The seventh official Loch Ness Monster sighting of the year has been recorded after an 'unidentified creature' was spotted in the bay close to the Urquhart Castle.
The latest sighting was reported by a tourist who was up visiting from Cambridge and was standing close to the castle on the banks.
Using a set of binoculars, the man was scanning the loch's surface on Wednesday June 2 about 1.30pm when he said he spotted a creature for two seconds.
With the pandemic curbing most of the visitors to the area in the last year, the other official sightings made at www.lochnesssightings.com have been recorded via webcam.
Gary Campbell, who keeps the register and has recorded more than 1130 alleged sightings of Nessie over 25 years, said: "He said a hump came up going against the waves, looking like a turtle's back, black in colour with a green tinge to it.
"He reported that the weather was warm and sunny with excellent visibility."
The Nessie sighting expert claims “the sightings are getting more credible all the time”.
A recent theory that the monster is nothing more than a whale penis rising from the water has been discredited.
Famous Nessie Hunter Steve Feltham is happy to rule out the theory that whales could have been mistaken for the famous Scottish monster, he said: "I have lived on the shoreline of Loch Ness for over 30 years, watching and waiting for for a glimpse of one of the animals that are reported to live in here.
"I have never seen a whale in Loch Ness, and one hundred percent believe that I never will."
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