A mysterious sea creature which looked like the Loch Ness Monster has been spotted off the Somerset coast - almost 600 miles from her 'home' in the Highlands. Visitors in Clevedon rushed to take photographs of the ‘creature’ that was spotted bobbing in the water right next to the town’s Victoria Pier.
Anna Purse was out enjoying a walk with her six-year-old daughter Grace on Sunday when they spotted the ‘sea monster’, which was several feet long, Somerset Live reports. The mum said: “Myself and my six year-old daughter Grace were walking along the seafront on Sunday and were sitting on one of the benches before the pier.
“The shape was right next to the pier and I noticed it moving. It moved all the way along the sea in front of us whilst we were sat there. My daughter Grace said it looked like a sea monster. Just the shape of it reminded me of Nessie."
Others who spotted the creature also posted pictures and comments on social media with some saying it was obviously 'lost' and a long way home from its native Scotland. Some locals also used its appearance to poke fun at the controversial new road scheme on Clevedon seafront.
One local suggested it was trying to park on the now infamous 'wiggly lines' painted along The Beach while another said: "Nessie getting a swim in before the council starts charging to swim to swim in the sea."
Although Nessie is not a regular visitor to the Bristol Channel, the estuary has welcomed other creatures including porpoises, the odd dolphin and seals. The Loch Ness Monster is a creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.
It is often described as large, long-necked, and with one or more humps protruding from the water. Popular interest and belief in the creature has varied since it was brought to worldwide attention in 1933.
Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with a number of disputed photographs and sonar readings. The scientific community explains alleged sightings of the Loch Ness Monster as hoaxes, wishful thinking and the misidentification of mundane objects.
Whether this is actually the Loch Ness Monster enjoying a winter break in Somerset will never be known. But the likely explanation is far more simple - and less exciting.
It is far more likely to be some unusual shaped driftwood that often washes up along the coast. Mrs Purse added: "It was driftwood of course but just looked so unusual."
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