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Thomas Pope, 38, took the bizarre photo during a coach trip to the famous Scottish lake.

The golf course worker, from Somerset, showed the image to a friend who noticed the “spaceman” in the background.

Thomas said: “I didn't see the figure when I was taking the picture, it was only when it was spotted later and I zoomed in that I could see it.

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“It's really weird, I just can't explain it.”

Thomas believes it may be linked to the fabled Solway Firth Spaceman, another astronaut who randomly cropped up in a 1964 photo of a young girl.

The famous photo was taken by fireman Jim Templeton on a day out with his wife and daughter.

He later said: 'I took three pictures of my daughter Elizabeth in a similar pose and was shocked when the middle picture came back from Kodak displaying what looks like a spaceman in the background.'

There were reportedly nine sightings of the Loch Ness Monster last year – the highest ever.

Diana Turner claims she found Nessie when she saw a “wake movement” in the waters by Urquhart Castle in Scotland.

She was avidly watching a live feed focused on a part of the loch near the historic castle which is when she reported the sighting on September 29.