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Index of Waterbased Monster Sightings

Observer: D Mackenzie

Time: 1200

Date: October 1871

Motion: Slow, then moved off at speed

Description: Log like, then up-turned boat

Observer: Roderick Matheson

Time: Unknown

Date: 1885

Motion: Forward

Description: Described as the biggest thing I ever saw in my Life, neck like a horse with a mane.

Observer: Alexander Macdonald

Time: Early morning

Date: 1888

Motion:

Description: He called it salamander-like.

Observer: Salmon Angler, Forester, Hotel Keeper and Fishing Ghillies

Time: Unknown

Date: 1895

Motion:

Description: Observers reported that a horrible great beastie appeared in Loch Ness

Observer: F Fraser, 2 others

Time: Afternoon

Date: December 1903

Motion: Could not get closer by rowing towards it.

Description: Hump like upturned boat

Observer: John Macleod

Time: Unknown

Date: 1908

Motion: Motionless, then moved off

Description: Long tapering tail, eel-like head. 30-40ft, creature lying in the water, flush with surface

Observer: William Miller and D McGillvray

Time: 0730

Date: May 10th 1923

Motion: Stationary, moved off in arc, submerged.

Description: 10-12ft like up-turned boat.

Observer: Mrs Cumming and D McGillvray

Time: 0930

Date: August 1929

Motion: Motionless, sank with a splash

Description: Hump size of horse's body

Observer: Ian J. Milne

Time: 0730

Date: July 14th 1930

Motion: Splash, moved in an arc at 16-17mph, submerged

Description: 2 or 3 shallow humps undulating along back.

Observer: James Cameron

Time: 1600

Date: Feb 7th 1932

Motion: Little or none, sank

Description: Hump like up-turned boat

Observer: Mrs Kirton and P.F.Grant

Time: 1145

Date: 1933

Motion: Disturbance, moved about, great speed, disappeared and re-appeared 100yds away

Description: 6ft by 1ft hump

Observer: Mr and Mrs Mackay

Time: 1500

Date: April 14th 1933

Motion: Commotion, wake, then humps, turned in arc then sank

Description: 20ft overall, 2 humps, one larger

Observer: Alexander Shaw and Alister Shaw

Time: 1700 to 1800

Date: may 11th 1933

Motion: Wake, then hump moving faster than a rowing boat.

Description: 8ft hump like a log

Observer: Miss N Smith

Time: 1400

Date: August 5th 1933

Motion: Moved circling, submerged

Description: 1 hump, size of a rowing boat

Observer: Miss P Keyes, R.A.R. Meiklem and Mrs Meiklem

Time: 1500

Date: August 5th 1933

Motion: Moved back and forth, submerged

Description: 1 hump,(4-6ft) seen end on with ridge (size of cart horse)

Observer: Mr A. H. Palmer

Time: 0700

Date: August 11th 1933

Motion: Disturbance, wake, saw head, moved off

Description: Head set low in the water, front view, mouth opening and closing. Width of mouth 12-18 inches, opened 6inches

Observer: Mr G McQueen

Time: 1430

Date: August 1933

Motion: Moving slightly, ripples, sank

Description: 12ft by 4ft hump

Observer: Mr John Cameron

Time: 1730

Date: August 15th 1933

Motion: Moving fast, V shaped ripple.

Description: 15ft long, hump about 8inches up, like floating telegraph pole.

Observer: Mrs E Garden Scott

Time: 1100

Date: August 16th 1933

Motion: Submerged

Description: Hump like an up-turned boat

Observer: Mrs B McDonell and Mrs Sutherland

Time: 0900

Date: August 25th 1933

Motion: Moving in an undulating way, submerged

Description: Hump with disturbances 20ft behind

Observer: Mr W. D. H. Moir

Time: 2115

Date: August 26th 1933

Motion: Wash, then moving hump, submerged

Description: Long sloping hump, 40ft by 5ft

Observer: Mrs J Simpson

Time: 0900

Date: October 22nd 1933

Motion: Dived

Description: Impression of 2 flippers

Observer: Mr A Gillies

Time: 1130

Date: October 22nd 1933

Motion: Foam disturbance, submerged, re-appeared

Description: Single hump, 2 to3ft out of water

Observer: Miss C MacDonald

Time: 1245

Date: October 22nd 1933

Motion: Moving slowly, V shaped ripple

Description: Single hump, splashing either side toward front.

Observer: Mr C Macrae and Mr J Mackinnon

Time: 1400

Date: November 10th 1933

Motion: Splashing, sank and rose 2-3 times

Description: Single hump like up-turned boat, 25ft by 2ft

Observer: Miss N Simpson

Time: 0900

Date: November 20th 1933

Motion: Motionless, sank, V-shaped wash

Description: One low hump and one small hump, 30ft overall

Observer: Mr G Jamieson

Time: 1100

Date: December 27th 1933

Motion: Moved across Loch, rapidly dived when car horn sounded

Description: Two humps 15 to 20ft overall by 2ft and 3ft

Observer: Mr Howard Carson

Time: 1825

Date: January 30th 1934

Motion: Wash, moving slowly, submerged.

Description: 2 humps 2ft by 3ft, 13ft overall including head and neck

Observer: Mrs M MacLennan

Time: 1620

Date: February 25th 1934

Motion: Turned from side to side, submerged, left wash.

Description: Neck was 6ft round column, top small pointed.

Observer: Mr William Mackay

Time: 1030

Date: July 12th 1934

Motion: Slowly moving streak on the water, later object appeared, disappeared

Description: Single object

Observer: Mr William Mackay and Mr William Campbell

Time: 1630

Date: July 12th 1934

Motion: Surfaced 5 times then moved off

Description: 2 humps, 6ft apart.

Observer: Mr R. J. Scott

Time: 1240

Date: July 12th 1934

Motion: Appeared to swim on it's side, fin or mane where neck and body met.

Description: Overall 18 to 24ft long, body 2ft out with 3 humps above

Observer: Mr J. Mackintosh

Time: 1015

Date: July 16th 1934

Motion: Moved slowly.

Description: 2 humps 3ft out of water, 3ft apart, 15ft overall

Observer: Mr A Ross

Time: 0820

Date: July 17th 1934

Motion: Turned over and dived

Description: Single hump, 20ft long by 2ft

Observer: Mr D Ralph

Time: 1520

Date: July 24th 1934

Motion: Submerged, no wash.

Description: Hump 8ft by 1.5ft

Observer: Mr P Grant and Mr James Legge

Time: 1020

Date: July 27th 1934

Motion: Moving slowly (50 yds)

Description: Hump, 15ft long.

Observer: Mr R. J. Scott and Mr Evan Strang

Time: 0945

Date: July 30th 1934

Motion: Moving slowly, submerged, re-appeared, submerged.

Description: Hump 14ft, 3 portions showing, second appearance 4ft.

Observer: Sir Murdock MacDonald and son and one other observer

Time: 1800

Date: August 8th 1934

Motion: Moved slowly, about 100yds in five minutes.

Description: 2 humps, 15ft overall.

Observer: Mrs Marjory Moir, Mrs Grant Shewglie and 3 others

Time: Afternoon

Date: October 1936

Motion: Head-neck dipped into water often, stationary, turned, shot off, returned head-neck only showing, wake.

Description: 3 humps, 30ft overall, middle hump was largest.

Observer: S Grant and Mr Scott

Time: 1100

Date: January 8th 1943

Motion: Not recorded

Description: Observed a moving animal and a second object disturbing the water.

Observer: C. B. Farrel

Time: 0515

Date: May 1943

Motion: Submerged

Description: Single hump, overall size 25-30ft

Observer: Mr and Mrs Donald MacIver and daughter and 2 cyclists

Time: 1700

Date: July 1947

Motion: Moved at speed.

Description: Single object

Observer: W. H. Davidson, Mother and Sister, Mrs Cary

Time: 0930

Date: July 1954

Motion: V shaped wake, 5 to 6 mph, submerged several times.

Description: Single hump, 30ft by 3ft

Observer: Mr and Mrs Alan Graham Oxford-Cambridge party

Time: 0615

Date: July 1956

Motion: Surfaced, stationary 4 mins, moved off at a fair speed, wash, submerged.

Description: Single hump, 4ft by 1.5ft

Observer: Peter O'Connor

Time: 1000

Date: July 3rd 1960

Motion: Two separate and parallel wakes 4 to 8mph.

Description: one or two specks at head of a wake

Observer: Bruce Ing

Time: 1850

Date: July 10th 1960

Motion: Moved along, bow waved.

Description: 8 to 10ft by 1.5 to 2ft hump.

Observer: Husband and wife Smiths and crew of small yacht

Time: 1640

Date: August 7th 1960

Motion: Wash, moved 9 to 10mph, 2 pairs of splashes.

Description: Single hump 10ft by a few inches.

Observer: Rev and Mrs W. L. Dobb and son

Time: 1515

Date: August 13th 1960

Motion: Wake, appeared and disappeared.

Description: Single hump, disappeared, then 2 humps.

Observer: Mr McIntosh and Mr Cameron

Time: 2230

Date: 1961

Motion: Saw something cutting water, head-neck appeared vertically, sank, re-appeared, sank, re-appeared, submerged.

Description: Single hump.

Observer: F.W. Holiday

Time: 0600

Date: August 24th 1962

Motion: Plunged under.

Description: 40 to 45ft object 3ft out, observed to taper either end below surface.

Observer: Alastair Grant and Mr Ayton

Time: 1930

Date: August 1963

Motion: Wash from front, submerged, re-appeared momentarily

Description: At least 4 humps, 35 to 40ft overall

Observer: Peter and Pauline Hodge

Time: 0815

Date: May 21st 1964

Motion: Moved off when car door slammed

Description: Pole-like object.

Observer: Miss E. M. J. Keith of Rothienorman and James T. Ballantyne

Time: 1920

Date: March 30th 1965

Motion: Commotion, wake, sank twice, moved at speed.

Description: Observed part of body.

Observer: F. W. Holiday, William Fraser and John Cameron

Time: 2230

Date: June 1965

Motion: As moved faster, profile elongated, submerged several times.

Description: Single hump like overturned whale boat, dark ridge at top, 10ft by 5 to 6ft

Observer: Edward and Vivianne Elliott

Time: 0700

Date: September 30th 1965

Motion: Saw wash 15 mins earlier, sank slowly.

Description: Object protruding

Observer: Mr and Mrs Alistair Macdonald

Time: 1430

Date: May 28th 1966

Motion:

Description: 3 humps 25 to 30ft overall

Observer: Mr and Mrs Pommitz

Time: 1005

Date: May 29th 1966

Motion: Wake, moved in jerks

Description: Single hump

Observer: Mae Macdonald and Sylvia Paterson

Time: 1115

Date: May 31st 1966

Motion: Moving fast

Description: 3 Humps.

Observer: B M Cameron and niece

Time: 0945

Date: June 13th 1966

Motion: Moving at 17 mph

Description: Small object at head of disturbance

Observer: F S Young

Time: 0730

Date: June 14th 1966

Motion: Appeared 3 times in centre of disturbance

Description: Object in centre of disturbance

Observer: Lena Holmgren

Time: 1030

Date: June 20th 1966

Motion: Submerged when observers screamed

Description: Single object

Observer: R W Swan

Time: 1513

Date: June 29th 1966

Motion: Gentle surface swimming

Description: Single hump 15-20ft

Observer: Heather Cary and Mother

Time: 0800

Date: July 28th 1966

Motion: Disturbance

Description: Single hump

Observer: M Pool

Time: 0920

Date: September 5th 1966

Motion: Stationary, not bobbing, wake breaking against it

Description: 6-7ft by 4ft hump, like upturned boat

Observer: Angela Veitch

Time: 1800

Date: September 25th 1966

Motion: Disturbance

Description: 10ft object

Observer: David Wathen

Time: 1900

Date: March 1967

Motion: Commotion, moved around in arc, submerged slowly, appeared to fall over sideways.

Description: 2 humps approximately 15ft

Observer: Peter Davies

Time: 1720

Date: August 6th 1967

Motion: Submerged with turbulance

Description: Single object 10ft by 3 ft

Observer: Norman Schofield

Time: 0805

Date: August 7th 1967

Motion: Small object submerged, re-appeared with large hump, submerged

Description: Single hump, triangular 10ft, overall 20-30ft

Observer: Dennis Gartrell

Time: 1205

Date: August 22nd 1967

Motion: Quickly rose up and curling, hit water with commotion

Description: 8ft long, flexible

Observer: Dennis Bland

Time: 1545

Date: September 20th 1967

Motion: Small wave moving along, slowly submerged, wake

Description: Hump 9ft by 3ft

Observer: John Stroud

Time: 1502

Date: September 26th 1967

Motion: Stationary, partially submerged

Description: Long 20ft object

Observer: Miss C Sanders

Time: 1730

Date: April 18th 1968

Motion: Sank slowly, vertically

Description: 2 humps 15ft overall

Observer: Philip Bull and Howard Pratt

Time: 2200

Date: May 5th 1968

Motion: Cruising fast, wash, disappeared

Description: Single 10-12ft hump

Observer: Fred Deacon and Mrs Deacon

Time: 1120

Date: July 10th 1968

Motion: Ripple, surfaced, travelled slowly, submerged

Description: Long body

Observer: Mr and Mrs E A Grummet and son

Time: 1115

Date: September 4th 1968

Motion: Stationary, sumerged twice, final submergance when boat appeared

Description: Spherical hump 3ft by 2ft

Observer: Cmdr R K Silcock and Mrs Silcock

Time: 1530

Date: September 19th 1968

Motion: Broke surface cruising along, submerged 3 times, V-shaped wash

Description: 6-8ft hump

Observer: J F M MacLeod

Time: 0830

Date: November 6th 1968

Motion: Slammed door, splash, ripples moved towards centre of the Loch

Description: Neck 4ft long held at 70 degree angle

Observer: Bruce Marshall and Bill Jobes

Time: 1045

Date: April 7th 1969

Motion: Moved at great speed, disappeared, re-appeared, sank

Description: Single hump, then 2 humps, 20-24ft overall

Observer: Mr and Mrs D Clayton and Mr and Mrs Maurice Smith

Time: 1530

Date: July 26th 1969

Motion: Moved 6-7 mph, submerged, wake

Description: Single hump 6ft by 3ft

Observer: R A Moyse, two sons and a friend

Time: 2030

Date: August 1st 1969

Motion: Moved at 3 mph, submerged

Description: 3 humped object, 20-30ft by 12-14 inches

Observer: Mr and Mrs Geoffrey Craven and 2 children

Time: 0920

Date: August 6th 1969

Motion: Disturbance, surfaced, submerged

Description: 2 humped object, 25-30ft by 3-4ft

Observer: Mr Jenkyns

Time: 1145

Date: November 10th 1973

Motion: Emerged, submerged

Description: A rigid pole-like object.

Observer: Paul H. Biermasz

Time: 10-1100

Date: July 17th 1979

Motion: Speeding from shore

Description: Black object

Observer: Bill Kinder

Time: 1000

Date: April 9th 1996

Motion: Rising out of water

Description: Two humps

Observer: Two people

Time: unknown

Date: April 10th 1996

Motion: Moving across Loch

Description: Two large brown shapes

Observer: Jonathan Murphy

Time: unknown

Date: May 14th 1996

Motion: unknown

Description: Strange object which was photographed

Observer: Staff at Craigdarroch House Hotel

Time: 2030

Date: June 13th 1996

Motion: Zig-zagged across water

Description: Large disturbance followed by a wake

Observer: Emilio Demnio and Nikhi Bayeri

Time: 1415

Date: July 21st 1996

Motion: Emerged, submerged

Description: Large dark hump

Observer: Nick Watson and two others

Time: 1730

Date: August 1st 1996

Motion: Water disturbance

Description: Black hump

Observer: Craig Kerr

Time: unknown

Date: August 18th 1996

Motion: Emerged

Description: Photographed head and neck

Observer: Staff at Clansman Hotel

Time: Around noon

Date: 1996

Motion: Emerged, submerged

Description: Several black humps

Observer: Frank Meyer

Time: 0845

Date: September 1996

Motion: Floating under surface

Description: Dark object

Observer: South African holidaymaker

Time: unknown

Date: March 21st 1997

Motion: Emerged

Description: Two humps

Observer: Film Crew

Time: 0900

Date: June 21st 1997

Motion: Moving fast across Loch

Description: Dark object

Observer: Tourist from England

Time: 0855

Date: May 30th 1998

Motion: Emerged

Description: Large object

Observer: Adam and Mark Sutherland, Peter Gillies and Peter Rhind

Time: 0500

Date: June 17th 1998

Motion: Emerged, submerged

Description: Large object with long tail



Observer: George Edwards

Time: 0900

Date: November 2011

Motion: Emerged

Description: Slow moving hump



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