By Tim Binnall
A persistent Loch Ness webcam watcher recently captured the first virtual 'monster' sighting of 2024 by way of a weird moment wherein an unusual shape crosses the water of the famed Scottish site. The peculiar scene was reportedly spotted this past Tuesday morning by diligent livestream viewer Eoin O’Faodhagain of Ireland. As seen in the video above, shortly before dawn that day, the peaceful waters of Loch Ness were suddenly pierced by a ten-foot-long anomaly that surfaced and then moved in a northern direction. The motion of the suspected creature is of particular interest to O’Faodhagain, who argues that it could be a clue as to how the 'monster' goes about its day.
Noting that he has previously observed a strikingly similar anomaly moving in the opposite direction shortly before dusk, leading him to conclude that "we have discovered for the very first time that Nessie forages one way in the morning while light is at a bare minimum, and travels back when the light of the evening is diminishing." Conceding that he is stumped as to where the creature might be when it is not out looking for food, O’Faodhagain posited that perhaps it "rests on ledges down in the depths of Loch Ness." Should that be the case, he mused, this would "explain why folk do not see her too often during the day, when all tourist cruisers and pleasure crafts are out and about, creating noise and disturbance."
While skeptical observers will suggest that the strange disturbance could have been created by any number of prosaic animals at the site, O’Faodhagain dismissed this possibility and declared that "the wake is uncharacteristic of known creatures that inhabit Loch Ness." As such, the webcam watcher has laid claim to the first virtual Nessie sighting of 2024. O’Faodhagain managed to achieve the same distinction last year when he captured an "unusual surface agitation" back in March. Alas, due their more stringent rules for webcam reports, he was not credited with the distinction by the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register and, one imagines, that will likely be the case once again this year. What do you make of O’Faodhagain's footage? Share your thoughts with us at the C2C Facebook page.