Is this the Loch Ness Monster? (Picture: David Elder)

An unusual picture by an amateur photographer has reignited the debate over the existence of the Loch Ness Monster.

David Elder doesn’t exactly know what he snapped while at the Fort Augustus end of the loch but is certain he can’t explain the picture by conventional means.

‘We were at the pier head at Fort Augustus and I was taking a picture of a swan at the time,’ said Mr Elder, from East Kilbride.

There have been sightings of the beast before (Picture: DM)

‘Out of the corner of my right eye I caught sight of a black area of water about 15 feet long, which developed into a kind of bow wave.




‘I’m convinced this was caused by a solid black object under the water. The water was very still at the time and there were no ripples coming off the wave and no other activity on the water.

‘Water was definitely going over something solid and making the wave.’

The new image from the 50-year-old amateur may not be enough to convince the masses but is certain to spur on the Loch Ness Monster believers.