A man who plans to hook a piece of the Loch Ness monster has caused waves of discontent among Nessie fans and animal-lovers.

Swede Jan Sundberg wants to catch a piece of the world-famous beast's skin for research purposes.

But his scheme to use a modified cod net have been met with deep concern.

Loch Ness investigator Dick Raynor has called for Mr Sundberg to be halted from his trapping attempt and branded the expedition "entirely unethical and ill-conceived".

Mr Raynor, who has probed the loch with underwater cameras, said: "I don't know if people take him seriously or not but my concern is he is planning to use a trap which could actually drown anything in the loch.

"There are grey seals in the loch which have come up the River Ness from the sea."



