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Loch Ness Monster Caught on Camera as Officials Report Flurry of New Sightings
Karen Scott snapped a few photos of a mysterious beast swimming in Loch Ness while visiting from Aberdeen with her partner
Daily Mirror UK, 26 DEC 2020.
The mysterious presence above the water was the size of a large seal, Karen estimated (Image: Credit: Pen News/Karen Scott)
"I was just looking over the loch from the castle when I spotted something in the water.
"I initially thought it was a bird sitting on the water but my partner said it definitely wasn't.
"By the time I got my phone camera on it had slowly dipped under the water and then appeared again a short distance further away.
"That's when I took the photos. It then did the same thing again a couple of more times until it was much further away."
Karen's partner estimated that the creature was the size of a very large seal.
"But when we spoke to the guides at the castle they said it was very rare for a seal to be this far up Loch Ness so I don't know what it was," she added.
"I was quite excited, especially when I went onto the sightings website and found that there were similar pictures to mine."
Gary Campbell, who keeps the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, said that 2020 had been an unexpectedly strong year for fresh Nessie reports.
He said: "As with everyone else across the planet, 2020 has been a very different year at Loch Ness.
"The primary tourist attraction, Urquhart Castle, would normally welcome in excess of 500,000 visitors but, as you would imagine, numbers have been severely curtailed by the Covid crisis.
"However, there have still been a significant number of Nessie sightings throughout 2020."
Urquhart Castle at Loch Ness hasn't had as many visitors this year (Image: Credit: Pen News/Tyler Brenot)
Mr Campbell added that some sightings had been made by visitors using a live camera online.
He said: "We are lucky that many folk can join in the hunt from around the world via the Loch Ness Webcam and a number of the sightings have been reported via that medium.
"Nessie has, however, been seen in person throughout 2020 by some of the few visitors like Karen that made it to the loch and has also been spotted by local residents who live nearby.
One of the most famous photos of the 'Loch Ness Monster' (Image: Getty Images)
"It's great to see that, notwithstanding a global crisis, Nessie still pops up from time to time, allowing us to be sure that when more people come back to visit, she'll still be there to welcome them."
Miss Scott is unsure quite what she saw on November 24, but says if it was a seal, it certainly didn't move like one.
She said: "It didn't dive under the water but slowly went down under.
"It didn't bob about like a seal would do."
And she believes that, in any case, the Loch Ness Monster is out there somewhere.
"I do believe it exists but I'm not sure it's the same 'monster' from years ago," she said.
"Still, there is definitely something there that can't easily be explained."
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