An Australian tourist claims to have spotted the Loch Ness monster, meaning there have already been more sightings this year than in the entirety of 2025.
With another four and a half months of 2026 left to go, so far there have been nine in-person sightings of the mythical beast – and 11 if webcam footage is included in the total.
Oscar Gray was visiting Urquhart Castle on July 21 when he says he saw something strange emerge from the water, and managed to capture the encounter on camera.
It’s now been added to the official Loch Ness monster sightings register.
Confirming his reported encounter, a spokesperson for the register said: ‘Oscar Gray, visiting from Australia, reported that he was standing at the shore line at Urquhart Castle when he saw the top of a dark green flat topped head pop out of the water well out from the shoreline.
‘The head was followed by two same coloured humps that emerged out of the water behind the head, which he thought would be the body.
‘Then he saw ripple lines about 500 metres behind the humps and it made quite decent white waves which he expected it was from the tail swimming through the water.
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‘After the tail swished water over its head it then swum back down below the water. He said he never saw it again for the rest of the day. But he managed to get a photo.’
In June, a mysterious green mass sparked fresh rumours about existence of the beast.
The object was caught on camera next to Urquhart Castle by a tourist on a Jacobite Cruises boat tour.
Two months earlier, the elusive creature was ‘spotted’ twice within just a few days.
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