Ninth Sighting of Loch Ness Monster Added to 'Official Register' in 2021

A sketch submitted to The Official Loch Ness Sightings Register by Veacock. (Colin Veacock) — A sketch submitted to The Official Loch Ness Sightings Register by Veacock. *(Colin Veacock)*

According to a post made to The Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register by its keeper, Gary Campbell, retired delivery driver Colin Veacock, 55, was parked north of Urquhart Castle on July 30th when he noticed a large object in the loch.

Mr. Veacock, visiting from the northwest of England, was parked up in the last lay-by north of the castle, scanning the loch with his binoculars, when he noticed something two thirds across the loch away. He originally thought it was a foot high and some five feet long, but later was able to compare it with the Jacobite Warrior [a local cruise ship] as it passed by the area. As such, he stated that what he observed was easily the length of the handrail at the rear of that boat, which led him to reassess what he saw as nearly two feet high and ten to twelve feet long. He said the same was witnessed by two other families in the lay-by.

Veacock also provided Campbell with a sketch of what he’d seen, pictured above.

This is the ninth sighting recorded by Campbell in the official register so far in 2021, coming less than two weeks after a July 19th sighting in which " a man and his daughter visiting from Chester reported seeing an unidentified movement in the loch."

The pair reportedly spotted the “unidentified movement” while hillwalking above Fort Augustus at 3:20 p.m. and "said a cruise boat had passed some 20 minutes earlier but that there was no boat activity at the time of the sighting."

A third sighting falls within the same 60-day window as these two, reported by a young man visiting from Cambridge who said he'd seen "an unidentified creature for two seconds in Urquhart Bay, close to the castle on Wednesday, June 2nd, around 1:30 p.m.”

The young man was reportedly “scanning the loch surface with binoculars from the castle site. He said a hump came up going against the waves, looking like a turtle's back, black in color with a green tinge to it. He reported that the weather was warm and sunny with excellent visibility."

For a complete listing of sightings which have been added to the register, visit The Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register’s website here.

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