Source : Perth Now news
A tourist visiting Loch Ness claims to have spotted a “dark, mound-like shape” which was “protruding” from the water.
Jocelyn Boyce – who was visiting Scotland with her family from Barcelona, Spain – has revealed she was Urquhart Castle on August 6 when she saw a strange shape moving in the loch and she grabbed her camera phone to take pictures and record a video.
She reported what she saw and submitted stills from her video to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, saying: “I was at a viewpoint at Urquhart Castle overlooking Loch Ness with my family when we noticed a dark, almost black, mound-like shape protruding above the surface of the water.
“I initially observed the object with my naked eye. I estimate that it was approximately half a mile away from our position.
“The water appeared calm and general visibility was good.I took approximately 13 seconds of video footage using an iPhone 16.
“Due to the distance, I used the phone’s zoom while recording the video. The dark mound-like shape is visible above the surface of the water in one of my photographs.
“In another photograph taken moments later, the object is no longer visible above the water.”
The report is the latest sighting of what could be the fabled Loch Ness Monster.
Sightings appear to have surged in 2026 with more people claiming to have spotted Nessie in 2026 than in the whole of 2025.
The increase in reports come after experts previously warned a lack of reports could mean Nessie may have met her death.
According to the Daily Star newspaper, Rob Long, from the Loch Ness Exploration [LNE] team said: “There is a real fear for her as it normally is not this long that we go without a single glimpse.
“Normally people from our team will see her but so far, none of us have. Others have claimed to but we have not seen waters this quiet.
“The viewings have gotten less over the years, but never this scarce for us. Despite the lack of viewings, 2024 was the year we got the most definitive proof that Nessie exists – with the sonar recordings among the best we have ever got.”
He went on to add: “So although the viewings were scarce, they were of better quality. Now there’s nothing.
“Nessie has been there, we all know it, but she is clearly getting wise to people looking for her. We also think she is being put off from additional activity in the loch, such as people wanting to try cold water swimming.”
