A NESSIE enthusiast claims he has spotted the Loch Ness Monster for the third time this year.
Eoin O’Faodhagain says his recording is the biggest ever “confirmed” sighting of the mythical beast.
The 55-year-old veteran Nessie watcher believes he saw the legendary creature swimming and splashing about in Urquhart Bay last Wednesday.
He describes spotting a 30ft long shape in the water before quickly hitting record on his camera.
In the video, a long black shape can be seen floating atop the water.
The mysterious object remains suspended in the water for a few moments, before slowly submerging over the course of two minutes.
As the clip ends, the shape disappears without a trace under the tranquil waters of Loch Ness.
Mr O’Faodhagain, from Drumdoit, Co Donegal, immediately recognised the creature and submitted his findings to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register.
The organisation have since “confirmed” the footage, which is thought to be the largest ever seen.
The 55-year-old said the mythical beast emerged from the water and stayed motionless.
But then “after a few seconds splashing motions can be seen on the video.”
Mr O’Faodhagain explained: ”Then it submerged slowly into the loch disappearing from sight.”
“This sighting is also special because there was no boat traffic or wave disturbance in the video and the surface of the loch was calm.”
He believes the pictured Nessie was at least 30 feet long and rose at least 4 to 5 feet high.
He said: “It was amazing to see such a large image caught on video compared to my previous sightings.”
Mr O’Faodhagain is no stranger to Nessie, having caught the first sighting of the decade back in January as well as a further sighting earlier this month on 14 April – as well as four times last year.
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There were more sightings of the Loch Ness Monster last year – 18 in total – than at any time since 1983, when ‘Nessie-mania’ was at its peak.
Last September, researchers from New Zealand claimed that the Loch Ness Monster could be a large eel, extracting DNA from water samples to test for this.
Research carried out in 2018 revealed that the legendary creature is worth £41 million a year to the Scottish economy.
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