June 17th 2023.
Etienne Camel and his wife Eliane were visiting Scotland on holiday when they had an unexpected encounter. While driving along the A82, they stopped to take some pictures from the west side of the loch near Invermoriston.
At 3.30pm, the pharmacist spotted something "very large". He and his wife watched a dark shape 15-20 metres long move across the calm surface of the Loch, before it disappeared.
The couple were astonished by what they had seen. Mr Camel, a self-professed "man of science", didn't believe in the Loch Ness Monster, yet here he was with his wife seeing an unexplainable creature.
The Loch Ness has long been shrouded in tales of legend, and this sighting adds to the mystery. The official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register logged the encounter as the second sighting of Nessie this year. Register keeper Gary Campbell said that it was an "unexplained sighting" and "very tantalising", while Nessie expert Steve Feltham added that it was the "best so far this year".
The first modern sighting of a monster in the loch was reported by hotel manageress Mrs Aldie Mackay in April 1933. She and her husband were driving when she saw something in the still, calm waters towards Aldourie Castle. She described it as "black, wet, with the water rolling off it".
The mystery of the Loch Ness Monster is said to be worth £30 million to the region, with around 200,000 searches each month for information and accommodation close to the loch. The official register has now logged 1156 sightings from records and other evidence stretching back through the centuries. It's a mystery that has captivated us for centuries, and one we may never fully understand.
[This article has been trending online recently and has been generated with AI. Your feed is customized.]
