A Scots man has revealed that the Loch Ness monster may have a pal after spotting two creatures through his binoculars.
Glenn Blevins, from Inverness, first reported the sighting of not one but two "large animate objects" in the water on Good Friday.
He explained that he had lived in the area for over 30 years, worked around the loch and had fished at Loch Ness many times before.
However, Glenn had never seen anything like this before and said he felt "privileged" to have witnessed the third sighting this year.
The sighting has now been accepted by the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, Edinburgh Live reports.
Speaking to the Scottish Express, Glenn said: “I was near Aldourie Castle working on the banks of the loch when I saw a large animate object in the water between both banks of the loch at approx 9.30am," he said.
"It was dark in colour and stayed there for around 20 seconds before sinking into the water. I watched it with binoculars that I’d taken with me in the hope of seeing ospreys that had recently returned to the area.
"It was difficult to estimate the size but it was definitely larger than a seal and given the angle, there may have been two, one behind the other.”
A holidaymaker previously claimed to have captured the Loch Ness Monster on sonar - lurking more than 400 feet below the surface.
Tom Ingram, of Portsmouth, spotted something "big" on the sonar of a tourist cruise boat, something which passengers can watch.
His sighting on April 4 was also accepted by the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register as the second of the year of Nessie.
The moving object was around 410 feet down and about 30 feet long and screen grabbed by Tom.
He said: "We decided to take one of the regular cruises from Fort Augustus to get some scenic photos of the loch whilst we are here.
"At around the half way point, just off Invermoriston, we were alerted to a strange shape forming on the sonar.
"At first, we thought it was part of the cruise - something for the tourists - but it quickly became apparent that what we were looking at was in real time and big!" said Mr Ingram.
"I'd class myself as 'open minded' (about the existence of Nessie), of course we are aware of the myth, but to actually see something big on the sonar like that, took us both by surprise.
"At first, we were excited and then puzzled as to what we had seen. It certainly adds to the mystery!"
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