By Tim Binnall
A tireless Loch Ness webcam watcher recently spotted a rather unusual anomaly that moved briskly across the water before seemingly submerging back into the depths of the famed Scottish site. The compelling sighting (featured above) was reportedly captured on March 15th by Ireland's Eoin O’Faodhagain, who has become the preeminent virtual monster hunter thanks to his near-constant watch of the various livestreams overlooking the location. On this specific occasion, he was watching a webcam placed at the Shoreland Lodges resort when something rather unusual out on the water caught his eye.
"I noticed a large wake moving steadily across the loch, more than half a mile out from the shoreline," O’Faodhagain recalled, "on occasions, a large black round hump was visible out of the water in front of the wake." Although he initially suspected that the anomaly was a tourist boat, the virtual monster hunter dismissed this possibility when it sank beneath the surface of Loch Ness. "The wake just fizzled out and the loch returned to its calm nature," he marveled, arguing that this would preclude a vessel of any kind. With that in mind, he mused that the oddity may have been the site's legendary denizen.
"This could possibly be a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster," O’Faodhagain argued, suggesting that "the hump-shaped object is a front body part of the creature, and the rest of it is beneath the surface." Of particular interest to the seasoned webcam watcher was the speed of the anomaly. "The creature moved briskly with a purpose in mind," he observed. While O’Faodhagain believes he may have caught sight of Nessie on the livestream that day, skeptics will undoubtedly say he simply spotted a prosaic creature that appeared to be 'monstrous' due to its distance from the webcam. What''s your take on the virtual monster hunter's latest sighting? Weigh in with your thoughts at the C2C Facebook page.