A tourist claims to have captured proof of the Loch Ness Monster on camera, with photos showing 'a long neck'.
John Payne, 55, was admiring the scenery from a window when he noticed strange movement on the nearby water.
The dad-of-three grabbed his camera and managed to grab several pictures which seem to show a shape on the surface.
John, a retail worker from Newport, Wales, said: “I was looking out at the scenery from the window and this huge thing just appeared out of nowhere.
“I tried to get a picture but it was gone and then it popped up again further down the loch.
“I took another picture and then zoomed in on my camera and waited to see if it would appear again and it did.
“It must have been something very large because we were about a mile away from the loch and I could see it clearly.
“You wouldn’t have been able to see a bird or anything from that far away – it had to be something large. It was like a huge neck.
“At first I thought it was a giant fin, but I know there are no dolphins or porpoises in the loch so I was thinking what the hell is this thing.
“It wasn’t like it was tied to anything, like a buoy, because it kept moving further away.”
John was at guest house Foyers Roost on April 9 when he spotted movement on the lake.
He went down to the loch later the same day but said the creature was nowhere to be seen.
John added: “I showed some people at the hotel and they were all really shocked.
“It all happened so quickly, it was only there for maybe two minutes.
“I looked at other Nessie pictures and these do look similar to it.”
The first written mention of a monster in Loch Ness appeared in a 7th century biography, according to Britannica.
The exciting sighting comes after Nessie hunter said he caught “exhilarating” proof of the legendary creature last month.
Eoin O’Faodhagain, who regularly monitors Loch Ness via webcam, says he was “ blown away when he spotted something over 20 feet long gliding in the water.
Mr O’Faodhagain, 58, added: “The length of the visible wake is in excess of 20 feet, and the creature responsible must be very large underneath the water.
“Certainly it’s too large for known animals or fish that live in the loch – otters would never reach sizes of that magnitude, or seals for that matter.”
The flurry of recent sightings came after four months without anyone claiming to have seen the legendary beast.
