’s very unusual and because it’s Loch Ness you start to dream and think. Is it something else causing the disruption?
‘It’s hard because no one knows for sure what type Nessie is. As you can see from the images, it is very striking.’
The 59-year-old has already ruled out some of the lake’s more conventional residents as guilty.
He said: ‘The speed of the object cannot be compared to that of a bird taking flight.
Eoin O’Faodhagain made his sighting using a webcam maintained by Visit Inverness Loch Ness (VILN) at Shoreland Lodges, near Fort Augustus on the southern shore of the loch
“You wouldn’t see the movement of their feet from five yards away, let alone three-quarters of a mile away, on a webcam.”
“Seals and otters don’t behave like that, and the object moves too straight and direct to be considered an eel — even a giant one.”
If it is Nessie, Mr. O’Faodhagain can provide an explanation for her sudden speed.
He said, “I would say that feeding causes a creature to behave like this: feeding on fish, close to the surface of the lake.”
The existence of the Loch Ness Monster is a mystery that has never been definitively solved anyway.
Last August, Nessie hunters got excited when three separate sightings were reported.
The first sighting that sparked the modern obsession with the monster occurred in May 1933.
The enthusiast estimated that the part of the creature above the surface was at least six feet long, although its true size may have been hidden underwater.
On this date the Inverness Courier carried a story about a local couple who claimed to have seen ‘an enormous animal rolling and plunging on the surface’.
The following year, a photo taken by London physician Robert Kenneth Wilson captured the world’s attention.
It showed what looked like a beast poking its head out of the water.
It was later exposed as a hoax by one of the participants, Chris Spurling, who revealed on his deathbed that the photos had been staged.
A model of a monster was placed on a toy submarine.
The VILN webcams can be viewed live online at visitinvernesslochness.com