Is this the last Nessie sighting? A strange shape moves ‘like a torpedo’ across Loch Ness before disappearing beneath the surface

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.

‘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 ‘a huge animal rolling and crashing 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

What IS the Loch Ness Monster?

Rumors of a strange creature living in the waters of Loch Ness have abounded in recent decades, but little evidence has been found to substantiate these claims.

One of the first sightings, believed to have sparked modern Nessie fever, occurred on May 2, 1933.

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’.

Another famous sighting is a photograph taken in 1934 by Colonel Robert Kenneth Wilson.

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.

Other sightings include James Gray’s 2001 photo when he and friend Peter Levings were fishing on the Loch, while namesake Hugh Gray’s blurry photo of what appears to be a large sea creature was published in the Daily Express in 1933.

Robert Kenneth Wilson, a London doctor, captured perhaps the most famous image of the Loch Ness Monster. The surgeon’s photo was published in the Daily Mail on April 21, 1934, but it was later revealed to be a fake.

The first reported sighting of the monster is said to have been made in 565 AD by the Irish missionary St. Columba, when he encountered a gigantic beast in the River Ness.

But no one has ever come up with a satisfactory explanation for the sightings – although ‘Nessie expert’ Steve Feltham, who has watched the Loch for 24 years, said in 2019 that he thought it was actually a giant Welsh catfish, native to waters near the Baltic and Caspian Seas in Europe.

An online register lists a total of more than 1,000 Nessie sightings made by Mr Campbell, the man behind the official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, and is available at www.lochnesssightings.com.

So what could explain these mysterious observations?

Many Nessie witnesses have reported large, crocodile-like scales sitting atop the creature’s spine, leading some to believe that an escaped amphibian could be the culprit.

Native fish sturgeons can also weigh hundreds of pounds and have ridged backs, giving them an almost reptilian appearance.

Some believe Nessie is a long-necked plesiosaur – like an elasmosaur – who somehow survived when all other dinosaurs were wiped out.

Others say the sightings are related to Scotch pines dying and flopping into the lake, before quickly becoming submerged and sinking.

While underwater, botanical chemicals begin to trap small air bubbles.

Eventually enough of these are collected to propel the block upwards, while deep pressure begins to change its shape, making it look like an animal is coming up for air.