Loch Ness, Scotland —

A tourist claims he has photographed the Loch Ness Monster while on a vacation with his family.

The tourist, Mr. Van-Schuerbeck, has been credited with the seventh sighting of the mysterious creature this year. He recorded the dark object believed to be the monster near Point Clair on 2:22 PM on Saturday, August 29. The sighting has been accepted by the Official Loch Ness Sightings Register.

The sightings this year were made predominately by webcams placed around the loch. Five of the seven sightings have been captured by webcams and two captured by witnesses on scene. A forestry worker and long time resident of the loch, Ross MacAulay, captured the sixth sighting and were baffled.

“There were a couple of kayakers, but 100 yards ahead of them was something below the surface. At first I thought it was a big rock under the water and I just carried on driving,” Said Ross to media outlets earlier this year.

His quote continues:

"I started watching it for five minutes. There was no long neck, no head, just the hump bit. I would say it was 12ft long and 4ft wide, at its widest. It was light grey and it went under the water then up and then disappeared. I have seen seals dozens of times in the loch, but this was far too big to be a seal. It was not a log and was traveling against the wind.

"If somebody can explain to me what I have seen that would be great - but I just can't explain it. I never thought I would be one of those guys seeing Nessie…I have no idea what I saw, but I would say it was an animal of some kind."

Gary Campbell, recorder for the Official Loch Ness Monster Sighting Register said, “[This] is a classic sighting of Nessie - with no head or neck. It is just under the surface - and may not have been visible to the kayakers at water level.”

Campbell said nearly a third of sightings of the monster can be attributed, in recent years, to viewers of the loch’s webcams.

“I would like to see the webcams all around the loch to get a 360 degree watch. I’m sure that would produce even more sightings.”

This story was first reported on by The Mirror.

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