Latest Nessie sighting creates waves
A FISH farmer could not believe his eyes when two unexplained ‘Nessie-like’ humps appeared from below the surface of Loch Ness.
Jon Rowe, from Lewiston, was working at Dores Fish Farm when he decided to take a picture of a stunning rainbow.
However, after taking the picture, something unusual caught Mr Rowe’s eye.
"It wasn’t up for a long time," said 31-year-old Mr Rowe. "It was a really large dark shape and I’ve not seen anything like that on Loch Ness before."
Asked if he believes it was the elusive Loch Ness Monster. Mr Rowe said it is a possibility as he does not believe it was a buoy or a mooring.
He said it was the wrong place and ropes would be visible in the water.
"I think it’s interesting, that’s how I take it and I would like the photograph to be checked," said Mr Rowe, who took his snap on Wednesday at 8.30am.
However, Adrian Shine, from the Loch Ness Project based in the Loch Ness Centre in Drumnadrochit, cast his expert eye on the picture along with his colleague Dick Raynor.
He believes it was two black throated diver birds captured in the photograph diving for prey or emerging after a dive."It’s an interesting picture," said Mr Shine. "My colleague Dick is a skipper at Urquhart Bay and last week he spotted two black throated divers which are quite big and they have white undersides which you can see in the picture," said Mr Shine.
"The Loch Ness monster has not been reported with a white underside before."
Mr Shine said if the birds were diving then it would explain their disappearance beneath the surface of the water.
