Cyclist claims extraordinary snap shows that there could now be TWO Loch Ness monsters
Council worker Ian Campbell, 56, caught moment on camera phone while enjoying family bike ride around iconic lake
A STUNNED cyclist claims that this extraordinary photo proves there are TWO Loch Ness monsters.
Ian Campbell, 56, was on a bicycle ride with his son and a family friend when he spotted two big “creatures” apparently swimming across the Scottish Loch together.
Council regulatory officer Ian, who says he is not a man “given to flights of fancy” is convinced that what he saw and pictured from around 400 metres away were both around ten metres in length.
If what he pictured was a type of hitherto undiscovered creature, then it could mean that the Loch Ness monster has bred.
Ian was on the western shores of Loch Ness while on a 40-mile bicycle ride with his son Fraser, 13, and family friend Mrs Karen MacPhee, 54, on on August 21 when the two shapes appeared in the water.
His son also saw the creatures but Karen was cycling some way behind and did not get a good look.
Ian says they watched for around 30 seconds before losing sight of the objects but he managed to take a photograph using the camera on his phone.
He said: “At the time we saw it we had stopped for a rest and to admire the view. It seemed to appear suddenly from nowhere.
“I said to my son: 'What is that in the water?'
“He said to me that it looked like a big animal.
“I said, 'I think you're right' and grabbed my camera phone to take a picture.
“We watched for around 30 seconds before it disappeared from view and by that time Karen had caught up and she saw it for around five seconds.
“We talked about it afterwards obviously and we just had no idea what it could be.
“I would estimate they were ten metres in length and I took the picture from around 400 metres away.
“I was saying to my son that we had just seen the Loch Ness monster and he was saying, 'Yes, right.'
Mr Campbell, of Taynuilt, Argyll, who works as an environmental health regulatory officer for Argyll and Bute Council, said he knew the area well.
He added: “It was a calm day and he had never seen anything like that before.
“I am convinced that what I saw was two creatures.”
The legend of the Loch Ness Monster dates from 1933 when a couple reported an "enormous animal" in the Loch and people have been debating its existence ever since.
Only a few months after the alleged sighting, British surgeon Colonel Robert Wilson came forward with a now iconic photo that appeared to show a sea serpent rising out of the water.
However, it was later revealed as a hoax.
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