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Hunter gets most ``convincing`` proof of Loch Ness monster
A man who has been on the look out for the Loch Ness monster for nearly three decades believes has important new information on - the legendary creature.
London: A man who has been on the look out for the Loch Ness monster for nearly three decades believes he has clicked the best photograph of - and some important new information on - the legendary creature.
George Edwards spends his life on the loch - around 60 hours a week - taking tourists out on his boat Nessie Hunter IV, and has even led innumerable Nessie hunts over the years.
The devoted Nessie hunter publicly released a photograph of a gray creature with a mysterious hump schlepping toward Urquhart Castle.
“I was just about to return to Temple Pier (in Drumnadrochit) and I went to the back of the boat which was facing the pier and that’s when I saw it,” the Telegraph quoted him as saying.
“It was slowly moving up the loch towards Urquhart Castle and it was a dark grey colour. It was quite a fair way from the boat, probably about half a mile away but it’s difficult to tell in water,” he said.
After watching the object for five to ten minutes, the 60-year-old said it slowly sank below the surface and never resurfaced.
“I’m convinced I was seeing Nessie as I believe in these creatures,” he said.
“Far too many people have being seeing them for far too long. The first recorded sighting was in 565AD and there have been thousands of eyewitness reports since then.
“All these people can’t be telling lies. And the fact the reports stretch over so many years mean there can’t just be one of them. I’m convinced there are several monsters,” he said.
Steve Feltham, who has dedicated the past 21 years to hunting for the monster was unequivocval.
“It is the best photograph I think I have ever seen,” he said.
From his base on Dores beach he has studied many Nessie sighting photographs.
“I think the images are fantastic - that’s the animal I have been looking for all this time,” he said. “I would say it doesn’t prove what Nessie is, but it does prove what Nessie isn’t, a sturgeon which is a fish that has been put forward as one of the main explanations as to what Nessie could be but this hasn’t got a serrated spine like the sturgeon,” he said.
Edwards said that he tried to make a contact with the help of his vessel’s sonar but to no avail.
“I hung around for a good half-an-hour and used the deep scanning sonar to try and pick it up, but I’m afraid I had no luck at all,” he said.
Edwards took the picture at 9am on 2nd November last year on a compact Samsung digital camera that he always keeps handy on the boat.
Before releasing it publicly he sent it to the USA for analysis.
“I did not want to mention my sighting until I was sure that I had not photographed a log or something inanimate in the water in the water,” he said.
“I have friends in the USA who have friends in the military.
“They had my photo analysed and they have no doubt that I photographed an animate object in the water. I was really excited as I am sure that some strange creatures are lurking in the depths of Loch Ness,” he added.
ANI
George Edwards spends his life on the loch - around 60 hours a week - taking tourists out on his boat Nessie Hunter IV, and has even led innumerable Nessie hunts over the years.
The devoted Nessie hunter publicly released a photograph of a gray creature with a mysterious hump schlepping toward Urquhart Castle.
“I was just about to return to Temple Pier (in Drumnadrochit) and I went to the back of the boat which was facing the pier and that’s when I saw it,” the Telegraph quoted him as saying.
“It was slowly moving up the loch towards Urquhart Castle and it was a dark grey colour. It was quite a fair way from the boat, probably about half a mile away but it’s difficult to tell in water,” he said.
After watching the object for five to ten minutes, the 60-year-old said it slowly sank below the surface and never resurfaced.
“I’m convinced I was seeing Nessie as I believe in these creatures,” he said.
“Far too many people have being seeing them for far too long. The first recorded sighting was in 565AD and there have been thousands of eyewitness reports since then.
“All these people can’t be telling lies. And the fact the reports stretch over so many years mean there can’t just be one of them. I’m convinced there are several monsters,” he said.
Steve Feltham, who has dedicated the past 21 years to hunting for the monster was unequivocval.
“It is the best photograph I think I have ever seen,” he said.
From his base on Dores beach he has studied many Nessie sighting photographs.
“I think the images are fantastic - that’s the animal I have been looking for all this time,” he said. “I would say it doesn’t prove what Nessie is, but it does prove what Nessie isn’t, a sturgeon which is a fish that has been put forward as one of the main explanations as to what Nessie could be but this hasn’t got a serrated spine like the sturgeon,” he said.
Edwards said that he tried to make a contact with the help of his vessel’s sonar but to no avail.
“I hung around for a good half-an-hour and used the deep scanning sonar to try and pick it up, but I’m afraid I had no luck at all,” he said.
Edwards took the picture at 9am on 2nd November last year on a compact Samsung digital camera that he always keeps handy on the boat.
Before releasing it publicly he sent it to the USA for analysis.
“I did not want to mention my sighting until I was sure that I had not photographed a log or something inanimate in the water in the water,” he said.
“I have friends in the USA who have friends in the military.
“They had my photo analysed and they have no doubt that I photographed an animate object in the water. I was really excited as I am sure that some strange creatures are lurking in the depths of Loch Ness,” he added.
ANI