The Daily Mail has recently published yet another story of a sonar sighting of Nessie on 22nd September this year - see:
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Has Nessie been FOUND? Loch Ness skipper spots a mysterious shape
Story by Shivali Best For Mailonline
It's the mythical creature that has captured the attention of people around the world for decades.
And now the search for the Loch Ness monster has been taken up a gear.
Shaun Sloggie, a seasoned Loch Ness skipper, was cruising across the loch when he spotted a mysterious shape on sonar.
While its source remains unclear, Sloggie, 30, admits he's 'never seen anything like it'.
'The strangeness of it was chilling – it's the sort of thing that leaves you speechless,' he said.
Slogg and maritime pilot Liam McKenzie, 29, were doing their usual rounds at Cruise Loch Ness when they stumbled upon the strange shape.
On September 22, 2024, while preparing for another vessel's arrival, Sloggie's sonar flashed up.
The sonar indicated that a large object was lurking at a depth of around 98-metres.
He described it as 'the biggest thing I've ever seen.'
With its elongated shape and distinct features hinting at air pockets, the team couldn't help but wonder if the sonar reading was tied to the infamous Loch Ness Monster.
'We've seen all sorts of fish that shouldn't be here, but this? This was different,' Sloggie said.
Despite returning to the scene to investigate, the mysterious contact had vanished, leaving the team baffled.
Sloggie admitted: 'We're not sonar experts, but I've never seen anything like it.'
Spookily, the last major sonar contact in Loch Ness occurred almost exactly four years ago, on September 24, 2020.
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The Daily Telegraph newspaper also carried a report of the sighting:
I found Loch Ness monster on ship’s sonar, claims captain
A captain has claimed he found
the Loch Ness monster using the sonar system on his boat.
Shaun Sloggie, 30, was preparing his Spirit of Loch Ness pleasure boat to sail last month when a large object was spotted on the vessel’s underwater sensors.
The outline, which was detected nearly 100 metres beneath the surface of the Highland loch,
bears an eerie resemblance to a plesiosaur, which many have speculated could be the reptile group the fabled Loch Ness Monster belongs to.
The footage has reignited speculation that Nessie, the creature alleged to inhabit the large body of water near Inverness, might really exist.
“I said: ‘What the hell is that?’” recalled Mr Sloggie of the sighting on Sept 22.
“It was bigger than anything else I’ve ever seen. We’ve seen all sorts of fish that shouldn’t be here, but this? This was different. You should have felt the chills on the boat.”
Speaking to the Daily Mail, he added: “I’ve worked here for nine years and never seen anything like it.
“And sonar doesn’t lie, the boat hasn’t been on five whisky distillery tours before going out on the loch, it’s just doing its job.”
Mr Sloggie, who works for Cruise Loch Ness, said the object remained visible for two to three minutes and that he and maritime pilot Liam McKenzie, 29, were able to take a screenshot before it disappeared from the dashboard.
He said it appeared in different colours, which are thought to indicate pockets of air and heat signatures which would suggest the object was alive.
A previous sonar image captured on Loch Ness in 2020 was said to be the most “compelling” evidence yet of the existence of Nessie.
Mr Sloggie said the previous image was believed to show a creature “eight to 10 metres [26 to 32ft] long and one metre [3ft] wide” but speculated that the new object was “a lot bigger than that”.
The image was captured while the boat was close to the mouth of the loch, which Mr Sloggie said was the ideal location for a large predator to catch salmon and other fish going in and out.
“There are fish in the loch that shouldn’t be here. There are
prehistoric creatures living in the loch and unknown codes of DNA, so there is room for mystery,” he said.
“This could change the angle of science on the loch. But how do you find out what it is? I’ve always known there’s something there. What it is, is a mystery. But it definitely springs open people’s imaginations. It’s not just about tourism, there’s real science in studying the loch.”
With a depth of almost 800ft and a length of about 23 miles, Loch Ness has the largest volume of freshwater in Great Britain.
It is thought to be about 10,000 years old and was formed at the end of the last Great Ice Age.
An official register of sightings has now logged 1,157 reports – including webcam images – from records and other evidence stretching back through the centuries.
Unfortunately, I can't compare the latest sonar image to that shown in Treesparrow's post of 20 April 2012, which opened this thread as the Daily Mail article seems to be behind a paywall now.
If you go into the Daily Mail article on the link I gave at the top, you can enlarge the sonar image, which does indeed appear to show something which looks like a large sea serpent or
plesiosaur.
I remember long ago as a child driving alongside Loch Ness and keeping my eyes peeled in case Nessie made an appearance. Sadly, he didn't.