Purported sightings on land
Name: Duncan Campbell
Date: 1527
Location: Not known
Description: A terrible beast seen on the loch shore.
Name: Group of children
Date: 1879
Location: North shore
Description: Small head on long neck turning from side to side. Grey in
colour.
Name: E.H. Bright
Date: 1880
Location: Drumnadrochit
Description: Monster left wooded area and waddled to water on 4 legs.
Long neck, dark grey in colour.
Name: Gypsy woman
Date: 1890
Location: North shore
Description: No details but she took detour over hills so she never
passed same place again.
Name: William MacGruer
Date: 1912
Location: Inchnacardoch Bay
Description: Animal with long legs looking like a camel with a long neck
moved into loch and vanished. Yellow in colour.
Name: Mrs. Peter Cameron
Date: 1919
Location: Not known
Description: Head like a camel on long neck with 4 limbs. Camel like
colour.
Name: Alfred Cruickshank
Date: April 1923
Location: Invermoriston
Description: While driving down road saw a monster with body 3 to
3.6m long with a 3m tail. It had a arched back and 4 webbed, elephant
like legs. Khaki green in colour.
Name: Alec Muir
Date: 1930's
Location: Inverfarigaig
Description: Large beast crossed road in front of car
Name: School children
Date: 1930's
Location: Urquhart Bay
Description: Horrifying animal seen moving from swamp area in
Urquhart Bay into loch.
Name: Mrs. Eleanor Price-Hughes
Date: 1933
Location: Not known
Description: Large creature emerged from bushes and vanished into
loch.
Name: Col. L. MCP Fordyce
Date: April 1933
Location: Near Foyers
Description: Like cross between a large horse and camel with hump on
its back. Small head on long neck. Grey in colour.
Name: George Spicer
Date: July 1933
Location: Between Dores and Foyers
Description: Large creature crossed road 140m in front of car. Thick
body with long neck. Grey 7.5m long. Moved in a jerky movement then
slided into loch.
Name: Mrs. M.F. MacLennan
Date: August 1933
Location: Dores
Description: Dark grey mass on beach 6 to 7.5m long. Several humps
with short, thick legs.
Name: Mrs. Ried
Date: December 1933
Location: Inverfarigaig
Description: Seen resting on shore. hairy body with thick mane on neck.
Size of hippopotamus. Large, round head with short thick legs.
Name: Arthur Grant
Date: January 1934
Location: Abriachan
Description: Small eel like head on long neck. Bulky, 4.5 to 6m long
body with 2 humps and 1.5m long tail. Black or dark brown, 4 flipper
like legs.
Name: Jean MacDonald and Patricia Harvey
Date: February 1934
Location: Inchnacardoch Bay
Description: Seen crossing a stream in moonlight. Thick, dark body
tapering toward tail - lighter underneath. 4 thick, short legs. Body about
3m long.
Name: Miss Margaret Munro
Date: June 1934
Location: Borlum Bay
Description: Seen on shingle beach. Large body with giraffe like neck
with small head. Dark grey body. 2 short forelegs or flippers.
Name: Torquil Macleod
Date: February 1960
Location: Opposite the Horse Shoe
Description: Grey/black mass with elephant like trunk. Pair of front
paddles in all 13.5m long.
Name: L.N.I.
Date: June 1963
Location: Seen from Achnahannet
Description: Seen and filmed on shore 4km away. Film no good
because of distance but guessed at body of 5m long.
Purported sightings in water
Name: Hugh Gray
Date: 12 November 1933
Location: Mouth of River Foyers
Description: Large body 60 to 90cms above water causing great
disturbance.
Comment: Nothing clear can be seen. Mr. Gray estimated it to be 12m
long. Took 5 pictures - 4 blank.
Name: Robert Kenneth Wilson
Date: 19 April 1934
Location: 2.4km north of Invermoriston
Description: Head and neck above water, then diving.
Comment: 4 pictures taken - 1st one is the classical head and
neck the 2nd is showing 'Nessie' diving.
Name: Sir Edward Mountain's Expedition
Date: 13 July 1934 for 5 weeks
Location: Various palces
Description: 21 pictures taken
Comment: Best picture showing 3.6m hump 100-150m away,
throwing up great spray.
Name: F.C. Adams
Date: 24 August 1934
Location: Not known
Description: Long, dark object with flipper
Comment: Flipper like object looks like dolphin or whale.
Name: Lachlan Stuart
Date: 14 July 1951
Location: Whitefield - opposite Urquhart Castle
Description: 3 humps. Triangular. Seen on picture.
Comment: Long head and neck seen ducking underwater
15.5 - 17m overall.
Name: Peter Macnab
Date: 29 July 1955
Location: Urquhart Bay
Description: 2 long, dark humps seen in bay
Comment: Humps 12m long seen while taking picture
of Urquhart Castle.
Name: H.L. Cockrell
Date: 1958
Location: Middle of loch off Invermoriston
Description: Long object laying on the loch
Comment: Large flat head 1.3m long seen before photo taken.
Name: Peter O'Connor
Date: 27 May 1960
Location: Near Foyers
Description: Large hump 5m long
Comment: Head on strong neck attached to large hump.
Name: Maurice Burton
Date: 22 June 1960
Location: Foyers
Description: Picture shows ring of ripples
Comment: Though to be otter under surface.
Name: R.H. Lowrie
Date: 7 August 1960
Location: Mid loch near Dores
Description: Picture shows 2 wakes
Comment: Green and brown object of12m long seen.
Also seen by Mr. & Mrs Torquil Macleod on land.
Name: Peter Hodge
Date: 21 May 1964
Location: Off Achnahannet
Description: V wake moving away from camera
Comment: Calm surface seen with other people
60cm pillar like object.
Name: Patrick W. Sandeman
Date: 20 August 1966
Location: Not known
Description: V wash
Comment: V wake on calm loch
Name: Peter Dobbie
Date: 15 July 1967
Location: Urquhart Bay
Description: V wake with small object at head.
Comment: Smooth black tail rising and falling.
Name: Frank Searle
Date: 21 October 1972 - 26 February 1976
Location: Various locations
Descriptions: Pictures of various things
Comment: Now believed to be hoaxed.
Name: Alan Wilkins
Date: 18 July 1975
Location: Invermoriston
Description: Shows long, dark line
Comment: Black shape seen through binoculars.
Name: Anthony Nicol Shiels
Date: 21 may 1977
Location: Taken from Urquhart Castle
Description: Head and neck 11.5 metre high
Comment: 2 pictures taken - head turns between shots.
Name: Geoffrey Watson
Date: 3 September 1978
Location: No details
Description: No details
Comment: No details
Name: Alexander Williams
Date: September 1981
Location: Not known
Description: Not published
Comment: Taken while out fishing.
Name: Jennifer Bruce
Date: 1982
Location: Urquhart Bay
Description: Head and neck sticking out of water.
Comment: Nothing seen when picture taken.
Name: Not known
Date: 12 August 1992
Location: 2 miles from fort Augustus
Description: Wake with object at head.
Comment: Head and neck seen then 4 or 5 humps.
Name: Edna MacInnes
Date: 22June 1993
Location: Near Dores
Description: Pictures show wakes moving down loch.
Comment: Object seen from both sides of loch.
Name: James Brown
Date: 26 August 1994
Location: 2.5km north of Fort Augustus
Description: Black object moving across loch.
Comment: 1.2m wide, 1.8m long oval body.
Name: Lorna Taylor
Date: September 1995
Location: Near Urquhart Castle
Description: Head neck and body seen rising out of loch.
Comment: Nothing seen when picture taken
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