By Tim Binnall
A British tourist recently snapped a photo of a peculiar anomaly emerging from the water of Loch Ness and, in turn, has been credited with the first official sighting of the site's famed 'monster' for 2024. The intriguing image, seen below, was reportedly taken by Parry Malm on April 4th as he and his family were vacationing at the popular Scottish location. According to the witness, "we were a few hundred yards from Urquhart Castle looking down on the bay," when his wife noticed "what looked like the black head of an animal bobbing up and down." Malm noted that the anomaly appeared to be moving against the current, which led him to conclude that it was a "living creature" rather than a piece of driftwood or something similarly prosaic.
Malm indicated that the oddity stayed surfaced for approximately four minutes before it eventually vanished back into the waters of Loch Ness. In what may be a maddening detail to those who have spent countless hours looking for Nessie, the tourist noted that it was actually his family's first visit to the location. He also mused that the experience transformed him from a "total skeptic" to thinking "there must be something there." To that end, Malm subsequently submitted his image and account to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Registry, which deemed it "compelling" and recognized it as the first official sighting of 2024.